35 USC § 211 - Relationship to antitrust laws

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title: "35 USC § 211 - Relationship to antitrust laws"
title_number: 35
title_name: "PATENTS"
section_number: "211"
section_name: "Relationship to antitrust laws"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "PATENT RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS MADE WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–517, § 6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3027.)"
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# § 211. Relationship to antitrust laws

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to convey to any person immunity from civil or criminal liability, or to create any defenses to actions, under any antitrust law.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–517, § 6(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3027.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , but implementing regulations authorized to be issued earlier, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under .