The Industrial Innovation and Technology Act: hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One hundredth Congress, first session, on S. 791 ... March 26, 1987U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action additional Administrator aftermarket ALEGI American ANSWER appearance application Association auto automobile automotive believe benefit better bill body body shops Chairman chapter claims Committee companies competition complaint concern Congress considered consumer copy copyright law cost court crash create damaged design patent design protection effect efforts estimate example exclude existing fender filed foreign function GEICO glass hearing HIESTAND important increase independent industrial design infringement innovation intellectual property interest invention issue legislation major manufacturers March matter meet monopoly notice Office original original equipment ornamental person present problem proposed question reasonable record registration repair replacement representatives result safety Senator DECONCINI Specifies standards statement Subcommittee tion trade trademark typeface United Washington
Popular passages
Page 83 - Not primarily for the benefit of the author, but primarily for the benefit of the public, such rights are Riven.
Page 209 - useful article" is an article which in normal use has an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information. An article which normally is a part of a useful article shall be deemed to be a useful article.
Page 58 - useful article" is- an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information. An article that is normally a part of a useful article is considered a "useful article".
Page 173 - ... the design of a useful article, as defined in this section, shall be considered a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work only if, and only to the extent that, such design incorporates pictorial, graphic, or sculptural features that can be identified separately from, and are capable of existing independently of, the utilitarian aspects of the article.
Page 57 - Whoever Invents any new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
Page 83 - Court has held that such rights as he has are purely statutory rights,19 but upon the ground that the welfare of the public will be served and progress of science and useful arts will be promoted by securing to authors for limited periods the exclusive rights to their writings.
Page 182 - But because of the federal patent laws a State may not, when the article is unpatented and uncopyrighted, prohibit the copying of the article itself or award damages for such copying.
Page 22 - ... plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for plants, except as otherwise provided.
Page 173 - States, shall have the same effect as the same application would have if filed in this country on the date on which the application for patent for the same invention was first filed in such foreign country...
Page 83 - In enacting a copyright law Congress must consider, as has been already stated, two questions : First, how much will the legislation stimulate the producer and so benefit the public ; and, second, how much will the monopoly granted be detrimental to the public? The granting of such exclusive rights, under the proper terms and conditions, confers a benefit upon the public that outweighs the evils of the temporary monopoly.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Industrial Innovation and Technology Act: hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One hundredth Congress, first session, on S. 791 ... March 26, 1987 |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |