Patent, Trademark and Copyright Laws: June 2009

Patent,Trademark,and Copyright Laws,June 2009 Edition includes Title 35 (Patents),Title 17 (Copyrights),and Chapters 22 and 63 of Title 15 (Trademarks and Technology Innovation) of the United States Code.It also includes miscellaneous sections of the United States Code and other laws and treaties relating to intellectual property.The June Edition includes changes enacted into law during the first half of the First Session of the 111th Congress.These statutory changes relate to the Fiscal Year 2009 appropriations for the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Copyright Office.The accompanying CD-ROM contains the entire text of the book in searchable format,plus the text of the Patent Reform Act of 2009,as reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and as introduced in the House of Representatives, along with accompanying explanatory material.To provide context, the CD-ROM also includes the text of the House and Senate versions of the Patent Act of 2007,as well as analysis of those bills.The CD-ROM also contains selected international Conventions and Treaties and their legislative histories,including the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks,which entered into force in the U.S. on March 16,2009.