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Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade

Description: This report provides background on intellectual property rights (IPR) and discusses the role of U.S. international trade policy in enhancing IPR protection and enforcement abroad.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Ilias, Shayerah & Fergusson, Ian F.
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Fair Use on the Internet

Description: The originating objective of copyright, as stated in the Constitution, was to promote the progress of science and the useful arts. Rewarding the labor of authors is viewed as furthering that objective. The Copyright Act serves this two-tier purpose by vesting in authors of protected works certain exclusive rights. This report reviews the development of fair use on the Internet.
Date: May 21, 2002
Creator: Jennings, Christopher Alan
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Follow-On Biologics: Intellectual Property and Innovation Issues

Description: This report provides information about the Intellectual Property and Innovation Issues on Follow-On Biologics. Biologics which are sometimes referred as biotechnology have begun to play an increasingly important role in the U.S health care.
Date: May 21, 2008
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H. & Thomas, John R.
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Patent Law: A Primer and Overview of Emerging Issues

Description: This report begins with an overview of patent law. It then discusses the Supreme Court's role in the development of patent law generally before examining the Court's recent decisions in detail. Finally, the report closes with a preview of developments in patent law that are on the horizon, such as the continued viability of certain administrative proceedings related to the validity of patents, which is the subject of two cases scheduled to be heard during the Court's upcoming term, as well as p… more
Date: September 21, 2017
Creator: Lewis, Caitlin Devereaux & Armstrong, Kathryn B.
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Intellectual Property and the Free Trade Agreements: Innovation Policy Issues

Description: This report discusses Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with Australia, Chile, Singapore, and other trading partners in respect to copyrights, data protection, patents, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property.
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Thomas, John R.
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