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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 863— NAVAL VESSELS · § 8687

§ 8687. Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof

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(a)In General.— Government rights in the design of a vessel, boat, or craft, and its components, including the hull, decks, superstructure, and all shipboard equipment and systems, shall be determined solely as follows:
(1)In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through a contract, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title.
(2)In the case of a vessel, boat, craft, or component procured through an instrument not governed by subchapter I of chapter 275 of this title, by the terms of the instrument (other than a contract) under which the design for such vessel, boat, craft, or component, as applicable, was developed for the Government.
(b)Construction of Superseding Authorities.— This section may be modified or superseded by a provision of statute only if such provision expressly refers to this section in modifying or superseding this section.
(Added Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VIII, § 825(a), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4534, § 7317; renumbered § 8687, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1833(p), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4234.)
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  • Pub. L. 110–417
  • 122 Stat. 4534
  • 132 Stat. 1836
  • 134 Stat. 4234
  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 536
  • Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(188)
  • 72 Stat. 1534
  • Pub. L. 87–649, § 6(d)
  • 76 Stat. 494
  • Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, § 604(f)(1)(A)
  • 100 Stat. 3877
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§ 8687
Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 110–417
Stat.122 Stat. 4534
Stat.132 Stat. 1836
Stat.134 Stat. 4234
ActAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
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