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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK O F D ALLAS F I S C A L A G E N T O F T H E U N IT E D S T A T E S Dallas, Texas, November 18, 1942 To All Banking Institutions, and Others Concerned, in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District: The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following amendment to General License No. 72: “GENERAL LICENSE NO. 72, AS AMENDED, UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8889, as amended, Executive Order No. 9193, sections 3(a) and 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended by the F irst War Powers Act, 1941, relating to Foreign Funds Control.* General License No. 72, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: (1) A general license is hereby granted authorizing the following transactions, in which a blocked country or any national thereof has, on or since the effective date of the Order, had an in terest: (a) The filing and prosecution in the United States Patent Office of applications for letters patent for inventions and designs and for the registration of trademarks and the receipt of letters patent and trademark registration certificates issued pursuant to any such application; (b) The securing and registration of United States copyrights and the registration of claims to United States copyrights in prints and labels and the receipt of copyright certifi cates therefor; (c) The payment from blocked accounts or otherwise, except from accounts in which an enemy national has an interest, of fees currently due to the United States Government in connection with any transactions authorized herein. (d) The payment from blocked accounts or otherwise, except from accounts in which an enemy national has an interest, of the reasonable and customary fees and charges cur rently due to attorneys or representatives within the United States in connection with the transactions referred to in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph, provided that such payment shall not exceed (i) $100 for the preparation, filing, and prosecution of any application for letters patent; or (ii) $50 for the preparation, filing, and prosecution of any application for a trademark registration; or (iii) $25 for the securing and registra tion of any copyright; or (iv) $35 for the preparation and filing of any amendment to a pending application for letters patent or for a trademark registration; and (e) The execution of, or the recording of, any assignment, grant, encumbrance, license, or other agreement or arrangement of, under, or with respect to, any United States patent, trademark, or copyright, or application therefor. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of General Ruling No. 11, the transactions specified in paragraph (1) hereof may be effected even though they involve a communication from an enemy national after March 18, 1942. No other transaction which, directly or indirectly, involves any trade or communication with an enemy national is authorized by this general license. (3) Attention is directed to Public Circular No. 5, as amended November 17, 1942, issued by the Treasury Department, and to General Order No. 11 issued by the Alien Property Custodian on November 17,1942. RANDOLPH PAUL Acting Secretary of the Treasury” November 17,1942 *Part 131— Sec. 5(b ), 40 Stat. 415 and 966; Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 1; 54 Stat. 179; Public No. 354, 77th Congress, 55 Star. 838; Ex. Order 8389, April 10, 1940, as amended by Ex. Order 8785, June 14, 1941, Ex. Order 8832, July 26, 1941, Ex. Order 8963, Dec. 9, 1941, and Ex. Order 8998, Dec. 26, 1941; Ex. Order 9193, July 6, 1942; Regulations, April 10, 1940, as amended June 14, 1941, and July 26, 1941. Yours very truly, R. R. GILBERT President This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org)
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