PATENTS
Addresses
Copyright Infringement, David Ladd, Register of Copyrights (excerpt), 935 [27JA]
Analyses
H.R. 1028, Semiconductor Chip Protection Act, 2905 [24FE]
Patent Law Amendments, 34731 [18NO]
S. 1841, National Productivity and Innovation Act, 24086-24088 [14SE]
S. 2171, Uniform Patent Procedures Act, 34501 [18NO]
Articles and editorials
Court Rules That ``Monopoly'' Has Suffered Genericide, 28867-28868 [21OC]
Lot Rides On a Good Name—Trademark Law Is Unsettled, 28866 [21OC]
National Inventors Hall of Fame, 3071 [25FE]
News and Trends, 28869 [21OC]
Bills and resolutions
Applications: clarify certain provisions relating to filing in foreign countries (see H.R. 4524)
Artistic works: secure rights of authors (see H.R. 1521)
Cable television systems: royalty fees (see H.R. 2902)
Coin-operated phonorecord players: protect operators (see H.R. 3858, 4010)
Copyright Royalty Tribunal: amend act (see S. 1270)
———amend laws (see H.R. 3419)
Drugs: size and color of tablets (see H.R. 3320)
Foreign countries: clarify certain provisions relating to filing of patent applications (see H.R. 4524)
Free Market Copyright Royalty Act: enact (see S. 1270)
Home video recording: exempt from copyright infringement (see S. 175; H.R. 175)
Impro Products, Inc.: extend certain patent (see S. 1711)
———extend patent term (see H.R. 2882)
Interferences: arbitration (see H.R. 4528)
Invalidity: assertions by a licensee (see H.R. 4529)
Inventions: development with Federal assistance (see S. 2171)
———Federal standards for employee preinvention (see H.R. 3286)
———ownership and compensation (see H.R. 3285)
———use outside U.S. (see H.R. 4526)
Joint inventors: make certain clarifications concerning (see H.R. 4527)
Laws: amend (see S. 1535, 1538; H.R. 2610, 4462)
———commemorate bicentennial anniversary (see S.J. Res. 165)
No. 3,376,198: extend term (see H.R. 2882)
Ornamental designs of useful articles: protect (see H.R. 2985)
Owners: protect from certain imports (see H.R. 3577, 4288)
Prior art: make certain clarifications concerning (see H.R. 4525)
Research and development: promote (see S. 1841; H.R. 3878)
Secondary transmissions: exclusive rights (see H.R. 1388)
Semiconductor chips and masks: protect against unauthorized duplication (see S. 1201; H.R. 1028)
``Star-Spangled Banner'': define (see H.R. 1997)
Term: restore, for term of nonmarketability (see S. 1306)
———restore, for term on nonmarketability (see H.R. 3502)
Trademark: cancellation (see S. 1990; H.R. 4460)
Trademarks: strengthen laws against counterfeiting (see S. 875)
Uniform Patent Procedures Act: enact (see S. 2171)
Remarks in House
Copyright owners: compensation, 934-936 [27JA]
Employee/inventors: patent rights (H.R. 3285, 3286), 15525 [13JN]
Home video recording: exempt from liability for copyright infringement, 934-936 [27JA]
Impro Products, Inc.: relief (H.R. 2882), 10838 [3MY]
Infringment: protect against foreign (H.R. 3577), 19372 [14JY]
Inventors: issuance, 15525 [13JN]
———ownership and compensation for inventions (H.R. 3285), 15525 [13JN]
Laws: amend (H.R. 2610), 8957 [19AP]
Patent laws: amend (H.R. 4462), 34731 [18NO]
———amend (H.R. 5424-5428), 34801 [18NO]
Patent Term Restoration Act: enact (H.R. 3502), 18576 [11JY]
Pharmaceutical products: extend patent term (H.R. 3502), 18383 [30JN], 19104 [13JY]
Preinvention assignment agreements (H.R. 3286), 15525 [13JN]
Record, tape, and film piracy and counterfeiting: copyright laws, 934-936 [27JA]
Records: impact of taping rental, 934-936 [27JA]
Semiconductor Chip Protection Act: introduction (H.R. 1028), 2904 [24FE]
Small business: exemption from certain patent fees (H.R. 3462), 18227 [29JN]
Small Business Independent Inventor Patent Fee Assistance Act: introduction (H.R. 3462), 18227 [29JN]
Tolleson, Ariz., Union High School drill teams: state champions, 14142 [26MY]
Wilcox, Pa.: 125th anniversary of founding, 17208 [23JN]
Remarks in Senate
Coin-Operated Phonorecord Player Copyright Act: introduction (S. 1734), 22463 [3AU]
Freemarket Copyright Royalty Act: enact (S. 1270), 34633 [18NO]
Home video recording: legalities (S. 175), 30146 [31OC]
Impro Products, Inc.: patent relief (S. 1711), 21625 [29JY]
Law: reform (S. 1535), 17015 [23JN]
Medicare Pacemaker Payment Reform and Patient Protection Act: introduction (S. 1622), 19291 [14JY]
National Productivity and Innovation Act: introduction (S. 1841), 24085 [14SE]
Patent and copyright laws: commemorate bicentennial anniversary of constitutional foundation (S.J. Res. 165), 24588 [19SE]
Patent law amendments: introduction (S. 1538), 17020 [23JN]
Patent Term Restoration Act: enact (S. 1306), 20596 [25JY]
———introduction (S. 1306), 12627 [17MY]
Record rental amendment: enact (S. 32), 17644 [28JN]
Trademark cancellation: clarification of circumstances (S. 1990), 28865-28866 [21OC]
Trademark generic standard: clarify cancellation circumstances (S. 1440), 15279 [9JN]
Uniform Patent Procedures Act: introduction (S. 2171), 34501 [18NO]
Statements
Law Pertaining to Trademark Generic Standard (sundry excerpts), 15279 [9JN]
Summaries
S. 2171, Uniform Patent Procedures Act, 34501 [18NO]
Testimonies
Mechanism of Copyright, Joseph Waz, Jr. (excerpt), 934 [27JA]
Patent Laws, John Stedman (excerpt), 8958 [19AP]
Texts of
H.R. 3502, Patent Term Restoration Act, 18576 [11JY]
S. 32, record rental amendment, 17644 [28JN]
S. 1306, Patent Term Restoration Act, 12628 [17MY]
S. 1535, law reform, 17016 [23JN]
S. 1538, patent law amendments, 17020 [23JN]
S. 1622, Medicare Pacemaker Payment Reform and Patient Protection Act, 19292-19293 [14JY]
S. 1711, patent relief for Impro Products, Inc., 21626 [29JY]
S. 1734, Coin-Operated Phonorecord Player Copyright Act, 22464 [3AU]
S. 1841, National Productivity and Innovation Act, 24085-24086 [14SE]
S. 2171, Uniform Patent Procedures Act, 34502-34505 [18NO]
S.J. Res. 165, anniversary of foundation of patent and copyright laws, 24589 [19SE]