Author_Institution :
Lowe, Price, LeBlanc, & Becker, Alexandria, VA
Abstract :
GATT, or General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, is a treaty which President Clinton negotiated and Congress passed. President Clinton signed GATT into law on December 8, 1994, thereby making several changes to current intellectual property laws, including changes to patent, trademark, copyright, and International Trade Commission importation laws. The author explains some general provisions of GATT and its impact on small business practices
Keywords :
copyright; industrial property; legislation; patents; GATT; General Agreement an Tariffs and Trade; International Trade Commission importation laws; computer law; copyright; intellectual property laws; patent; small business practices; trademark; Computer Society; Distributed computing; Intellectual property; International trade; Meetings; Nominations and elections; Protection; Public policy; Trade agreements; Trademarks;
