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Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, June 2012 Edition
Edited by Jeffrey M. Samuels
Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, June 2012 Edition contains the full text of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (P.L. 112-29) and provides helpful visual guides that will aid practitioners in understanding the new law and when new provisions will go into effect.
This new edition is a must-have resource for patent law practitioners, as it contains all the changes enacted into law through May 1, 2012, and incorporates the many important changes to U.S. patent law set forth in the America Invents Act, including third-party submissions of prior art; supplemental examination; citation of prior art in a patent file; the inventor’s oath or declaration; the move to the “first to file” system; creation of opposition proceedings that provide a new “first window” post-grant review (PGR) procedure allowing challenges on any ground within nine months of an issued patent; revision of the inter partes review procedure to allow a higher threshold for the Patent Trademark Office (PTO); new patent and trademark fees, including the imposition of a 15% surcharge; and more.
Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, June 2012 Edition includes 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 are provided. The June 2012 Edition also discusses provisions relating to Fiscal Year 2012 appropriations for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Copyright Office, as well as changes to patent fees.
About the Editor
Jeffrey M. Samuels is the David L. Brennan Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology at the University of Akron School of Law, Akron, OH. He was formerly Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and was Managing Editor of Bloomberg BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal.
2012/990 pp. Softcover
ISBN 978-1-61746-081-4
Order #2081/$175.00
Coming Soon!
The Developing Labor Law: The Board, the Courts, and the National Labor Relations Act, Sixth Edition
John E. Higgins, Jr., Editor-in-Chief
Committee on Development of the Law Under the NLRA
ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law
For more than 40 years, practitioners have relied on The Developing Labor Law: The Board, the Courts, and the National Labor Relations Act to keep them current on U.S. labor law. This two-volume treatise, written by distinguished members of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law representing management, labor, and neutrals, is the essential research tool for labor and employment law practitioners. It provides an authoritative, balanced perspective on the legal rights and duties of employees, employers, and unions and on procedures and remedies under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
For the specialist, this classic reference is a quick means of accessing leading cases; for the generalist, it provides an excellent summary of the law and its development. All labor and employment law practitioners will benefit from the history of the development of every major labor law doctrine that this distinctive reference work provides—from contract bar to deferral to arbitration and all that lies in between, including prohibited secondary activity. The new Sixth Edition includes updated discussion of a number of important topics, including:
- Employer-mandated confidentiality agreements
- Employee handbook restrictions on solicitations
- Definition of a supervisor
- Definition of an independent contractor
- The disagreement between the Board and the Ninth Circuit concerning the right of an employer to unilaterally discontinue union dues checkoff after a contract expires
- Legitimacy of union use of inflated rat balloons and banners to advertise labor disputes
- Rights of employees to object to payment of full union dues under a union shop agreement
- Obligation of an employee who is unlawfully discharged under the NLRA to seek interim employment
- Definition of a “salt”
About the Editor-in-Chief
John E. Higgins, Jr., is an adjunct faculty member at the Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, and is retired from the NLRB.
August 2012/2 Volumes
Approx. 3,600 pp. Hardcover
ISBN 978-1-57018-778-0
Order #1778/$700.00
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