Whenever a claim of infringement of privately owned rights in patented inventions or copyrighted works is asserted against the Department of Energy, all necessary steps shall be taken to investigate and to settle administratively, to deny, or otherwise to dispose of such claim prior to suit against the United States.
authority: Dept. of Energy Organization Act; sec. 651, 91 Stat. 601,
42 U.S.C. 7261; Atomic Energy Act of 1954; sec. 107(d), 88 Stat. 1241,
42 U.S.C. 5817(d); sec. 161(g), 80 Stat. 443,
42 U.S.C. 2201(g); sec. 172, 62 Stat. 933,
42 U.S.C. 2223; Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, sec. 2356, 75 Stat. 440,
22 U.S.C. 2356; Patents, Invention Secrecy Act; sec. 183, 66 Stat. 4,
35 U.S.C. 183; Judiciary and Judical Procedure Act, sec. 1498, 62 Stat. 601,
28 U.S.C. 1498.
source: 45 FR 26950, Apr. 22, 1980, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 10 CFR 782.2