COPYRIGHTS related term(s) Patents

Bills and resolutions

Arts and humanities: secure rights of artists of works of visual art to receive resale royalties for sales of high-end art at auction houses (see S. 3488), S6304 [25SE] (see H.R. 6868), H8883 [25SE]

FCC: repeal certain television carriage, retransmission, and ownership regulations (see H.R. 6465), H6648 [23JY]

Marrakesh Treaty To Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled: implement (see S. 2559), S1765 [15MR]

Motion pictures: exempt certain performances from copyright and trademark infringement to allow filtering of movies purchased or rented from streaming services (see H.R. 6816), H8725 [13SE]

Sound recording and reproducing: provide Federal protection to audio transmission in any format fixed before a certain date, establish uniform term of protection for such recordings, and permit digital preservation activities (see S. 2933), S2877 [23MY]

——— provide Federal protection to the digital audio transmission of a sound recording fixed before a certain date (see S. 2393), S704 [7FE]

——— provide for payment of performance royalties to certain producers, mixers, and sound engineers of sound recordings (see S. 2625), S1948 [22MR]

U.S. Copyright Office: provide clarity and modernize the licensing system for musical works and ensure fairness in establishing certain rates and fees for songwriters and composers (see S. 2334), S500 [24JA] (see S. 2823), S2623 [10MY] (see H.R. 5447), H3094 [10AP]

Lists

National Academy of Inventors, Inc., Fellows Program inductees, E431 [11AP]

Remarks in House

China: address violations of U.S. intellectual property rights, H3962 [15MY], E1078 [26JY], E1102 [27JY], E1128 [7AU], E1705 [20DE]

Marrakesh Treaty To Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled: implement (S. 2559), H8838 [25SE]

National Academy of Inventors, Inc.: tribute to Fellows Program inductees, E431 [11AP]

Sound recording and reproducing: establish database of nondramatic musical works and sound recordings to help entities that wish to publicly perform such works and recordings to identify and compensate the rights owners (H.R. 3350), E553 [26AP]

——— provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings, H3537 [25AP]

——— provide Federal protection to the digital audio transmission of a sound recording fixed before a certain date, H3536, H3538 [25AP]

——— provide for direct payment of statutory sound recording performance royalties to record producers, H3537, H3541 [25AP]

U.S. Copyright Office: provide clarity and modernize the licensing system for musical works and ensure fairness in establishing certain rates and fees for songwriters and composers, H8822 [25SE], E1319 [27SE], E1433 [19OC]

——— provide clarity and modernize the licensing system for musical works and ensure fairness in establishing certain rates and fees for songwriters and composers (H.R. 5447), H3522–H3542 [25AP], E553 [26AP]

Remarks in Senate

China: address violations of U.S. intellectual property rights, S2057 [11AP], S2637 [14MY], S2673–S2675 [15MY], S2784 [21MY], S2850–S2853 [23MY], S3285 [7JN], S5483, S5484 [31JY], S5539–S5541 [1AU], S7149 [28NO], S7533 [13DE], S7828 [19DE], S7975 [20DE]

Dept. of Justice: congressional oversight of decisions to review, modify, or terminate American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) or Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) consent decree, S6335 [26SE]

Marrakesh Treaty To Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled: implement (S. 2559), S1766 [15MR], S4810 [28JN]

——— ratify, S4721 [28JN]

Sound recording and reproducing: provide Federal protection to audio transmission in any format fixed before a certain date, establish uniform term of protection for such recordings, and permit digital preservation activities (S. 2933), S2880 [23MY]

——— provide Federal protection to the digital audio transmission of a sound recording fixed before a certain date (S. 2393), S2880 [23MY]

U.S. Copyright Office: provide additional responsibilities for the Register of Copyrights (S. 1010), S7579 [13DE]

——— provide clarity and modernize the licensing system for musical works and ensure fairness in establishing certain rates and fees for songwriters and composers, S6259–S6261 [18SE], S6292–S6296 [25SE], S6334 [26SE]

——— provide clarity and modernize the licensing system for musical works and ensure fairness in establishing certain rates and fees for songwriters and composers (S. 2334), S501–S505 [24JA]

Reports filed

Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2559), S2678 [15MY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2559) (S. Rept. 115–261), S2968 [4JN]

Marrakesh Treaty To Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (Exec. Rept. 115–6), S4035 [19JN]

Music Modernization Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5447) (H. Rept. 115–651), H3574 [25AP]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2823), S6141 [12SE]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2823) (S. Rept. 115–339), S6188 [17SE]

Resolutions of ratification

Marrakesh Treaty To Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, S4035 [19JN], S4721 [28JN]

Texts of

H.R. 5447, Music Modernization Act, H3522–H3536 [25AP]

S. 2559, Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act, S4810 [28JN], H8838 [25SE]