COPYRIGHT related term(s) Patents

Addresses

Berne Convention: Ralph Oman, 22463 [9SE]

Amendments

Television: clarifying definition of local service area of low-power stations (H.R. 3108), 20397, 20424 [9AU], 22096 [15AU]

Analyses

Intellectual Property Rights Improvement Act (S. 2525), 12942-12946 [6JN]

International Intellectual Property Protection and Market Access Act (S. 2435), 10295 [12MY]

Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection Act (S. 2663), 17119 [21JY]

Articles and editorials

Copyrights Are as Vital as Merchandise, 30431 [10OC]

Donny Joins Songwriter Hill Rally, 8068 [18AP]

Enough Pirating of U.S. Goods, 1419 [3FE]

High Cost to Developing Countries, 30431 [10OC]

Open Letter to Japan—Erasing the Threat of Digital Audio Tape, 25019 [19SE]

Songwriters Hear a Sour Note From TV, 1004 [29JA]

Bills and resolutions

Artists: secure rights of pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works (see H.R. 5722)

Arts: secure rights of pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works (see S. 2796)

———work made for hire (see S. 2330)

Authors and authorship: commission to study compensation for not-for-profit lending of works (see H.R. 5571)

———work made for hire (see S. 2330)

Communication satellites: temporary compulsory licensing of secondary transmission by carriers superstations for private viewing by Earth station owners (see H.R. 5572)

Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works: implement (see S. 2904)

Crime and criminals: forfeiture of media royalties for conviction involving national security (see H.R. 5178)

Foreign trade: eliminate requirement of injury to a domestic industry (see S. 2449)

Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 4070)

Intellectual property rights: protection (see H.R. 4312)

Intellectuals: protect property rights (see H.R. 4585)

International Intellectual Property Protection and Market Access Act: enact (see S. 2435; H.R. 4808)

Inventions: use in outer space (see H.R. 4316)

Manufacturing clause: amend requirements (see H.R. 4696)

Sound recording and reproducing: use of copy-code scanners on digital audio tape recorders (see S. 2842)

Technolgy Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection Act: enact (see S. 2663)

Television: temporary compulsory licensing of secondary transmission by satellite carriers of superstations for private viewing by earth station owners (see H.R. 5126)

Court decisions

Right to broadcast theme and background music in syndicated television programs: sundry excerpts, 5973 [21MR]

Decisions

Buffalo Broadcasting Co. v. ASCAP and BMI, 4354 [11MR]

Letters

Berne Convention: George P. Shultz, Sec. of State, 27698 [1OC]

———President Reagan, 27698 [1OC]

Cable system identification requirements: Broadcast Music, Inc., 20398 [9AU]

———Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., 20398 [9AU]

———National Association of Broadcasters, 20397 [9AU]

———National Cable Television Association, 20398 [9AU]

Intellectual Property Rights Improvement Act: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, and Edwin Meese III, Attorney General, 12941 [6JN]

Low power transmission: Ralph Oman, 22096 [15AU]

Patent and Trademark Office and Copyright Office user fees: CBO, 17847 [28JY]

———GAO, 17846 [28JY]

———OMB, 17848 [28JY]

———Senator Mathias and Representative Kastenmeier, 17846 [28JY]

Patent restoration: New York Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association, Inc., 10543 [13MY]

Shared broadcast transmissions: Flora MacDonald (sundry), 28351 [3OC]

———Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce (sundry), 28350 [3OC]

Lists

Organizations supporting work for hire copyright revision (S. 2330), 7969 [17AP]

Memorandums

Patent and Trademark Office and Copyright Office User Fees: CBO, 17847 [28JY]

———OMB, 17847 [28JY]

Remarks in House

Computer Software Rental Act: enact (H.R. 4921), 12294 [3JN]

Foreign trade: protect U.S. intellectual property rights (H.R. 4312), 3747 [5MR]

Hollywood, CA: proposed trademark, 31496 [15OC], 32170 [16OC]

Intellectual property: protect rights, 7118 [10AP]

———protection, 10543 [13MY]

Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4070), 700 [29JA]

Korea, Republic of: protection agreement for U.S. patent and copyright holders, 17053 [21JY]

Laws: commemorate anniversary of first enactment (S.J. Res. 169), 30197 [10OC]

