the United States Government

“ Concerns the liability of the United States Government for copyright infringement.
(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. ”

“ 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. ”