Patent Trademark & Copyright Laws, 2011 Edition (Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws)

Get the latest legislative developments affecting U.S. intellectual property law. Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws 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 contains miscellaneous sections of the United States Code and treaties relating to intellectual property. The 2011 Edition includes recent changes to the nation's intellectual property laws. The updates include the provisions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-224), which appropriated an additional $129 million to the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for the fiscal year that ended September 30, 2010. Funding for the PTO and the Copyright Office for Fiscal Year 2011 was provided for via the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Pub. L. 111-242). Congress is expected to enact a further continuing appropriations act on or before December 3, 2010. Ratified Treaties and Complete Text of Book on CD! Along with the 2011 Edition is an updated CD-ROM containing the entire text of the book in HTML for easy searching and copying-and-pasting. The CD-ROM included with the next edition of the book will include the text of the recently adopted Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement. It also contains additional materials not in the print edition, provided by Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) and HTML. Recently added to the CD-ROM are the Rules of Practice of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Those who practice before the court obviously need to be well-acquainted with these complex rules. The rules cover such issues as how to file an appeal, stays or injunctions pending appeal, motion practice, the preparation and filing of briefs, oral argument, citation practice, en banc determinations, and petitions for rehearing. The CD-ROM also includes information relevant to congressional consideration of patent law reform.