Music: conveyance of rebroadcast rights relative to syndicated television programs (H.R. 3521), 1004 [29JA], 4849 [13MR], 5591 [19MR], 5973 [21MR]

Satellite Dish Owners Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4674), 8550 [23AP]

Satellite Home Viewer Act: enact (H.R. 5126), 15735 [26JN]

Television: clarifying definition of local service area of low-power stations (H.R. 3108), 17790 [28JY], 22096 [15AU]

———licensing of secondary transmission by satellite carriers for private viewing (H.R. 5126), 15735 [26JN]

———right to broadcast theme and background music in syndicated programs (H.R. 3521), 1004 [29JA], 4849 [13MR], 5591 [19MR], 5973 [21MR]

Visual artists rights amendments: enact (H.R. 5722), 32704 [16OC]

Remarks in Senate

Arts: secure rights of pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works (S. 2796), 22450 [9SE]

———work made for hire (S. 2330), 7967 [17AP]

Audio recording devices: establish royalty fee (S. 1739), 13730 [13JN]

Authors and authorship: work made for hire (S. 2330), 7967 [17AP]

Berne Convention Implementation Act: enact (S. 2904), 27695 [1OC]

Canada: sense of Senate relative to shared broadcast transmissions, 28349 [3OC]

Dept. of Defense: establish rights relative to use, release, and disclosure of technical data, 19841 [7AU]

Digital Audio Tape Tariff Act: enact (S. 2842), 25019-25021 [19SE], 33344-33346 [17OC], 33868 [18OC]

Foreign trade: eliminate requirement of injury to a domestic industry (S. 2449), 10615 [14MY]

———enhance protection of intellectual property rights, 1418 [3FE]

Home Audio Recording Act: enact (S. 1739), 13730 [13JN]

Intellectual Property Rights Improvement Act: enact (S. 2525), 12938-12946 [6JN]

International Intellectual Property Protection and Market Access Act: enact (S. 2435), 10290-10296 [12MY]

International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works: anniversary of Berne Convention, 22463 [9SE]

Music: conveyance of rebroadcast rights relative to syndicated television programs (H.R. 3521), 4353-4355 [11MR]

———protection of compositions, 22006 [15AU]

Oman, Ralph: tribute, 22463 [9SE]

Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection Act: enact (S. 2663), 17117-17120 [21JY]

Television: clarifying definition of local service area of low-power stations (H.R. 3108), 20397-20399 [9AU]

———eliminate notice of change requirements under Copyright Act for satellite-transmitted programming, 20397 [9AU]

———restrictions on conveyance of audiovisual work to nonnetwork stations (S. 1980), 8068 [18AP]

———restrictions on conveyance of audiovisual work to nonnetwork stations (S. 1980), star print, 1220 [30JA]

———right to broadcast theme and background music in syndicated programs (H.R. 3521), 4353-4355 [11MR]

Reports

Protection of Musical Compositions: ABA, 22006 [15AU]

Reports filed

Commemorate Bicentennial Anniversary of First Patent and First Copyright Laws: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 169), 12772 [5JN]

Manufacture and Distribution of Copyrighted Material: Committee on Finance (S. 1822) (S. Rept. 99-322), 13366 [11JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1822) (S. Rept. 99-303), 11218 [19MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Protection of musical compositions: ABA, 22006 [15AU]

Statements

Technical Data Rights: President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management, 19841 [7AU]

Summaries

Home Audio Recording Act (S. 1739), 13733 [13JN]

Synopses

Testimonies

Blanket License for Cable Music TV Broadcasters: Edward Fritts, 4353 [11MR]

Texts of

S. 1739, Home Audio Recording Act, 13730-13732 [13JN]

S. 2330, amend copyright law in regard to work made for hire, 7968 [17AP]

S. 2435, International Intellectual Property Protection and Market Access Act, 10292-10294 [12MY]

S. 2525, Intellectual Property Rights Improvement Act, 12939-12941 [6JN]

S. 2663, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection Act, 17118 [21JY]

S. 2842, Digital Audio Tape Tariff Act, 25019 [19SE]

S. 2904, Berne Convention Implementation Act, 27697 [1OC]

S.J. Res. 169, commemorate anniversary of enactment of first patent and copyright laws, 13152 [10JN]

S.J. Res. 169, commemorate anniversary of first patent and first copyright laws, 30197 [10OC]