Intellectual Property
SIIA is a leading advocate of strong intellectual property protection that appropriately balances the legitimate interests of copyright owners and users. SIIA strongly supports patent, trademark and copyright laws that provide adequate and effective protection to software and digital content and we oppose those that would unjustly weaken these protections. Specific SIIA IP priorities include database protection, state sovereign immunity, anti-counterfeiting, changes to the DMCA, domain names, PTO funding, and copyright enforcement.
DOCUMENTS BY TOPIC:
General Copyright Issues
SIIA Comments to IPEC on the Joint Strategic Plan
03/24/2010
Creative Content in a European Digital Single Market: Challenges for the Future
01/05/2010
SIIA Reply Comments On Facilitating Access To Copyrighted Works For The Visually Impaired
12/04/2009
SIIA Comments On Facilitating Access To Copyrighted Works For The Visually Impaired
11/13/2009
SIIA Comments on Proposed Changes to Library of Congress Deposit Requirements
08/31/2009
SIIA Reply Comments on Exemptions Proposed In The Copyright Office's Triennial 1201(a) Rulemaking
2/12/2009
Intellectual Property Policy Backgrounder
12/9/2008
SIIA Comments on EC Green Paper on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy
12/1/2008
Testimony of Mark Bohannon on Digital Piracy - Texas Legislature
5/15/2008
Intellectual Property Policy Backgrounder - Dec. 2007
12/4/2007
Intellectual Property Policy Backgrounder - Dec. 2006
12/11/2006
SIIA Comments on Possible Amendments to Section 108
5/9/2006
SIIA Comments on Copyright Office's 1201 DMCA Rulemaking
2/3/2006
SIIA Comments to the Copyright Office Re: Pre-release Works
8/22/2005
MGM v. Grokster: Summary and Analysis
7/6/2005
General Patent Issues
SIIA Analysis: Fed Circuit issues decision in In re Bilski (Business Method Patents)
10/31/2008
IP Backgrounder
12/11/2006
IP Updates
Intellectual Property Update
05/28/2010
Intellectual Property Update
10/06/2009
Intellectual Property Update
8/04/2009
Intellectual Property Update
3/20/2009
Intellectual Property Update
2/20/2009
Intellectual Property Update
1/6/2009
Intellectual Property Update
11/21/2008
Intellectual Property Update
10/14/2008
Amicus Briefs
SIIA Amicus Brief in Vernor v. Autodesk
01/14/2010
SIIA Amicus Brief in MDY v. Blizzard Appeal
11/16/2009
SIIA Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Bilski v. Doll
10/02/2009
SIIA Amicus Brief Filed in California First Amendment Coalition v. County of Santa Clara
7/1/2008
SIIA Files Amicus Brief on Business Method Patents (In re Bilski) with Federal Circuit
4/7/2008
Amicus Brief Urging Federal Circuit to Grant Rehearing of StorageTek Decision
10/11/2005
SIIA Amicus Brief in Lowry v. Legg Mason - Fourth Circuit Appellate Court
8/23/2004
Oprhan Works
Summary and Analysis of Copyright Office Report on Orphan Works
3/2/2006
SIIA Comments to the US Copyright Office Re: Orphan Works
3/24/2005
Domain Names & Internet Fraud
SIIA Submits Comments Version 3 of Applicant Guidebook: Key Overarching Issues Remain
11/22/2009
SIIA Domain Name Issues: Update on new gTLD's -- key dates to keep in mind
2/3/2009
SIIA Submits Comments to NTIA: Midterm Review of the Joint Project Agreement with ICANN
2/14/2008
SIIA Testifies on ICANN Internet Governance: Is It Working?
9/21/2006
Report on 7/18 Hearing & SIIA Testimony on Phishing and Whois Access and Accuracy
7/20/2006
SIIA Testifies on Phishing and Need for Accessible and Accurate Whois Databases
7/18/2006
"Internet Domain Name Fraud - New Criminal and Civil Enforcement Tools"
2/4/2004
Patent Reform
SIIA Congratulates Senate Judiciary Committee for Action on Patent Reform
5/12/2009
SIIA Expresses Strong Support for H.R. 1260, ‘Patent Reform Act of 2009’
4/29/2009
SIIA Applauds Introduction of Patent Reform Act of 2009 in Senate and House
3/3/2009
Comments on FTC Public Hearings on the Evolving IP Marketplace
2/12/2009
Summary of H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Bill, As Passed By The House
9/21/2007
SIIA Urges Passage of "Patent Reform Act" in Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
7/10/2007
Summary of Supreme Court Oral Argument: MS v AT&T (271f of Patent Act)
2/21/2007
Hearing Report, ""American Innovation at Risk: The Case for Patent Reform", Feb 15, 2007
2/15/2007
SIIA Files Joint Amicus Brief with Tech Industry in eBay v MercExchange Case
1/26/2006
State Sovereign Immunity
SIIA Files Joint Amicus Urging Supreme Court Hear Case on State Sovereign Immunity
2/22/2008
State Sovereign Immunity
12/1/2001
Database Protection
Database Protection: Making the Case for a New Federal Database Protection Law
8/1/2001