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 256 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 317, 327-JUNE 11, 193 7 Terms of protection. Copyright, etc ., ac- tions. Duration of protec- tion. Reimbursement of incurred expenses. SEC. 4 . All the Acts, regulations, and provisions which apply to protecting copyrights, trade marks, designs, and patents for inven- tions or discoveries not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall apply to certificates issued pursuant to this Act, but no notice of c opyright on the w ork shal l be req uired fo r protect ion here under. SEC. 5 . Nothing contained in this Act shall bar or prevent the proprietor of the subject matter covered by any certificate issued pursuant to this Act from obtaining protection for such subject matter under the provisions of the copyright, trade mark, or patent laws of the United States of America, as the case may be, in force prior hereto, and upon making application and complying with the provisions prescribed by such laws ; and nothing contained in this Act shall prevent, lessen, impeach, or avoid any remedy at law or inequity'- under any certificate of copyright registration, certificate of t rade-mark registr ation, o r letter s patent for inve ntions o r dis- coveries or designs issued under the copyright, trade mark, or patent laws of the. United States of America, as the case may be, in force prior hereto, and which any owner thereof and of a certificate issued thereon pursuant to this Act might have had if this Act had not been passed, but such owner shall not twice recover the damages he has sustained or the profit made by reason of any infringement thereof. SEC. 6 . The rights protected under the provisions of this Act as to any copyright, trade mark, apparatus, device, machine, process, method, composition of matter, design, or manufactur ed article imported for exhibition at said New York World's Fair shall begin on the date the same is placed on exhibition at said exposition and shall continue for a period of six months from the date of the closing to the general public of said exposition. SEC. 7. All necessary expenses incurred by the United States in carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be reimbursed to the Government of the United States by the New York World's Fair, under regulations to be prescribed by the Librarian of Congress and the Commissioner of Patents, respectively ; and receipts from such reimbursements shall be deposited as refunds to the appropria- tions from which such expenses were paid. Approved, June 11, 1937. [CHAPTER 32 7] June 11, 1937 AN ACT [H. R.5136] To authorize the acquisition of land for cerneterial purposes in the vicinity of [Public, No. 1441 San Franc isco, Calif ornia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such suitable lands in the vicinity of San Francisco, California, as in his judgment are required for the enlargement of existing national cemetery facilities, and the sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authoriz ed to be appropr iated fo r this pu rpose fr om any f unds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which sum shall remain available until expended. Approved, June 11, 1937. 'So in original. San Francisco,Calif. Acquisition of land near, for cemeterial purposes. A ppro pria tion au- thorized.