Patent, Trademark and Copyright Laws

This reference provides intellectual property practitioners with the most important patent, trademark, and copyright laws in the U.S. Code in one convenient volume. The treatise fully incorporates the provisions of the America Invents Act into the U.S. Code sections of the book.

TheJune 2017 EditionofPatent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws:

·Adds provisions of the “21st Century Cures Act,” Pub. L. 114-255 (Dec. 13, 2016) relating to the regulation of new drugs
·Includes provisions of the “American Innovation and Competitiveness Act,” Pub. L. 114-329 (Jan. 6, 2017) amending the “Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980”
·Contains the provisions of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017,” Pub. L. 115-31, enacted May 5, 2017, relating to fiscal year 2017 funding for the Patent and Trademark Office and the Copyright Office
The accompanying CD-ROM contains the full text of the book, allowing for easy searching, plus recent legislative activity and additional useful material, such as the Rules of Practice of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, key international treaties, and legislative history relating to patent reform proposals. TheJune 2017 Edition adds the text of pending legislation introduced during the first few months of the 115th Congress, including H.R. 1695, the “Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017” (passed April 26, 2017 by a vote of 378-48), which would amend the Copyright Act to provide that the Register of Copyrights shall be appointed by the President (rather than by the Librarian of Congress) for a 10-year term, subject to reappointment. To aid your research, the CD-ROM also provides an easy-to-use chart showing all of the patent law revisions contained in the Act, as well as their effective dates, and a full legislative history of the Act.