COVID-19 Relief and Government Funding Bill Brings Significant Changes to Trademark and Copyright Law

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 trademark law and procedure. Specifically, the relief package — which was signed into law on December 27, 2020 — incorporated the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020, the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020, and the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act,...
By: Arent Fox

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