INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. March 27, 1 94 Agreement between the United States of America and the UnitedKingdom IT.r. A.s.ll of Great Britain and Northern Ireland amending the agreement of August 24, 1942, respecting interchange of patent rights, information, inventions, designs, or processes. Signed at Washington March 27, 1946; effective January 1, 1942. Whereas there was signed and sealed at Washington on the twenty- fourth day of August 1942, for the Government of the United States of America and for the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in further fulfillment of the policy set 6 Stat. 1433. forth in their Agreement of February 23, 1942 on the principles apply- ing to mutual aid in the prosecution of the war against aggression, 6 Stat. I4. an Agreement deemed to have been in effect and operation as from January 1, 1942 concerning the interchange of patent rights, informa- tion, inventions, designs, or processes; and Whereas it is desirable to amend the said Agreement of August 24, 1942 in certain particulars; Now, therefore, it is agreed by the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that the said Agreement of August 24, 1942 shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: ARTICLE I Reciprocal procure- (a) Each Government, in so far as it may lawfully do so, will procure ment of patent rights, etc.; avalability. and make available to the other Government, for use in war produc- tion, patent rights, information, inventions, designs, or processes requested by the other Government. In the case of the United States of America, the law authorizing such procurement and transfer is now 5 Stat. 31., u the Act of the Congress of the United States approved March 11, 1941 V, I411-419. (Public 11, 77th Congress), as amended. Each Government will bear the cost of the procurement of such patent rights, information, inventions, designs, or processes from its own nationals. "Nationals. " (b) In this Agreement the term "nationals" in relation to the United States of America shall mean all natural persons who on May 8, 1945 were exclusively citizens of the United States of America, all corporations, partnerships, and associations organized under the laws of the United States of America, its territories, the several States, or the District of Columbia, and all natural persons domiciled or resident in the United States of America on May 8, 1945, as well as the Government of the United States of America and all of its agencies, but the term "nationals" in relation to the United States of America shall not include natural persons who were on May 8, 1945 exclusively subjects of the United Kingdom even though they were domiciled or resident in the United States of America on that date. In this Agree- ment the term "nationals" in relation to the United Kingdom shall 1566
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