50 U.S.C. § 4341 — Motion picture prints, transfer of title

Page 1100 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 4341 Fed. Reg. 4364), are hereby divested as a matter of grace, effective the ninety-first day after Oc- tober 23, 1962, and the persons entitled to such trademarks shall on that day succeed to the rights, privileges, and obligations arising there- from, subject, however, to the rights of licensees under licenses issued by the Alien Property Cus- todian or the Attorney General in respect to such trademarks. The rights and interests re- maining in the Attorney General under licenses issued by him or by the Alien Property Custo- dian in respect to trademarks divested here- under are transferred, effective the day of di- vestment, to the persons entitled to such trade- marks: Provided, That all unpaid royalties or other income accrued in favor of the Attorney General under such licenses prior to the day of divestment shall be paid by the licensees to the Attorney General. (c) Prevesting contracts; exceptions; payment of royalties to Attorney General All rights or interests vested in the Alien Property Custodian or the Attorney General under the provisions of this chapter subsequent to December 17, 1941, arising out of prevesting contracts entered into with respect to trade- marks, except— (1) royalties or other income received by or accrued in favor of the Alien Property Custo- dian or the Attorney General under such con- tracts; (2) rights or interests which have been re- turned or otherwise disposed of under this chapter; (3) rights or interests vested by vesting or- ders 284, as amended (7 Fed. Reg. 9754; 9 Fed. Reg. 1038), 2354 (8 Fed. Reg. 14635), 5592 (11 Fed. Reg. 1675), and 18805 (17 Fed. Reg. 4364), are hereby divested as a matter of grace, effec- tive the ninety-first day after October 23, 1962, and the persons entitled to such rights or inter- ests 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) Publication of ownership list in Federal Reg- ister; effective date of divestment; succession to ownership of equivalent trademarks The Attorney General shall within forty-five days after October 23, 1962, publish in the Fed- eral 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 now in the Soviet Zone of Occupation or in the Soviet sector of Berlin or in German territory under provisional Soviet or Polish administration. Notwith- standing the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the effective date of divestment of the trademarks so listed and published in the Fed- eral Register shall be the date of publication in the Federal Register by the Secretary of State of a certification identifying the cases in which an equivalent trademark has been registered in the Federal Republic of Germany 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 trademark shall succeed to the ownership of the divested trademark in the United States. (Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, § 42, as added Pub. L. 87–861, § 2, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1139.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, 40 Stat. 411, known as the Trading with the enemy Act, also known as the Trading with the Enemy Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For com- plete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 4301 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 43 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions vested by law in Alien Property Custodian and Office of Alien Property Custodian transferred to Attorney General by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947, § 101, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 951, set out in the Ap- pendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Em- ployees. § 4341. Motion picture prints, transfer of title (a) Prints in custody of Library of Congress; ex- ception The Attorney General is authorized and di- rected to transfer to the Library of Congress the title to all prints of motion pictures now in the custody of the Library, which prints were vested in or transferred to the Alien Property Custo- dian or the Attorney General pursuant to this chapter after December 17, 1941, except prints of motion pictures which are the subject of suits or claims under section 4309(a) or section 4329 of this title. (b) Prints in custody of Attorney General; excep- tion; right of selection by Library of Con- gress; disposal of unselected prints by Attor- ney General Subject to the right of selection by the Li- brary of Congress, the 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 Congress may be dis- posed of by the Attorney General in any manner he deems appropriate. (c) Retention, reproduction, and disposal of prints by Library of Congress 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 ap- propriate. (Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, § 43, as added Pub. L. 87–861, § 2, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1140.) Page 1101 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 4406 Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act Oct. 6, 1917, ch. 106, 40 Stat. 411, known as the Trading with the enemy Act, also known as the Trading with the Enemy Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 4301 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 44 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Functions vested by law in Alien Property Custodian and Office of Alien Property Custodian transferred to Attorney General by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1947, § 101, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 951, set out in the Ap- pendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Em- ployees. CHAPTER 54—MERCHANT SHIP SALES Sec. 4401 to 4406. Repealed or Transferred. §§ 4401 to 4403. