COPYRIGHTS related term(s) Patents

Addresses

Public Access to Certain Federal Information Products: Wayne Kelley, GPO, S1731 [27FE]

Agreements

Mutual understanding between the Japanese patent office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Wataru Asou and Bruce A. Lehman, H1449 [14AP], H1726 [23AP]

Amendments

Government regulations: treatment of restored works, licensing, infringement actions, Copyright Office fees, court proceedings, and audio recordings and devices (H.R. 672), S11485, S11498 [30OC]

Satellite Home Viewer Act: technical amendments (H.R. 672), S11485, S11498 [30OC]

Analyses

Limitations on Copyright Liability Relative to Computer On-Line Material (H.R. 2180), E1452 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions

Bogsch, Arpad: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 143), H6917 [4SE]

Certain original designs: protection (see H.R. 2696), H9038 [22OC]

Computers: limitations on liability relative to on-line material (see S. 1146; H.R. 2180), S8723 [3SE], H5485 [17JY]

———permit lawful possessors of a copy of a computer program to authorize additional copies under certain circumstances (see H.R. 72), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Copyright Act: revise to conform to the digital era and advance educational opportunities (see H.R. 3048), H10953 [13NO]

Copyrights: strengthen criminal copyright infringement laws (see S. 1044), S7768 [21JY]

Crime: strengthen criminal copyright infringement laws (see H.R. 2265), H5825 [25JY]

Exemptions (see S. 28), S159 [21JA]

Information services: prevent the misappropriation of collections of information (see H.R. 2652), H8832 [9OC]

Madrid Protocol: implementation of agreement on the international registration of trademarks (see H.R. 567), H284 [4FE]

Patent and Trademark Office: improve the integrity of patent system and ensure the validity of U.S. patents (see H.R. 812), H627 [25FE]

Patents: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

———restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (see H.R. 811), H627 [25FE]

Satellite Home Viewer Act: technical amendments (see S. 506; S. 672), S2646 [20MR], H452 [11FE]

Sound recording and reproducing: treatment of distribution of certain phonorecords (see H.R. 1967), H4085 [19JN]

Terms: duration of protection (see S. 505; H.R. 604, 1621, 2589), S2646 [20MR], H347 [5FE], H2783 [15MY], H8299 [1OC]

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty: implementation (see S. 1121; H.R. 2281, 3048), S8532 [31JY], H6025 [29JY], H10953 [13NO]

Letters

No Electronic Theft (NET) Act: Andrew Fois, Dept. of Justice, S12691 [13NO]

Public access to certain Federal information products: Julianne Chappell, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, S1731 [27FE]

Satellite Home Viewer Act technical amendments: Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights of the U.S., H1056 [18MR]

Messages

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty: President Clinton, S8284 [29JY]

Remarks in House

Computers: limitations on liability relative to on-line material (H.R. 2180), E1452 [17JY]

———permit lawful possessors of a copy of a computer program to authorize additional copies under certain circumstances (H.R. 72), E21 [7JA]

Copyright Act: revise to conform to the digital era and advance educational opportunities (H.R. 3048), E2352 [13NO]

Crime: strengthen criminal copyright infringement laws (H.R. 2265), E1527, E1529 [25JY]

Damadian, Raymond: resolution of legal case relative to MRI patent, H786 [6MR]

Information services: prevent the misappropriation of collections of information (H.R. 2652), E2000 [9OC]

Madrid Protocol: implementation of agreement on the international registration of trademarks (H.R. 567), E158 [4FE]

Patent and Trademark Office: improve the integrity of patent system and ensure the validity of U.S. patents (H.R. 812), H742 [5MR], H790 [6MR], H1371-H1374 [9AP], H1444-H1449 [14AP]

Patents: restore term of patent protection and retain confidentiality relative to the publication of patent applications (H.R. 811), H595, H620-H624 [25FE], H682 [27FE], H742 [5MR], H790 [6MR], H1371-H1374 [9AP], H1444-H1449 [14AP]

———restore the proper term of patent protection, H445-H450 [11FE]

Satellite Home Viewer Act: technical amendments (H.R. 672), H1053-H1056 [18MR]

Sound recording and reproducing: treatment of distribution of certain phonorecords (H.R. 1967), E1260 [19JN]

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty: implementation (H.R. 3048), E2352 [13NO]

Remarks in Senate

Computers: limitations on liability relative to on-line material (S. 1146), S8728-S8730 [3SE]

———protection of data bases, S10263 [1OC]

Crime: strengthen criminal copyright infringement laws (H.R. 2265), S12689-S12692 [13NO]

———strengthen criminal copyright infringement laws (S. 1044), S7772 [21JY]

Government regulations: treatment of restored works, licensing, infringement actions, Copyright Office fees, court proceedings, and audio recordings and devices (H.R. 672), S11301 [28OC], S11498 [30OC], S11541 [31OC]

Information services: public access to certain Federal information products, S1730 [27FE]

Satellite Home Viewer Act: technical amendments (H.R. 672), S11301 [28OC], S11498 [30OC], S11541 [31OC]

———technical amendments (S. 506), S2678-S2682 [20MR]

Television: satellite broadcast rates, S11191 [24OC]

Terms: duration of protection (S. 505), S2678-S2684 [20MR], S6048 [20JN]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S8284 [29JY]

World Intellectual Property Organization: ratification and implementation of computer, sound recordings, and performance copyright protection treaties, S6726 [27JN]

World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty: implementation (H.R. 2281), S8282 [29JY]

———implementation (S. 1121), S8582-S8586 [31JY]

Reports filed

Copyright Clarifications Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 506), S3348 [17AP]

Copyright Treatment of the Distribution of Certain Phonorecords: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1967) (H. Rept. 105-325), H8927 [21OC]

International Registration of Trademarks Relative to Madrid Protocol Agreements: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 567) (H. Rept. 105-199), H5777 [24JY]

No Electronic Theft (NET) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2265) (H. Rept. 105-339), H9500 [23OC]

Satellite Home Viewer Act Technical Amendments: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 672) (H. Rept. 105-25), H1039 [17MR]

Summaries

Copyright Clarifications Act (S. 506), S2687 [20MR]

Criminal Copyright Improvement Act (S. 1044), S7774 [21JY]

Texts of

H.R. 672, Satellite Home Viewer Act technical amendments, H1053-H1055 [18MR]

S. 506, Copyright Clarifications Act, S2685-S2687 [20MR]

S. 1044, Criminal Copyright Improvement Act, S7773 [21JY]

S. 1121, WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaty Implementation Act, S8583-S8585 [31JY]

S. 1146, Digital Copyright Clarification and Technology Education Act, S8730-S8732 [3SE]