royalties
Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.
The term "royalties" means payments of any kind, including payments under technical assistance or similar agreements, made as consideration for the use of, or right to use, a copyright, literary, artistic, or scientific work, patent, trademark, design, model, plan, or secret formula or secret process, excluding payments under technical assistance or similar agreements that can be related to a specific service such as—
(A) personnel training, without regard to where the training is performed; or
(B) if performed in the territory of one or more USMCA countries, engineering, tooling, die-setting, software design and similar computer services, or other services.
Source
- 2020–present19 U.S.C. § 4531Customs Duties · Rules of origin · in this section
The term “royalties” means payments of any kind, including payments under technical assistance or similar agreements, made as consideration for the use or right to use any copyright, literary, artistic, or scientific work, patent, trademark, design, model, plan, secret formula, or process. It does not include payments under technical assistance or similar agreements that can be related to specific services such as—
(A) personnel training, without regard to where performed; and
(B) if performed in the territory of one or more of the NAFTA countries, engineering, tooling, die-setting, software design and similar computer services, or other services.
Source
- 1994–present19 U.S.C. § 3332Customs Duties · Rules of origin · for purposes of this section