{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s2188","title_num":"42","num":"§ 2188.","heading":"Monopolistic use of patents","status":null,"guid":"id7248f668-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 158, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 947; amended Pub. L. 87–206, § 12, Sept. 6, 1961, 75 Stat. 478; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)","seq_in_title":2976,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA/schXII","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 23—","heading":"DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA","level":"division","num":"Division A—","heading":"Atomic Energy","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA/schXII","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER XII—","heading":"PATENTS AND INVENTIONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8cf3c537-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s2188\"><num value=\"2188\">§ 2188.</num><heading> Monopolistic use of patents</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Whenever the owner of any patent hereafter granted for any invention or discovery of primary use in the utilization or production of special nuclear material or atomic energy is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have intentionally used such patent in a manner so as to violate any of the antitrust laws specified in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s2135/a\">section 2135(a) of this title</ref>, there may be included in the judgment of the court, in its discretion and in addition to any other lawful sanctions, a requirement that such owner license such patent to any other licensee of the Commission who demonstrates a need therefor. If the court, at its discretion, deems that such licensee shall pay a reasonable royalty to the owner of the patent, the reasonable royalty shall be determined in accordance with <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s2187\">section 2187 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id8cf3c538-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1946-08-01/ch724\">Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724</ref>, title I, § 158, as added <ref href=\"/us/act/1954-08-30/ch1073/s1\">Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/68/947\">68 Stat. 947</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/87/206/s12\">Pub. L. 87–206, § 12</ref>, <date date=\"1961-09-06\">Sept. 6, 1961</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/75/478\">75 Stat. 478</ref>; renumbered title I, <ref href=\"/us/pl/102/486/tIX/s902/a/8\">Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8)</ref>, <date date=\"1992-10-24\">Oct. 24, 1992</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/106/2944\">106 Stat. 2944</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id8cf3ec49-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id8cf3ec4a-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1961—<ref href=\"/us/pl/87/206\">Pub. L. 87–206</ref> made it discretionary, rather than mandatory, for the court to require payment of royalties by a licensee to the owner of a patent.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}