10-U.S.C.-2386
§2386 – Copyrights, Patents, Designs, Etc.; Acquisition
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Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part IV > Chapter 141 > Section 2386
Details
- Reference: Section 2386
- Legend: §2386 – Copyrights, Patents, Designs, Etc.; Acquisition
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Funds appropriated for a military department available for making or procuring supplies may be used to acquire any of the following if the acquisition relates to supplies or processes produced or used by or for, or useful to, that department:
(1) Copyrights, patents, and applications for patents.
(2) Licenses under copyrights, patents, and applications for patents.
(3) Design and process data, technical data, and computer software.
(4) Releases for past infringement of patents or copyrights or for unauthorized use of technical data or computer software.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 137; Pub. L. 86–726, §3, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 855; Pub. L. 103–355, title III, §3063, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3337; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VIII, §813, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 395.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 2386 | 31:649b. | Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 305, §609, 67 Stat. 350. |
The words equipment, and materials are omitted as covered by the word supplies. The word hereafter is omitted as executed. The words may be used are substituted for the words shall * * * be available. The words if the acquisition relates to are substituted for 31:649b (1st 8 words of last sentence). In clauses (1), (2), and (4), the word patents is substituted for the words letters patent.
Amendments
1996—Par. (3). Pub. L. 104–106 amended par. (3) generally, substituting Design and process data, technical data, and computer software for Technical data and computer software.
1994—Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 103–355 added pars. (3) and (4) and struck out former pars. (3) and (4) which read as follows:
(3) Designs, processes, and manufacturing data.
(4) Releases, before suit is brought, for past infringement of patents or copyrights.
1960—Pub. L. 86–726 inserted or copyrights after patents in cl. (4).
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
10-U.S.C.-2377 in the Legal Encyclopedia: General Military Law
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10-U.S.C.-2386 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Supply to Military
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10-U.S.C.-2330A in the Legal Encyclopedia: Procurement
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