Bloomberg BNA Publishes the June 2012 Edition of "Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws"

New Treatise Includes Detailed Analysis of the America Invents Act of 2011

ARLINGTON, Va., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (P.L. 112-29), signed into law by President Obama on September 16, 2011, encompasses some of the most substantial changes to patent law in centuries. Bloomberg BNA today announces the publication of the June 2012 Edition of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, offering the latest legislative developments affecting U.S. intellectual property law, including provisions of the America Invents Act that go into effect September 2012.

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The myriad provisions contained in the America Invents Act will have profound effects on attorneys and inventors for years to come. Bloomberg BNA's Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, June 2012 Edition contains the full text of this Act and provides helpful visual guides that will aid in understanding the new law and the dates when new provisions will go into effect. 

The June 2012 Edition 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
• Creation of opposition proceedings that provide a new "first window" post-grant review 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

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. The reference includes a CD-ROM with the entire text of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, plus full text of the book itself, 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.

The editor of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, June 2012 Edition is Jeffrey M. Samuels, 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 Managing Editor of Bloomberg BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal.

Bloomberg BNA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bloomberg, is a leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals. In addition to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, Bloomberg BNA publishes: Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations; Patent Law and Practice; Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure; and other titles in intellectual property law. Visit us online for a free catalog, call 1.800.960.1220, or send an email request to [email protected].

Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws, June 2012 Edition (990 pp. Softcover, Order #2081-PR11/$175.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) may be purchased  from Bloomberg BNA, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1.800.960.1220. Fax orders: 1.732.346.1624. A 10% discount is available on print copies of books when ordering from the website at www.bna.com/bnabooks. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

Editors: Review copy available upon request.

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