39 CFR § 3024.6 - Disclosure, transfer, and licensing of intellectual property.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s3024.6"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "39 CFR § 3024.6 - Disclosure, transfer, and licensing of intellectual property."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "3024.6"
section_name: "Disclosure, transfer, and licensing of intellectual property."
chapter_name: "POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL RULES OF PRACTICE FOR SPECIFIC PROCEEDING TYPES"
part_number: "3024"
part_name: "SPECIAL RULES FOR COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF 39 U.S.C. 404a"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "39 U.S.C. 404a; 3662."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 62294, Oct. 16, 2014, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 85 FR 9615, Feb. 19, 2020."
cfr_part: "3024"
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# 3024.6 Disclosure, transfer, and licensing of intellectual property.
(a) A complaint alleging a violation of 39 U.S.C. 404a(a)(2) must show that the Postal Service has compelled or attempted to compel the disclosure, transfer, or licensing of the intellectual property of the person filing the complaint to a third party.
(b) As used in this section, the term *intellectual property* includes, among other things, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and proprietary information.
(c) As used in this section, the term *disclosure, transfer, or licensing of intellectual property* includes, among other things, an action that has an adverse effect on the value of intellectual property.