TRADEMARKS

Agreements

Mutual Understanding Between the Japanese Patent Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Wataru Asou, Japanese Patent Office, and Bruce A. Lehman, Dept. of Commerce, H595, H624 [25FE]

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

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (H.R. 400), H1612, H1614, H1615 [16AP], H1645, H1655, H1669 [17AP], H1719, H1723, H1731, H1737 [23AP]

Analyses

Digital Era Copyright Enhancement Act (H.R. 3048), E2353 [13NO]

Articles and editorials

Bad Patent Bill, S12640 [13NO]

How Patent Lawsuits Make a Quiet Engineer Rich and Controversial, H1586 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions

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

National forests: authorize and extend certain activities of the National Forest Foundation (see H.R. 101), H142 [9JA]

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation (see S. 421), S2129 [11MR]

———convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (see S. 507; H.R. 400), S2646 [20MR], H152 [9JA]

———convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (H.R. 400), consideration (see H. Res. 116), H1610 [16AP]

———extend surcharges on patent fees (see H.R. 673), H452 [11FE]

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

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

Trademark Law Treaty: implementation (see H.R. 1661), H3069 [20MY]

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

Comparisons

Japanese, European, and U.S. patent laws, H1729 [23AP]

Letters

Omnibus Patent Act: H. Ross Perot, Reform Party of the U.S., S12640 [13NO]

———several Nobel laureates, S12639 [13NO]

Patent and Trademark Office conversion to a Government corporation, improvement of application process, and protection of U.S. inventors: Michael Kantor, Sec. of Commerce, E77 [9JA]

Patent and Trademark Office fees: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1632 [17AP]

21st Century Patent System Improvement Act: Bruce A. Lehman, Patent and Trademark Office, H1721 [23AP]

———Richard W. Velde, Unique Specialty Products (business), H1585 [16AP]

———Robert M. Tobias, National Treasury Employees Union, H1675 [17AP]

Messages

Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters: President Clinton, S8745 [3SE]

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Lucia: President Clinton, S8745 [3SE]

World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty: President Clinton, S8284 [29JY]

Remarks in House

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

National forests: authorize and extend certain activities of the National Forest Foundation (H.R. 101), E46 [7JA]

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (H.R. 400), H268-H272 [4FE], H445-H450 [11FE], H595, H622-H624 [25FE], H682 [27FE], H742 [5MR], H790 [6MR], H1047 [18MR], H1178 [19MR], H1295, H1326-H1331 [8AP], H1371-H1374 [9AP], H1406 [10AP], H1444-H1449 [14AP], H1461, H1511, H1512 [15AP], H1546, H1585, H1587 [16AP], H1636-H1684 [17AP], H1718, H1719-H1742, H1758 [23AP], H7107-H7112 [9SE], H8837 [21OC], E76 [9JA], E201 [11FE], E730 [23AP], E746 [24AP]

———convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (H.R. 400), consideration (H. Res. 116), H1629-H1636 [17AP]

———convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (S. 507), H7255-H7259 [11SE]

———exempt independent inventors, small businesses and universities from publication of patent application information until patent is granted, H1731-H1737 [23AP]

———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]

———limit publication of all patent applications until two substantive actions have been filed, H1723-H1731 [23AP]

———limit the defense to patent infringement based on prior domestic use, to the actual quantity, volume, and scope of the prior use, H1719-H1723 [23AP]

———limit user fees, H10938 [13NO]

Patents: disclosure through publication, H1406 [10AP]

———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]

Trademark Law Treaty: implementation (H.R. 1661), H5505-H5507 [22JY]

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

Remarks in Senate

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (S. 507), S2678-S2682 [20MR], S7860 [22JY], S12637-S12639 [13NO]

———convert to Government corporation (S. 421), S2132 [11MR]

———funding, S8220 [29JY]

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

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

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

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 400, 21st Century Patent System Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 116) (H. Rept. 105-56), H1610 [16AP]

Convert Patent and Trademark Office to a Government Corporation, Improve Application Process, and Protect U.S. Inventors: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 400) (H. Rept. 105-39), H1257 [20MR]

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

Omnibus Patent Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 507), S5108 [23MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 507) (S. Rept. 105-42), S6907 [7JY]

Trademark Law Treaty Implementation: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1661) (H. Rept. 105-194), H5491 [21JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (H.R. 400), H1734 [23AP]

Statements

Patent Disclosure Through Publication: Representative Coble, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property (House), H1407 [10AP]

Summaries

Omnibus Patent Act (S. 507), S2699 [20MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 116, consideration of H.R. 400, 21st Century Patent System Improvement Act, H1629 [17AP]

H.R. 400, 21st Century Patent System Improvement Act, H1645-H1655 [17AP]

H.R. 1661, Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act, H5505-H5507 [22JY]

S. 507, Omnibus Patent Act, S2687-S2699 [20MR]

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