§1405q Laws Continued in Force Until Modified; Patent, Trade Mark, and Copyright Laws Extended to Virgin Islands; Jurisdiction of District Court

Summary

Keeps the U.S. laws that applied in the Virgin Islands on June 22, 1936, and the local laws and ordinances in force that day, as long as they do not conflict with this part of the law. The Municipal Council of Saint Croix, the Municipal Council of Saint Thomas and Saint John, and the territorial legislative assembly may change, repeal, or make local laws and rules that do not conflict with this part or with any later U.S. laws that apply there, but Congress can cancel those local actions. Federal patent, trademark, and copyright laws apply in the Virgin Islands the same as in the continental United States, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands has the same authority to decide those cases as U.S. district courts.