COPYRIGHTS related term(s) Patents

Articles and editorials

Brake the Internet Pirates, S23 [23JA]

Going After the Pirates, S28 [23JA]

Internet Piracy and How To Stop It, S28 [23JA]

Megaupload Shows Online Copyright Protection Is Needed, S23 [23JA]

Online Piracy and Political Overreach, S29 [23JA]

Policing the Internet, S28 [23JA]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: provide for gathering of copyright and trademark information on merchandise presented for examination (see H.R. 4216), H1426 [20MR] (see H.R. 6654), H6806 [13DE]

Business and industry: provide protection for fashion design (see S. 3523), S6062 [10SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide certain information to intellectual property right owners of semiconductor chip products to facilitate identification of suspected counterfeit microchips (see H.R. 6012), H3975 [21JN]

Intellectual property: deter unfair imports that infringe upon intellectual property rights (see H.R. 3782), H77 [18JA]

National Academy of Inventors, Inc.: tribute (see H. Res. 548), H802 [15FE]

Taxation: make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (see S. 2258), S2242 [29MR]

Telecommunications: adopt fair standards and procedures by which determinations of Copyright Royalty Judges are made with respect to webcasting (see S. 3609), S6625 [21SE] (see H.R. 6480), H6273 [21SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property (S. 968), H33 [18JA], H84 [23JA]

——— prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property by seeking injunctions against foreign websites dealing in illegal content and goods (H.R. 3261), H33, H40, H45 [18JA], H84 [23JA]

National Academy of Inventors, Inc.: tribute, E122, E123, E124 [2FE]

——— tribute (H. Res. 548), E215 [16FE]

Research: ensure continued publication and integrity of peer-reviewed research works by the private sector (H.R. 3699), E252, E253 [27FE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property (S. 968), S21, S27–S31 [23JA]

——— prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property (S. 968), motion to proceed, S13 [23JA]

Telecommunications: adopt fair standards and procedures by which determinations of Copyright Royalty Judges are made with respect to webcasting (S. 3609), S6628 [21SE]

Reports filed

Innovation Design Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3523) (S. Rept. 112–259), S8302 [20DE]