1574 Payments; account- ing procedure. 5MStat. 31 . 22 U. S. C., Supp. V, §J 411-419. 66 Stat. 1433. Mutual aid in com- putation of payments. Joint committee. Effect of license agreement. Ante, pp. 1569-1572. Exception. Effective date; ter- mination. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. ARTICLE XIII All payments made by the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom, respectively, in carrying out the terms of this Agreement shall be accounted for by the appropriate agencies of the two Governments as aid extended and benefits received by the Government of the United States of America m accordance with the Act of the Congress of the United States approved March 11, 1941 (Public 11, 77th Congress), as amended, and the agreement between the two Governments entered into at Wash- ington on February 23, 1942. ARTICLE XIV Each Government will give to the other Government all possible information and other assistance required in connection with com- puting any payments to be made to nationals of the other Government with respect to the use of their patent rights, information, inventions, designs, or processes. ARTICLE XV A joint committee of representatives of the Government of the United States of America and of the Government of the United King- dom shall be established for the purpose of dealing with problems arising in connection with operations under this Agreement and of making appropriate recommendations to proper authorities with respect thereto. ARTICLE XVI No patent rights, information, inventions, designs, or processes shall be requested by either Government under this Agreement nor shall the indemnities set forth in Articles VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X of this Agreement apply in respect of any use or infringement occurring during the continuance in effect of a license agreement or other con- tractual obligation in existence on January 1, 1942 between a national of one Government on the one hand and a national of the other Gov- ernment on the other hand covering such patent rights, information, inventions, designs, or processes; provided that if such license agree- ment or other contractual obligation be nonexclusive, such patent rights, information, inventions, designs, or processes may be requested by either Government under this Agreement in respect of their use or infringement by nationals of the requesting Government other than the national holding such license agreement or other contractual ob- ligation and the indemnities aforesaid shall, if otherwise applicable in accordance with their terms, apply to the same extent. ARTICLE XVII This Agreement shall be deemed to have been in effect and opera- tion as from January 1, 1942, and shall expire on April 8, 1946, but without prejudice to any liability which may then already have been
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