COPYRIGHT see also Patents

Amendments

Generalized System of Preferences: renew authority (S. 1718), 9333 [12AP]

Patent law: amend (S. 1538), 20111, 20113, 20146, 20147 [29JN]

Trademark Counterfeiting Act: enact (S. 875), 19677, 19750 [28JN]

Analyses

Uniform Patent Procedures Act (H.R. 4964), 3573 [28FE]

Articles and editorials

Japan Buries Copyright Bill—U.S. Fears It May Resurface, 15348 [7JN]

Protecting Intellectual Property, 19699 [28JN]

U.S. Officials Decry Japanese Copyright Plan, 15348 [7JN]

What Price Home Taping?, 7617 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions

Computer programing: authorship protection (see S. Con. Res. 117)

Computers: protection of software industry in rental or leasing of programs for commercial purposes (see S. 3074)

Copyright Royalty Tribunal (see H.R. 6164)

Developing countries: deny duty-free treatment when violating U.S. patents, copyrights, or trademarks (see H.R. 5634)

Foreign countries: protection of intellectual property rights of U.S. nationals (see S. 2549)

Foreign trade: deny duty-free treatment for violations of U.S. patents, copyrights, or trademarks (see H.R. 5634)

Intellectual properties: strengthen statutory protection against foreign competitors (see H.R. 6024)

Semiconductor chips: protection against unauthorized duplication of mask works (see H.R. 5525)

Sound recordings: amend U.S. Code with respect to rental, lease, or lending (see H.R. 5938)

Television: cable transmissions (see H.R. 5878)

———home reception for satellite-transmitted noncommercial programs (see S. 2437; S. 5176)

Television cable systems: transmissions (see H.R. 6164)

Trademarks: clarify circumstances under which they may be canceled or abandoned (see H.R. 6285)

———strengthen laws against counterfeiting (see H.R. 5532)

Work for hire (see H.R. 5911)

Documents

U.S. Constitution (excerpt), 15653 [11JN]

Explanations

Generalized System of Preferences amendment (S. 1718), 9334 [12AP]

Letters

Competition in cable television systems: Justus Dobesh, 6065 [20MR]

Copyright protection of computer software: American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, 15348 [7JN]

———George Bush, 15348 [7JN]

Freedom of Information Reform Act (S. 774): Library of Congress, 3686, 3687 [28FE]

Missile development and military decisionmaking: Dept. of the Air Force, 10254 [26AP]

Memorandums

Federal District Court Organization Act (H.R. 6163)—Semiconductor Chip Protection, 30945-31739 [10OC]

Motion

Semiconductor chips: protect mask works against unauthorized duplication (H.R. 5525), 15689 [11JN]

Papers

U.S. Government Position on Japanese Proposal, 15347 [7JN]

Remarks in House

Champaign, IL: licensing rights to inventions of the Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 15510 [7JN]

Coin Operated Phonorecord Player Copyright Act: enact (H.R. 3858), 2635 [9FE]

Freedom of Information Reform Act: enact (S. 774), 3686 [28FE]

Generalized system of preferences: link benefits to protection of U.S. patents and copyrights, 8587 [10AP]

———link benefits to protection of U.S. patents and copyrights (H.R. 5324), 7631 [3AP]

Home taping: impact on copyright holders, 7617 [3AP]

Joint Research and Development Act: enact (H.R. 5041), 10252 [26AP]

Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Protection Act: enact, 21088 [25JY]

Semiconductor Chip Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1028), 935 [30JA]

Semiconductor chips: protect mask works against unauthorized duplication (H.R. 5525), 15651, 15653-15659 [11JN], 16001 [12JN]

———protect mask works against unauthorized duplication (H.R. 5525), pass S. 1201 in lieu, 15689 [11JN]

———protect mask works against unauthorized duplication (H.R. 5525), star print, 15651 [11JN]

Sound recordings: amend U.S. Code relative to rental, lease, or lending (H.R. 5938), 24820 [11SE]

———amend U.S. Code relative to rental, lease, or lending (H.R. 5938), S. 32 passed in lieu, 24825 [11SE]

Uniform Patent Procedures Act: enact, 3978 [29FE]

