New June 2009 Edition of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws Covers Legislative Developments Affecting IP Law Through May 29, 2009

ARLINGTON, Va., June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- All statutory changes enacted through May 29, 2009 that affect U.S. intellectual property law are covered in the June 2009 Edition of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws. The new edition is published by BNA Books, a division of BNA.

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The new June 2009 Edition includes changes enacted into law during the first half of the First Session of the 111th Congress. These statutory changes relate to the Fiscal Year 2009 appropriations for the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Copyright Office. It also includes miscellaneous sections of the United States Code and other laws and treaties relating to intellectual property.

Included with the June 2009 Edition is a CD-ROM that contains the entire text of the book in searchable format, plus the text of the Patent Reform Act of 2009, as reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and as introduced in the House of Representatives, along with accompanying explanatory material. To provide context, the CD-ROM also includes the text of the House and Senate versions of the Patent Act of 2007, as well as analysis of those bills. The CD-ROM also contains selected international Conventions and Treaties and their legislative histories, including the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, which entered into force in the U.S. on March 16, 2009.

First published in 1985 and edited by Jeffrey M. Samuels, Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws features a finding list by topic; a finding list by U.S.C. Section; relevant constitutional provisions; the popular names of selected statutes; U.S. Code, Title 35, Patents; U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 22, Trademarks; U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 63, Technology Innovation; U.S. Code, Title 17, Copyrights; international Treaties and Agreements; other relevant statutes; and a comprehensive index.

Mr. Samuels is the David L. Brennan Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology at the University of Akron School of Law in Akron, OH. He was formerly Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and was managing editor of BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal.

BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, BNA's Book Division publishes Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations; Copyright Law Deskbook; Computer and Intellectual Property Crime: Federal and State Law; Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice; Intellectual Property Law in Cyberspace; Patent Law and Practice; McCarthy's Encyclopedia on Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Taxation: Transaction and Litigation Issues; Intellectual Property Technology Transfer; Patent Infringement Remedies; Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook; Drafting Patents for Litigation and Licensing; Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure; Patents and the Federal Circuit; Pharmaceutical Patent Law; Trademark Dilution: Federal, State, and International Law; Trademark Infringement Remedies; and other titles in legal specialties. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to books@bna.com. The BNA Books Web site, including a searchable online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com.

The June 2009 Edition of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws (928 pp. Softcover/ Order #1829-PRY9/$150.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) may be purchased from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220. Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. Email orders: books@bna.com. A 10 percent discount is available when ordering from the Web site. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

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