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WIPO Database Proposal and HR 3531

Legislation and Treaty | The Organizations
WIPO Geneva Conference | Articles, Analysis and Letters

Much of the following information came from the Association of Research Libraries, HyperLaw the Information Industry Association, Union for the Public Domain and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Legislation and Treaty

HR 2652, Collections of Information Antipiracy Act Introduced October 9, 1997 by Rep. Coble. Passed House May 19, 1998. Currently in Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

References to HR 2652 in the Congressional Record
105th Congressional Record: WIPO from THOMAS Legislative Services.
105th Congressional Record: Database Protection from THOMAS Legislative Services.

HR 3531 Database Investment and Intellectual Property Antipiracy Act of 1996 Introduced May 23 by Rep. Carlos Moorhead (R-CA) and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

References to HR 3531 in the Congressional Record
Digest and Status Information About this Bill.

WIPO's Basic Proposal for Substantive Provisions of the Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Databases, (August 30, 1996)

The Organizations

The World Intellectual Property Organization Diplomatic Conference Geneva, December 2 to 20, 1996

Articles, Analysis and Letters

Combating Online Piracy by Carol M. Morrissey (LLRX: CongressLine, May 1998)
Database Protection -- Tilting the Copyright Balance - I: Distorting the Market in Government Information by Alan D. Sugarman, President, HyperLaw, Inc.
Database Protection Proposals Page from HyperLaw. Contains links to bills, statements, EEC cases and more.
Intellectual Property: An Assessment of International Implications by Mary E. Jackson Association of Research Libraries
Letter to Secretary of Commerce Kantor, from Bruce Alberts, President of the National Academy of Sciences, Wm. A. Wulf, President of the National Academy of Engineering and Kenneth I. Shine, President of the Institute of Medicine, with regard to the August 30, 1996 Draft Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect to Databases, which was prepared under the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Library Associations Joint Letter to Dr. John H. Gibbons, Office of Science and Technology
New Copyright and Database Regulations: USPTO, WIPO, and You by John Unsworth. This paper is intended to examine some of the proposals recently ratified (and in one case, tabled) at the December, 1996 meeting of WIPO.
Government Proposes New Regulation of Sports Statistics and other "facts" by James Love of the Consumer Project on Technology
A Primer On The Proposed WIPO Treaty On Database Extraction Rights That Will Be Considered In December 1996 by James Love of the Consumer Project on Technology
Some Public Interest Considerations Relating to H.R. 3531 Database Investment and Intellectual Property Antipiracy Act of 1996 by Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University
WIPO Legislative Update by Carol M. Morrissey (LLRX: CongressLine, May 1997)