———introduction (H.R. 4964), 3572 [28FE]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural Patent Reform Act: introduction (S. 2950), 23833, 23836 [10AU]

Antitrust, Patent, and Copyright Law Adjustment Act: enact (S. 1841), appointment of conferees, 23431 [9AU]

Cable television: copyright regulations relative to retransmission of signals, 14149 [24MY]

Computers: copyright protection for software (S. Con. Res. 117), 15347 [7JN], 19413 [27JN]

———protection for software, 25610 [17SE], 25722 [18SE]

———protection of software industry in rental or leasing of programs for commercial purposes (S. 3074), 30580 [5OC], 31993, 32082 [11OC]

Impro Products, Inc.: extend patent (S. 1711), 10092 [26AP]

Intellectual Property and Fair Trade Act: enact (S. 2549), 19698 [28JN]

———introduction (S. 2549), 8587 [10AP]

National Inventors' Day: designate (H.J. Res. 271), 6537 [26MR]

Patent and copyright laws: bicentennial anniversary of foundation (S.J. Res. 165), 12434 [16MY]

Patent law: amend (S. 1538), 20109-20116 [29JN]

Satellite Viewing Rights Act: introduction (S. 2437), 5844 [19MR]

Sound recordings: amend U.S. Code relative to rental, lease, or lending of copyrighted (S. 32), 25720 [18SE]

———amend U.S. Code relative to rental, lease, or lending of copyrighted (S. 32), House amendments, 26449 [21SE]

Trademark Counterfeiting Act: enact (S. 875), 19748-19753 [28JN]

Reports

Bicentennial Anniversary of Constitutional Foundation for Patent and Copyright Laws: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 165), 11757 [10MY]

Extension of Certain Patent Numbers: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1711) (S. Rept. 98-389), 8752 [11AP]

Federally Assisted Invention Patent Rights Policy: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2171) (S. Rept. 98-662), 30563 [5OC]

Patent Law Act Amendments: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1538) (S. Rept. 98-547), 20118 [29JN]

Patent Law Effectiveness: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1535) (S. Rept. 98-663), 30563 [5OC]

Promote Research and Development, Encourage Innovation, and Stimulate Trade: committee of conference (S. 1841), 26513-26519 [21SE]

———committee of conference (S. 1841) (S. Rept. 98-1044), 26589 [24SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1841) (S. Rept. 98-427), 10878 [3MY]

Trade Act Amendment Promoting Generalized System of Preferences: Committee on Rules (H.R. 6023; H. Res. 594) (H. Rept. 98-1116), 28143 [1OC]

Statements

Integrity of the Law: L. Ray Patterson, 15654 [11JN]

U.S. Intellectual Property Rights: Donald W. Peterson, for the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition, 8588 [10AP]

Summaries

Intellectual Property and Fair Trade Act (S. 2549)-8589-8593 [10AP]

Texts of

H.R. 5041, Joint Research and Development Act, 10253 [26AP]

H.R. 5324, link generalized system of preferences benefits to protection of U.S. patents and copyrights, 7631 [3AP]

H.R. 5525, Semiconductor Chip Protection Act, 15651 [11JN]

H.R. 5938, amend U.S. Code relative to rental, lease, or lending of sound recordings, 24820 [11SE]

S. 32, amend U.S. Code relative to rental, lease, or lending of sound recordings, 24825 [11SE]

S. 875, Trademark Counterfeiting Act, 19748, 19752 [28JN]

S. 1538, patent law amendments, 20109, 20113-20116 [29JN]

S. 1711, extension of Impro Products, Inc., patent, 10092 [26AP]

S. 2437, Satellite Viewing Rights Act, 5844 [19MR]

S. 2549, Intellectual Property and Fair Trade Act, 8588 [10AP]

S. 2950, Agricultural Patent Reform Act, 23833-23836 [10AU]

S. 3074, protection of copyrighted computer programs, 30581 [5OC]

S. Con. Res. 117, copyright protection for computer software, 15346 [7JN]

S.J. Res. 165, bicentennial anniversary of patent and copyright laws, 12434 [16MY]