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Russian Intellectual Property Violations Must Be Addressed at G-8 Summit

Washington, DC— Congresswoman Watson today released a letter sent to President Bush requesting that he address Russia’s weak enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) at the upcoming Group of 8 Summit. The letter also urged the President to withhold his support for Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WT0) until the nation takes appropriate steps to improve its IPR enforcement.

Representatives Tom Lantos (D-CA-12), Ranking Member of the House International Relations Committee, and Darrell Issa (R-CA-49) also signed the letter.

“The cost of Russian piracy in 2005 to the United States’ creative and patent community was over $1.7 billion, with losses topping $6.8 billion over the last five years,” wrote Congresswoman Watson. “We anticipate these costs would far outweigh the benefits of the liberalized trade that would come with Russia’s accession [to the WTO].” Read more at house.gov

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Trade secret information that has potential economic advantage is protected.
Any information that may be used in the operation of a business and that is sufficiently valuable to afford an actual or potential economic advantage is considered a trade secret.

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	News about Intellectual Property cases in Maryland and nationwide: Man Sentenced To 20 Months In Prison For Fraudulently Obtaining Microsoft Software United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness announced today that DARREN McWAINE, aka Darren Macwangwala,D... Read more > U.S. Names Intellectual Property Enforcement Chief U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced the appointment of federal prosecutor Christopher P. Sonderby to serve as Intellectual Property La... Read more > Report Notes Continued Progress on Intellectual Property Rights WASHINGTON – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative today released its "Special 301" annual report on the adequacy and effectiveness of intell... Read more > More Intellectual Property News >

Intellectual Property Terms

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Collective works

Definition:
Collective work refers to periodicals, encyclopedias or any kind of publications containing a number of contributions from separate and independent works.

Transfer of copyright ownership

Definition:
This is the act of transferring any or all of the exclusive rights comprised in a copyright from the copyright owner to another person or institution. Ownership is generally transferred through an assignment, mortgage, or exclusive license, whether or not it is limited in time or place of effect, but not including a nonexclusive license.

Derivative Work

Definition:
Refers to a work that is based on, or modifies, one or more preexisting works. A copyright owner has the exclusive right to prepare or authorize the preparation of a derivative work based on the copyrighted work. If a derivative work, considered as a whole, represents an original work of authorship, it may be separately copyrightable.

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Copyright Issues
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Right of Publicity Questions
Confidentiality Agreement
Patent Corporation Treaty

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