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The Briefing: COVID 19 Bill Stimulates the Economy and Changes in the Intellectual Property Law
In January 2021, Congress enacted the Consolidated Appropriations Act. This legislation incorporates the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act of 2020, which includes revisions to the Copyright Act with...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act which came into existence on December 27, 2020 incorporates the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (the “CASE Act”) which established the new Copyright Claims Board...more
On December 27, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which in addition to providing stimulus relief for the COVID pandemic, it includes important changes to trademark and copyright law. TRADEMARK...more
Tucked within the 5,593-page Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (ACT) are several important intellectual property bills that Congress had been unable to pass separately for years. Below is a summary of the more significant...more
Major changes to copyright law were shepherded in through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, the highly publicized pandemic relief bill passed on December 27, 2020. Amongst these changes was the enactment of the...more
The pandemic relief and economic stimulus legislation that hurriedly passed Congress at the tail end of 2020, named the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (“the Act”), resulted in major changes to American trademark and...more
When President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 into law on December 27, 2020, more than COVID-19 relief went into effect. The omnibus bill also included the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 and the...more
As the nation continues to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many took notice of the December 27, 2020, signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, a bipartisan relief and government funding bill passed by Congress...more
At over 5,000 pages long, few have likely read the entire contents of the recently enacted COVID-19 relief bill (known as the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021”). The highlights of the bill, of course, are its economic...more
On December 27, 2020, Congress signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, into law. The omnibus act includes new legislation affecting patent, copyright and trademark law. A brief summary of key provisions is provided...more
The Copyright Alternative in Small Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act) was signed into law on December 27, 2020, as part of the Omnibus COVID-19 Relief Bill. The CASE Act establishes a completely new forum for resolution of...more
It may come as some surprise that embedded within the over 5,500-pages of the recent COVID-19 relief and government funding bill (the Consolidated Appropriations Act) are several (not-insubstantial) changes to copyright and...more
Signed into law on December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 contained more than just COVID-19 relief and federal government funding. The omnibus bill also included two significant pieces of copyright...more
Embedded within the 5,600-page Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 – more commonly known as the $2.3 trillion Coronavirus Relief Stimulus Bill enacted on December 27, 2020 – are significant changes to federal trademark and...more
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), which includes the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) amending various sections of the Lanham Act, and the...more
Nearly unnoticed in the wrangling over the amount of COVID relief payments, the stimulus bill signed into law on December 27, 2020 also included several interesting intellectual property provisions. Buried thousands of pages...more
Following up on our initial report last year on the possible creation of a Copyright Claims Board, we can now confirm the creation of that Board. The Consolidated Appropriations Act signed into law by President Trump on...more
The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act was enacted on December 27, 2020 as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.The CASE Act creates an administrative tribunal within the US Copyright...more
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021” into law. Most referred to this as the Coronavirus Relief Bill and thought that it only contained a stimulus package. However, within...more