COPYRIGHTS see also Patents

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. 22), H28 [3JA]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 647), S2146 [21MR] (see H.R. 778), H595 [15FE]

Economy: encourage job creation through trade, tax, labor, health care, and court reforms, a balanced budget amendment, Alaskan energy development, Federal workforce reduction, and regulatory flexibility (see H.R. 2674), H4483 [11JY]

FCC: provide that certain uses of a patent or copyright in compliance with an order for emergency communications services shall be construed as use or manufacture for the U.S. (see S. 1478), S6208 [1AU] (see H.R. 3736), H8108 [12DE]

——— repeal certain television carriage, retransmission, and ownership regulations (see H.R. 3720), H8107 [12DE]

Government regulations: require infringement of a copyright for a violation relative to circumvention of copyright protection systems (see H.R. 1892), H2533 [8MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator (see S. 660), S2328 [22MR]

Sound recording and reproducing: provide copyright owners in sound recordings with the executive right to negotiate in the marketplace the public performance of their works by means of an audio transmission (see H.R. 3219), H6051 [30SE]

Taxation: make permanent rule providing 5-year amortization of expenses incurred in creating or acquiring music or music copyrights (see S. 1326), S5800 [18JY] (see H.R. 2731), H4724 [18JY]

Lists

National Academy of Inventors, Inc., Charter Fellow inductees, E226 [28FE]

Remarks in House

Courts: prohibit awarding of attorney’s fees and costs to prevailing party in patent infringement cases, E1793 [5DE]

India: address actions that infringe upon U.S. intellectual property rights, H7170 [18NO], H7492 [4DE]

National Academy of Inventors, Inc.: tribute to Charter Fellow inductees, E226 [28FE]

Sound recording and reproducing: provide copyright owners in sound recordings with the executive right to negotiate in the marketplace the public performance of their works by means of an audio transmission (H.R. 3219), E1404 [30SE]