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The Role of PTO and Intellectual Property Policy
The passage of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) (P.L. 106-113) set the stage for the USPTO to advise the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, and all Federal agencies, on national and international IP policy issues, including IP protection in other countries. USPTO is also authorized by the AIPA to provide guidance, conduct programs and studies, and otherwise interact with international IP offices and international intergovernmental organizations on matters involving the protection of intellectual property. Our established Office of IP Policy and Enforcement carries out the functions authorized by the AIPA.
- Transfer of copyright: Copyright is transferable in Bangladesh. The transfer may be in the form of licenses of contracts. The owner of copyright may assign the copyright to any person either wholly or partially or subject to limitation and either for the whole term of copyright or any part thereof. The assignment shall be in writing by the assignor by his duly authorized agent.
- Copyright piracy: Copyright office believed that piracy is an impediment in the way of development of education, science and culture and it, not only deters creative activities of a nation but also discourages the growth of publishing industries and investment thereof, relating to books music’s, films, art and sound recordings etc, which are based on the protection of copyright and related rights and are essentially needed for the purposes of promotion of culture and education.
- Collective administration of copyright: The copyright Act contains a number of provisions for collective administration of copyrights. It provides that there shall be copyright societies for administration of rights of various categories of right-holders and in that case, right-holders of the owners of copyright will get opportunities to exercise their rights including collection and distribution of royalties, which will be greatly beneficial to authors/ owners and thus it will promote creative activities in the country.
- Importation of infringing copies: The copyright office, in collaboration with custom authorities is empowered to inspect any vehicle, ship, air-craft, dock or premises on the basis or a complaint lodged by the owner of a copyright or his duly authorized agent and can take action to prevent importation of illegal copies.
Administering the copyright law The Office examines all applications and deposits presented for registration of original and renewal copyright claims to determine their acceptability for registration under the provisions of the copyright law. The Office also records documents related to copyright ownership. The Copyright Office records the bibliographic descriptions and the copyright facts of all works registered. The archives maintained by the Copyright Office are an important record of America’s cultural and historical heritage. Containing nearly 45 million individual cards, the Copyright Card Catalog housed in the James Madison Memorial Building comprises an index to copyright registrations in the United States from 1870 through 1977. Records after 1977 are maintained through an online database of more than 16 million entries. As a service unit of the Library of Congress, the Copyright Office is part of the legislative branch of government. The Office provides copyright policy advice to Congress. At the request of Congress, the Copyright Office advises and assists the Congress in the development of national and international copyright policy; drafts legislation; and prepares technical studies on copyright-related matters. The Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices manual documents the Copyright Office's practices in its administration of copyright law.
Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices is a manual produced by the United States Copyright Office. It is intended to be used primarily by the Copyright Office staff, as a general guide to the Copyright Office policies and procedures.
The Compendium II is directed to policy under the 1976 Copyright Act, as amended. The title Compendium II indicates that it replaces the original Compendium, which described policy under the earlier 1909 Copyright Act.
The Compendium II is an internal manual, and it does not have the force of law,[1] unlike the U.S. Copyright Act or Copyright Office regulations. However, for some issues that are not addressed in the statute or regulations (such as, for example, whether to issue a registration to a government body claiming a copyright in its enacted laws), the Compendium II is the only on-point authority.[citation needed]
The Compendium II is sometimes, but not often, used by attorneys in dealings with the Copyright Office. A Westlaw search of the FIP-CS database which contains documents from the U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Tax Court, Military Courts, and related federal and territorial courts showed less than fifty citations of the Compendium by the courts total.[2] This is in contrast to, for example, the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, which is heavily relied upon by attorneys and agents dealing with the patent functions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The purpose of copyright registration is to place on record a verifiable account of the date and content of the work in question, so that in the event of a legal claim, or case of infringement or plagiarism, the copyright owner can produce a copy of the work from an official government source. Before 1978, in the United States, federal copyright was generally secured by the act of publication with notice of copyright or by registration of an unpublished work.[1] This has now been largely superseded by international conventions, principally the Berne Convention, which provide rights harmonized at an international level without a requirement for national registration. However, the U.S. still provides legal advantages for registering works of U.S. origin (see below).
Contact Information : Bangladesh
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| Country | Bangladesh |
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| Web site address | http://www.moca.gov.bd/Organizations.htm#Copyright |
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| Address | National Library building (2nd Floor) 32, S. M. Morshed Sarani, Agargaon Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Dhaka |
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| Telephone | (880 2) 911 96 32 |
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| Telefax | (880 2) 716 90 08 / 911 87 04 | ||||
