COPYRIGHTS related term(s) Patents

Amendments

Sound recording and reproducing: exclusive right to perform publicly through digital transmissions (S. 227), S11948 [8AU]

Analyses

Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act (S. 227), S11951-S11959 [8AU]

Federal Trademark Dilution Act (S. 1513), S19311 [29DE]

Articles and editorials

Extending Copyrights Preserves U.S. Culture, S3394 [2MR]

Operators to Lawmakers—Now You're Playing Our Song; Legislators Tackle Industry's Music-Licensing Gripe; Restaurateurs, S11960 [8AU]

Bills and resolutions

China, People's Republic of: protection of intellectual property rights (see H. Res. 50), H890 [30JA]

Computers: permit lawful possessors of a copy of a computer program to authorize additional copies under certain circumstances (see H.R. 533), H295 [17JA]

———revise criminal infringement provisions (see S. 1122), S11451 [4AU]

House Rules: treat copyright royalties as honoraria (see H. Res. 20), H177 [9JA]

Information services: adapt copyright laws to digital networked environments of the National Information Infrastructure (see S. 1284; H.R. 2441), S14547 [28SE], H9738 [29SE]

Inslaw, Inc.: relief (see S. 740), S5910 [1MY]

———relief (S. 740), refer to the Court of Federal Claims (see S. Res. 114), S6082 [3MY]

Motion pictures: identification of author for purposes of noneconomic interests (see H.R. 1244), H3275 [15MR]

———require disclosures of materially altered films (see S. 559; H.R. 1248), S3964 [15MR], H3276 [15MR]

Music: licensing (see S. 1137; H.R. 789), S12079 [9AU], H1051 [1FE]

Patents: restore the proper term of patent protection (see S. 284), S1618 [26JA]

Public documents: prohibit Federal and State courts or agencies from requiring that legal citations in which copyright subsists be the only acceptable submission (see H.R. 1584, 1822), H4618 [9MY], H5904 [13JN]

Sound recording and reproducing: copyright laws relative to the public performance of sound recordings by means of digital transmission (see H.R. 1506), H4431 [7AP]

———exclusive right to perform publicly through digital transmissions (see S. 227), S944 [13JA]

Television: public performance copyright restrictions on professional sports programs viewing at places of public accommodation (see H.R. 935), H1751 [14FE]

Terms: duration of protection (see S. 483; H.R. 989), S3389 [2MR], H1907 [16FE]

Trademarks: protection against dilution (see S. 1513), S19306 [29DE]

———registration and protection (see H.R. 1270, 1295), H3415 [21MR], H3572 [22MR]

Descriptions

Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act (S. 227), S11949-S11951 [8AU]

Letters

Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S11962 [8AU]

———Kent Markus, Dept. of Justice, S11961 [8AU]

Remarks in House

China, People's Republic of: protection of intellectual property rights, H2230, H2232 [27FE]

———trade sanctions relative to intellectual property rights, H1342-H1344 [7FE]

Foreign trade: exempt trade sanction provisions of GATT from moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, H2118-H2124 [23FE]

———piracy of intellectual property, H843 [30JA], H3813 [28MR]

House Rules: treat copyright royalties as honoraria (H. Res. 20), H15550 [21DE]

Information services: adapt copyright laws to digital networked environments of the National Information Infrastructure (H.R. 2441), E1892 [29SE]

Literature: anniversary of copyright registration and deposit system for the Library of Congress, E1405 [11JY]

Motion pictures: identification of author for purposes of noneconomic interests (H.R. 1244), E615 [16MR]

Patents: restore the proper term of patent protection (H.R. 359), H6304-H6307 [26JN]

Sound recording and reproducing: copyright laws relative to the public performance of sound recordings by means of digital transmission (H.R. 1506), H10098-H10108 [17OC]

Terms: duration of protection (H.R. 989), E379 [16FE]

Trademarks: protection against dilution (H.R. 1295), H14317, H14318 [12DE]

Remarks in Senate

China, People's Republic of: protection of intellectual property rights, S2149 [6FE], S2264 [7FE]

Computers: revise criminal infringement provisions (S. 1122), S11452 [4AU]

Information services: adapt copyright laws to digital networked environments of the National Information Infrastructure (S. 1284), S14550-S14553 [28SE]

Inslaw, Inc.: relief (S. 740), S5910 [1MY]

———relief (S. 740), refer to the Court of Federal Claims (S. Res. 114), S6127 [3MY]

Library of Congress: anniversary of copyright registration and deposit system, S9652, S9724 [11JY]

Motion pictures: require disclosures of materially altered films (S. 559), S3965 [15MR]

Music: licensing (S. 1137), S12085 [9AU]

Patents: restore the proper term of patent protection (S. 284), S1622 [26JA]

Sound recording and reproducing: exclusive right to perform publicly through digital transmissions (S. 227), S947-S950 [13JA], S11945-S11967 [8AU]

Terms: duration of protection (S. 483), S3390-S3394 [2MR]

Trademarks: protection against dilution (H.R. 1295), S19312 [29DE]

———protection against dilution (S. 1513), S19310 [29DE]

Reports filed

Copyright Laws Relative to the Public Performance of Sound Recordings by Means of Digital Transmission: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1506) (H. Rept. 104-274), H9896 [11OC]

Exclusive Rights To Perform Sound Recordings Publicly Through Digital Transmissions: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 227) (S. Rept. 104-128), S11451 [4AU]

Registration and Protection of Copyrights and Trademarks: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1295) (H. Rept. 104-374), H13869 [30NO]

Summaries

Criminal Copyright Improvement Act (S. 1122), S11452-S11454 [4AU]

Texts of

H.R. 1244, Theatrical Motion Picture Authorship Act, E616 [16MR]

H.R. 1295, Federal Trademark Dilution Act, H14317 [12DE]

H.R. 1506, copyright laws relative to the public performance of sound recordings by means of digital transmission, H10098-H10102 [17OC]

S. 227, copyright laws relative to the public performance of sound recordings by means of digital transmission, H10104-H10108 [17OC]

S. 227, Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act, S11945-S11948, S11963-S11967 [8AU]

S. 284, restore the proper term of patent protection, S1623 [26JA]

S. 483, Copyright Term Extension Act, S3393 [2MR]

S. 559, Film Disclosure Act, S3965-S3967 [15MR]

S. 1284, National Information Infrastructure Copyright Protection Act, S14551 [28SE]

S. 1513, Federal Trademark Dilution Act, S19310 [29DE]

S. Res. 114, refer S. 740, relief for Inslaw, Inc., to the Court of Federal Claims, S6109, S6127 [3MY]