An Act to amend the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended
PL 87-861 (H.R.9045), enacted 10/23/1962

76 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 87-861-OCT. 23, 1962 
1139 
Public Law 87-861 
AN ACT 
To anieiid the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended. 
October 23, 1962 
[H. R. 9045] 
SO u s e app. 32; 
Ante, 
p. 11 15; 
Infra. 
60 Stat. 418. 
22 u s e 1381 
note. 
"Trademarks." 
Be it eruicted hy the Senate and House of Representat'ives of the 
United States of America in CongreHH assembled^ That tlie last sen- 
Trading ivith the 
tence of subsection (a) of section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy Enemy Act, amend-
Act, as amended (62 Stat. 1246; 50 U.S.C, App., sec. 39), is amended ™
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to read as follows: "Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
peal or otherwise aft'ect the operation of section 32, 40, 41. 42, or 43 
of this Act or of the PJiilippine Property Act of 1946.-' 
SEC. 2. The Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following sections: 
"SEC. 42. (a) As used in this section, the word 'trademarks* includes 
trademarks, trade names, and the goodwill of the business to which a 
trademark or trade name is appurtenant. 
"(b) Trademarks vested in the Alien Property Custodian or the 
Attorney General under the provisions of this Act subsequent to De-
cember 17, 1941, which have not been returned or otherwise disposed 
of under this Act, except trademarks vested by vesting orders 284, as 
amended (7 Fed. Reg. 9754, 9 Fed. Keg. 1038), 2354 (8 Fed. Reg. 
14635), 5692 (11 Fed. Reg. 1675), and 18805 (17 P^ed. Reg. 4364), are 
hereby divested as a matter of grace, effective the ninety-first day 
after the date of enactment of this section, and the persoi-s entitled to 
such trademarks shall on that day succeed to the rights, privileges, 
and obligations arising therefrom, subject, however, to Ihe rights of 
licensees under licenses issued by the Alien Property Custodian or the 
Attorney General in respect to such tiademaiks. 
The rights and in-
terests remaining in the Attorney (xeneral under licen.sis issued by 
him or by the Alien Property Custodian in respect to trademarks 
divested hereunder are hereby transferred, effective the day of divest-
ment, to the persons entitled to such trademarks: Provided^ That all 
unpaid royalties or other income accrued in favor of ihe Attorney 
General under such licenses prior to the day of divestment shall be 
paid by the licensees to the Attorney General. 
"(c) All rights or interests vested in the Alien Properly Custodian 
or the Attorney General mider the provisions of this Act subsequent to 
December 17, 1941, arising out of preve.sting contracts entered into 
with respect to trademarks, except— 
"(1) royalties or other income received by or accrued in favor 
of the Alien Property Custodian or the Attorney General under 
such cpntracts; 
"(2) rights or interests which have been returned or otherwise 
disposed of under this Act; and 
"(3) rights or interests vested by vesting orders 284, as 
amended (7 Fed. Reg. 9754; 9 Fed. Reg. 1038), 2354 (8 Fed. Reg. 
14635), 6592 (11 Fed. Reg. 1675), and 18805 (17 Fed. Reg. 4364), 
are hereby divested as a matter of grace, effective the ninety-first day 
after the date of enactment of this section, and the pei-sons entitled to 
such rights or interests shall succeed thereto, subject to the right of 
the Attorney General to collect and receive all unpaid royalties or 
other income accrued in his favor under such prevesting contracts 
prior to the day of divestment. 
"(d) The Attorney General shall within forty-five days after the 
date of enactment of this section publish in the Federal Register a list 
of trademarks which at the date of vesting in the Alien Property 
Custodian or Attorney General were owned by persons who were 
resident in or had their sole or primary seat in the area of Germany 
Publication 
in F. R. 
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PUBLIC LAW 87-862-OCT. 23, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Publication in 
F. R. 
Motion pictures, 
transfer. 
42 Stat. 1511. 
50 u s e app. 9. 
60 Stat. 50. 
50 use app. 32. 
Disposal. 
jiow ill the Soviet Zone of Occupation or in the Soviet sector of Berlin 
or in German territory under provisional Soviet or Polish admin-
istration. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this 
section, the effective date of divestment of the trademarks so listed 
and published in the Federal Register shall be the date of publication 
in the Federal Register by the Secretai^ of State of a certification 
identifying the cases in which an equivalent trademark has been 
registered m the Federal Republic of Grermany for a person residing 
or having its sole or primary seat in the Federal Republic of Germany 
or in the western sectors of Berlin. 
In those cases of an equivalent 
trademark certified by the Secretary of State, the person registered by 
the Federal Republic of Germany as owner of such equivalent trade-
mark shall succeed to the ownership of the divested trademark in the 
United States. 
"SEC. 43. (a) The Attorney General is hereby authorized and 
directed to transfer to the Library of Congress the title to all prints 
of motion pictures now in the custody of the Library, which prints 
Avere vested in or transferred to the Alien Property Custodian or the 
Attorney General pursuant to this Act after December 17,1941, except 
prints of motion pictures which are the subject of suits or claims under 
section 9(a) or section 32 of this Act. 
"(b) Subject to the right of selection by the Library of Congress, 
(he authorization, direction, and exception contained in subsection 
(a) hereof shall apply with respect to such prints now in the custody 
of the Attorney General. 
Prints not selected by the Library of Con-
gress may be disposed of by the Attorney General in any manner he 
deems appropriate. 
"(c) With respect to all prints concerning which title is transferred 
to the Library of Congress pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) hereof, 
the Library shall have complete discretion to retain such prints and 
to reproduce copies thereof, or to dispose of them in any manner it 
deems appropriate." 
Approved October 23, 1962. 
October 23, 1962 
[H. R. 10708] 
Rural Electri-
fication Act of 
1936, amendment. 
63 Stat. 949. 
"Telephone 
service." 
48 Stat. 1066. 
47 u s e 153. 
Public Law 87-862 
AN ACT 
To amend seotion 203 of the Rural Klectriticatiou Act of 1936, as amended, with 
respect to communication service for the transmission of voice, sounds, signals, 
pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds through the use of electricity. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 203 of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 924), is 
amended by striking out subsection (a)' thereof, and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"(a) As used in this title, the term 'telephone service' shall be 
deemed to mean any communication service for the transmission of 
voice, sounds, signals, pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds through 
the use of electricity between the transmitting and receiving appara-
tus, and shall include all telephone lines, facilities, or systems used in 
the rendition of such service; but shall not be deemed to mean message 
telegram service or community antenna television system services or 
facilities other than those intended exclusively for educational pur-
poses, or radio broadcasting services or facilities within the meaning 
of section 3(o) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended." 
Approved October 23, 1962.