Selected Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition: Statutes, Regulations and Treaties 2003 (Statutory Supplement)

Patent coverage includes the First Inventors Defense Act of 1999 (providing limited defenses to prior inventors charged with infringement of certain method patents); the Patent Term Guarantee Act of 1999 (which attempts to guarantee that patent applications will issue within three years of the original application); and the Domestic Publication of Foreign Filed Patent Applications Act of 1999. Trademark coverage includes the new Anticyberpiracy Consumer Protection Act (Internet domain name disputes); and the Trademark Amendments Act of 1999. Copyrights are featured in coverage of the Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 and the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999.