Patent, Trademark and Copyright Laws: June 2011

Companion Volume to Patent,Trademark,and Copyright Regulations.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 June 2011 Edition is updated to include changes enacted into law from November 29, 2010 to May 23, 2011. included in this edition is the text of Public Law 111-349, enacted into law on January 4, 2011, which establishes a pilot program in certain federal district courts with respect to patent cases, as well as those provisions of the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, enacted into law on April 15, 2011, relating to appropriations for the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Copyright Office. Latest Senate and House Passed Legislation on Patent Reformand Complete Text of Book on CD!Along with the June 2011 Edition is an updated CD-ROM containing the entire text of the book in HTML for quick and easy research. New to the CD-ROM for this edition is the latest material relating to efforts to amend the patent law, including the text of the America Invents Act, S. 23, which passed the U.S. Senate on March 9, 2011. Other materials on the CD-ROM include the text of the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement and other materials not in the print edition, provided in 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.