U.S.C. Title 20 - EDUCATION 20 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 48 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUBCHAPTER IV - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Part B - General Administrative Provisions Sec. 3480 - Copyrights and patents From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§3480. Copyrights and patents
The Secretary is authorized to acquire any of the following described rights if the property acquired thereby is for use by or for, or useful to, the Department: (1) copyrights, patents, and applications for patents, designs, processes, and manufacturing data; (2) licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents; and (3) releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights.
(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, §420, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 687.)