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3502(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1910 Section 4401, Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, § 2, 60 Stat. 41, re- lated to declaration of policy. Section 4402, Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, § 3, 60 Stat. 41; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(153), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167; Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 307(12), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1925, re- lated to definitions. Section 4403, Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, § 5, 60 Stat. 43; June 28, 1947, ch. 161, § 2, 61 Stat. 191; June 30, 1950, ch. 427, § 3, 64 Stat. 308; Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1175, 68 Stat. 1050; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(155), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167; Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 307(12), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1925, related to charter of vessels. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Act Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, § 1, 60 Stat. 41, which provided that act Mar. 8, 1946, could be cited as the ‘‘Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946’’, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3502(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1910. TERMINATION DATE Act Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, § 14, 60 Stat. 50, as amended June 28, 1947, ch. 161, § 1, 61 Stat. 190; Feb. 27, 1948, ch. 78, § 1(a), 62 Stat. 38; Feb. 28, 1949, ch. 12, 63 Stat. 9; June 29, 1949, ch. 281, § 1, 63 Stat. 349; June 30, 1950, ch. 427, § 1, 64 Stat. 308; Aug. 17, 1950, ch. 725, 64 Stat. 452, which provided that no contract of sale was to be made under act Mar. 8, 1946, after Jan. 15, 1951, and no contract of charter was to be made under that act after June 30, 1950, except as provided under 50 U.S.C. 4403(e), (f), was repealed by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3502(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1910. GREAT LAKES VESSELS Act Sept. 28, 1950, ch. 1093, § 3, 64 Stat. 1078, provided that contracts for the sale of vessels for exclusive use on the Great Lakes could be made until Dec. 31, 1950, and transfer to the Great Lakes of such vessels was re- quired to be completed by Dec. 31, 1951. § 4404. Repealed or Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was comprised of section 8 of act Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, 60 Stat. 45, as amended. Subsections (a) to (c) of section 8 of act Mar. 8, 1946, were repealed by Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 307(12), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1925. Subsection (d) of section 8 of act Mar. 8, 1946, was redes- ignated as and transferred to section 56308 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3502(a)(2), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1910. Section was formerly classified to section 1741 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section. § 4405. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, § 11, 60 Stat. 49, as amend- ed, was redesignated as and transferred to section 57100 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3502(a)(3), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1910. Section was formerly classified to section 1744 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section. § 4406. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3502(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1910 Section, act Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 82, § 12, 60 Stat. 49; Sept. 28, 1950, ch. 1093, §§ 1, 2, 64 Stat. 1078; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(158), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 168; Pub. L. 101–225, title III, § 307(12), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1925, related to re- conversion of vessels for normal commercial operation. CHAPTER 55—DEFENSE PRODUCTION Sec. 4501. Short title. 4502. Declaration of policy. SUBCHAPTER I—PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS 4511. Priority in contracts and orders. 4512. Hoarding of designated scarce materials. 4513. Penalties. 4514. Limitation on actions without congressional authorization. 4515. Presidential power to ration gasoline among classes of end-users unaffected. 4516. Designation of energy as a strategic and crit- ical material. 4517. Strengthening domestic capability. 4518. Modernization of small business suppliers. SUBCHAPTER II—EXPANSION OF PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY AND SUPPLY 4531. Presidential authorization for the national defense. 4532. Loans to private business enterprises. 4533. Other presidential action authorized. 4534. Defense Production Act Fund. 4535. Reports on exercise of authorities. SUBCHAPTER III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 4551. Small business. 4552. Definitions. 4553. Civilian personnel. 4554. Regulations and orders. 4555. Investigations; records; reports; subpoenas; right to counsel. 4556. Jurisdiction of courts; injunctions; venue; process; effect of termination of provisions. 4557. Liability for compliance with invalid regula- tions; discrimination against orders or con- tracts affected by priorities or allocations.