Companion Volume to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations

Get the latest legislative developments affecting U.S. intellectual property law

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (P.L. 112-29), enacting the most sweeping changes to patent law in centuries. The myriad provisions contained in this Act will have profound effects on attorneys and inventors for years to come. Bloomberg BNA’s Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, June 2013 Edition fully integrates the provisions of the Act into the U.S. Code sections of this book and provides helpful visual guides that will aid practitioners in understanding the law and when provisions will go into effect.

This is a must-have resource for patent law practitioners, as it contains all the changes enacted into law through May 1, 2013. The June 2013 Edition fully integrates into Title 35 the many important changes to U.S. patent law set forth in the America Invents Act, including provisions effective March 16, 2013, such as changes to provisions implementing the “first-inventor-to-file” system. This edition also incorporates the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 and the new patent fee schedule effective March 19, 2013.

Most importantly, the June 2013 Edition covers:

• Technical corrections to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
• Significant laws enacted by the 112th Congress through January 3, 2013, including the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012 and the Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enforcement Act of 2012, both of which amend the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 to increase the penalties for misappropriation of trade secrets and to broaden the scope of the Act

Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, June 2013 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 2013 Edition includes an updated CD-ROM with the entire text of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, plus the full text of the book, allowing for quick and easy searching. To aid your research, 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, and a full legislative history of the Act.

• Summary Table of Contents
• Detailed Table of Contents
• Preface