Patent, Trademark and Copyright Laws: 2012 - Softcover
Companion Volume to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations. Containing the most extensive and important changes to patent law since 1836!For the past several years, Congress has seriously undertaken the difficult and often contentious process of reforming the patent system. The result of these efforts is the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (P.L. 112-29), signed into law by President Obama on September 16, 2011, encompassing some of the most substantial changes to patent law in centuries. The myriad provisions to this high-stakes area of intellectual property law contained in this Act will have profound effects on attorneys and inventors for years to come. BNA Books Patent, Trademark, and Coyright Laws, 2012 Edition contains the full text of this Act and provides helpful visual guides that will aid in understanding the new law and the dates when new provisions will go into effect. The 2012 Edition of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws is a must-have resource for patent law practitioners as it contains all the changes enacted into law from May 27, 2011, to October 5, 2011. Most significantly, the 2012 Edition covers all changes made by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws contains the entire text of Title 35 (Patents), Title 17 (Copyrights), and Chapters 22 and 63 of Title 15 (Trademarks and Technology Innovation) of the United States Code. Sections of the Code and treaties relating to intellectual property also are provided. Included with the 2012 Edition of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws is an updated CD-ROM containing the entire text of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, plus the full text of the book, for quick and easy searching. To aid your research and to simplify the myriad provisions of the new Act, the CD-ROM also provides an easy-to-use chart showing all of the patent law revisions contained in the Act, as well as their effective dates. In addition, it contains a full legislative history of the Act, giving you a complete picture of patent reform.
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- PublisherBureau of National Affairs (BNA)
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1570189706
- ISBN 13 9781570189708
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages960
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