Public Law 294.
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(/us/pl/72/293).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the NationalNational Bank Act.Vol. 13, p. 99; Vol. 1 p. 123.U. S. C., p. 258.Provisions of, extended to Virgin Islands. Bank Act, as amended, and all other Acts of Congress relating to national banks, shall, in so far as not locally inapplicable hereafter, apply to the Virgin Islands of the United States. Approved, July 19, 1932. To protect the copyrights and patents of foreign exhibitors at A Century of Progress (Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration), to be held at Chicago.
Illinois, in 1933. 1932-07-19 509 Chapter 47 Stat. 703 72 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-27 public [CHAPTER 509.] AN ACT To protect the copyrights and patents of foreign exhibitors at A Century of Progress (Chicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration), to be held at Chicago. Illinois, in 1933.July 19, 1932.[[S. 4912](/us/bill/72/s/4912).][[Public, No. 294](/us/pl/72/294).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the LibrarianChicago World’s Fair Centennial Celebration.Copyrights and patents of foreign exhibitors.Branch offices at Exposition authorized. of Congress and the Commissioner of Patents are hereby authorized and directed to establish branch offices under the direction of the Register of Copyrights and the Commissioner of Patents, respectively, in suitable quarters on the grounds of the exposition to be held at Chicago, Illinois, under the direction of A Century of Progress, an Illinois corporation, said quarters to be furnished free of charge by said corporation, said offices to be established at such time as may, upon sixty days’ advance notice, in writing, to the Register of Copyrights and the Commissioner of Patents, respectively, be requested by said A Century of Progress but not earlier than January 1, 1933, and to be maintained until the close to the general public of said exposition; and the proprietor of any foreign copyright, or any certificate of trade-mark registration, or lettersCertificates of proprietorship to be issued. patent of invention, design, or utility model issued by any foreign government protecting any trade-mark, apparatus, device, machine, process, method, composition of matter, design, or manufactured article imported for exhibition and exhibited at said exposition may upon presentation of proof of such proprietorship, satisfactory to the Register of Copyrights or the Commissioner of Patents, as the case may be, obtain without charge and without prior examination as to novelty, a certificate from such branch office, which shall be prima facie evidence in the Federal courts of such proprietorship, the novelty of the subject matter covered by any such certificate to be determined by a Federal court in case an action or suit is brought based thereon; and said branch offices shall keep registers of all suchRegisters to be kept. certificates issued by them, which shall be open to public inspection.
At the close of said A Century of Progress Exposition the registerDeposit, at close of exposition.es of certificates of the copyright registrations aforesaid shall be deposited in the Copyright Office in the Library of Congress at Washington, District of Columbia, and the register of all other certificates of registration aforesaid shall be deposited in the United States Patent Office at Washington, District of Columbia, and there 704Certified copies of certificates.preserved for future reference.
Certified copies of any such certificates shall, upon request, be furnished by the Register of Copyrights or the Commissioner of Patents, as the case may be, either during or after said exposition, and at the rates charged by such officials for certified copies of other matter; and any such certified copies shall be admissible in evidence in lieu of the original certificates in any Federal court. Sec. 2. Infringement on articles protected, unlawful. That it shall be unlawful for any person without authority of the proprietor thereof to copy, republish, imitate, reproduce, or practice at any time during the period specified in section 6 hereof any subject matter protected by registration as aforesaid at either of the branch offices at said exposition which shall be imported for exhibition at said exposition, and there exhibited and which is substantially different in a copyright, trade-mark, or patent sense, as the case may be, from anything publicly used, described in a printed publication or otherwise known in the United States of America prior to such registration at either of said branch offices as aforesaid;
Liabilities.and any person who shall infringe upon the rights thus protected under this Act shall be liable—
(a)Injunction. To an injunction restraining such infringement issued by any Federal court having jurisdiction of the defendant;
(b)Pecuniary damages. To pay to the proprietor such damages as the proprietor may have suffered due to such infringement, as well as all the profits which the infringer may have made by reason of such infringement; and in proving profits the plaintiff shall be required to prove sales only and the defendant shall be required to prove every element of cost which he claims or in lieu of actual damages and profits such damages as to the court shall appear to be just;
(c)To deliver articles that infringe. To deliver upon an oath, to be impounded during the pendency of the Act, upon such terms and conditions as the court may prescribe, all articles found by the court after a preliminary hearing to infringe the rights herein protected; and
(d)Destruction of infringing articles. To deliver upon an oath, for destruction, all articles found by the court at final hearing to infringe the rights herein protected. Sec. 3. Punishment. That any person who willfully and for profit shall infringe any right protected under this Act, or who shall knowingly and willfully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year or by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 4. Terms of protection. That all the Acts, regulations, and provisions which apply to protecting copyrights, trade-marks, designs, and patents for inventions or discoveries not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall apply to certificates issued pursuant to this Act, but no notice of copyright on the work shall be required for protection hereunder. Sec. 5. Copyright, etc., actions. That nothing in this Act contained shall bar or prevent the proprietor of the subject matter covered by any certificate issued pursuant to this Act from obtaining protection for such subject matter under the provisions of the copyright, trade-mark, or patent laws of the United States of America, as the case may be, in force prior hereto upon making application and complying with the provisions prescribed by such laws; and nothing in this Act contained shall prevent, lessen, impeach, or avoid any remedy at law or in equity under any certificate of copyright registration, certificate of trade-mark registration, or letters patent for inventions or discoveries or designs issued under the copyright, trade-mark, or patent laws of the United States of America, as the case may be, in force prior hereto which any owner thereof and of a certificate issued thereon 705pursuant to this Act might have had if this Act had not been passed, but such owner shall not twice recover the damages he has sustained or the profit made by reason of any infringement thereof. Sec. 6. That the rights protected under the provisions of this ActDuration of protection. as to any copyright, trade-mark, apparatus, device, machine, process, method, composition of matter, design, or manufactured article imported for exhibition at said A Century of Progress Exposition shall begin on the date the same is placed on exhibition at said exposition and shall continue for a period of six months from the date of the closing to the general public of said exposition. Sec. 7. All necessary expenses incurred by the United States inRepayment of expenses. carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be paid to the Treasury of the United States by A Century of Progress (The Chicago World’s*Post*, p. 905. Fair Centennial Celebration) under regulations of the Librarian of Congress and of the Commissioner of Patents, respectively. Approved, July 19, 1932. To authorize the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks to employ landscape architects, architects, engineers, artists, or other expert consultants. 1932-07-19 510 Chapter 47 Stat. 705 72 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-27 public [CHAPTER 510.] AN ACT To authorize the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks to employ landscape architects, architects, engineers, artists, or other expert consultants.July 19, 1932.[[H. R. 10372](/us/bill/72/hr/10372).][
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