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[USC02] 28 USC 1498: Patent and copyright cases
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28 USC 1498: Patent and copyright cases Text contains those laws in effect on July 1, 2020
From Title 28-JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDUREPART IV-JURISDICTION AND VENUECHAPTER 91-UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
§1498. Patent and copyright cases
(a) Whenever an invention described in and covered by a patent of the United States is used or manufactured by or for the United States without license of the owner thereof or lawful right to use or manufacture the same, the owner's remedy shall be by action against the United States in the United States Court of Federal Claims for the recovery of his reasonable and entire compensation for such use and manufacture. Reasonable and entire compensation shall include the owner's reasonable costs, including reasonable fees for expert witnesses and attorneys, in pursuing the action if the owner is an independent inventor, a nonprofit organization, or an entity that had no more than 500 employees at any time during the 5-year period preceding the use or manufacture of the patented invention by or for the United States. Nothwithstanding 1 the preceding sentences, unless the action has been pending for more than 10 years from the time of filing to the time that the owner applies for such costs and fees, reasonable and entire compensation shall not include such costs and fees if the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.
(d) Hereafter, whenever a plant variety protected by a certificate of plant variety protection under the laws of the United States shall be infringed by the United States, by a corporation owned or controlled by the United States, or by a contractor, subcontractor, or any person, firm, or corporation acting for the Government, and with the authorization and consent of the Government, the exclusive remedy of the owner of such certificate shall be by action against the United States in the Court of Federal Claims for the recovery of his reasonable and entire compensation as damages for such infringement: Provided, That a Government employee shall have a right of action against the Government under this subsection except where he was in a position to order, influence, or induce use of the protected plant variety by the Government: Provided, however, That this subsection shall not confer a right of action on any certificate owner or any assignee of such owner with respect to any protected plant variety made by a person while in the employment or service of the United States, where such variety was prepared as a part of the official functions of the employee, or in the preparation of which Government time, material, or facilities were used: And provided further, That before such action against the United States has been instituted, the appropriate corporation owned or controlled by the United States or the head of the appropriate agency of the Government, as the case may be, is authorized to enter into an agreement with the certificate owner in full settlement and compromise, for the damages accrued to him by reason of such infringement and to settle the claim administratively out of available appropriations.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 941 ; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §87, 63 Stat. 102 ; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, §50(c), 65 Stat. 727 ; July 17, 1952, ch. 930, 66 Stat. 757 ; Pub. L. 86–726, §§1, 4, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 855 , 856; Pub. L. 91–577, title III, §143(d), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1559 ; Pub. L. 94–553, title I, §105(c), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599 ; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, §133(d), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 40 ; Pub. L. 100–702, title X, §1020(a)(6), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4671 ; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, §902(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516 ; Pub. L. 104–308, §1(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3814 ; Pub. L. 105–147, §3, Dec. 16, 1997, 111 Stat. 2680 ; Pub. L. 105–304, title V, §503(d), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2917 .)
Based on section 68 of title 35, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Patents (June 25, 1910, ch. 423, 36 Stat. 851 ; July 1, 1918, ch. 114, 40 Stat. 705 ).
1998-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105–304 inserted ", and to exclusive rights in designs under chapter 13 of title 17," after "title 17".
1997-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–147, §3, substituted "action which may be brought for such infringement shall be an action by the copyright owner" for "remedy of the owner of such copyright shall be by action".
1996-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–308 inserted at end of first par. "Reasonable and entire compensation shall include the owner's reasonable costs, including reasonable fees for expert witnesses and attorneys, in pursuing the action if the owner is an independent inventor, a nonprofit organization, or an entity that had no more than 500 employees at any time during the 5-year period preceding the use or manufacture of the patented invention by or for the United States. Nothwithstanding the preceding sentences, unless the action has been pending for more than 10 years from the time of filing to the time that the owner applies for such costs and fees, reasonable and entire compensation shall not include such costs and fees if the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust."
1992-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–572, §902(a)(1), substituted "United States Court of Federal Claims" for "United States Claims Court".
Subsecs. (b), (d). Pub. L. 102–572, §902(a)(2), substituted "Court of Federal Claims" for "Claims Court".
1988-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100–702 added subsec. (e).
1982-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–168, §133(d)(1), substituted "United States Claims Court" for "Court of Claims".
Subsecs. (b), (d). Pub. L. 97–164, §133(d)(2), substituted "Claims Court" for "Court of Claims".
1976-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–553 substituted "section 504(c) of title 17" for "section 101(b) of title 17".
1970-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 91–577 added subsec. (d).
1960-Pub. L. 86–726, §4, substituted "Patent and copyright cases" for "Patent cases" in section catchline.
Pub. L. 86–726, §1, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
1952-Act July 17, 1952, allowed Government employees to maintain patent suits against the United States in certain instances.
1951-Act Oct. 31, 1951, inserted second par.
1949-Act May 29, 1949, conformed first par. of section to original law.
Pub. L. 104–308, §1(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3814 , provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to actions under section 1498(a) of title 28, United States Code, that are pending on, or brought on or after, the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 19, 1996]."
Pub. L. 86–726, §2, Sept. 8, 1960, 74 Stat. 855 , provided that: "Nothing in this Act [amending this section and section 2386 of Title 10, Armed Forces] shall be construed to in any way waive any immunity provided for Members of Congress under article I of section 6 of the Constitution of the United States."