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![handle is hein.intprop/ptcrr0012 and id is 1 raw text is: 91ST CoNGnRss SENATE REPORT
1st Session No. 91-519
PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
NOVEMBER 5, 1969.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MCCLELLAN, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[Pursuant to S. Res. 241, 90th Cong., second sess., as extended]
INTRODUCTION
During the second session of the 90th Congress, the Subcommittee
on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights engaged in the following
activities pursuant to Senate Resolution 241:
LEGISLATION
1. Legtslation reported during the second session by the subcommittee,
approved by the Committee on the Judiciary, passed by the Senate
and the House of Representatives, and approved by the President
Public Law 00-416 (S.J. Res. 172, McClellan), to extend the duration
of copyright protection in certain cases
The purpose of this legislation was to continue until December 31,
1969, the renewal term of any copyright subsisting on the date of ap-
proval of this resolution or the term as extended by Public Laws 87-
GSS, 89-142 or 90-141 (or by all or any of said laws) where such term
would otherwise expire prior to December 31, 1969. The purpose of
the extension was to continue the renewal term of copyrights pending
the enactment by the Congress of a general revision of the copyright
laws, including a proposed increase in the length of the copyright term.
Senate Joint Resolution 172 (Public Law 90-416) was the fourth
resolution pNssed by the Congress providing for the interim extension
of copyright. The third extension (Public Law 90-141) expired Decem-
ber 31, 1968. This legislation merely provides for the prolongation of
the renewal term of the copyright and does not involve creation of a
new term of copyright.
This legislation was passed by the Senate on June 12, 1963, and by
the House of Representatives on July 15, 1968. It was approved by
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