FRYER

This newsletter introduces several new documents now on the web site. The testimony by Professor Fryer on the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act hearing, held October 23, 1997 is provided. Another document is the amicus curiae Brief filed by Professor Fryer in the In re Daniels appeal to the Federal Circuit on the right to claim subject matter from an earlier filed design patent application in a copending application. The final document is a paper given by Professor Fryer at the Paris meeting of ATRIP, July 7-9, 1997, on use of the Internet for intellectual property research and communications... European Union Design Directive. European Union (EU) has published the long awaited Design Directive that will harmonize significantly the design laws of its members. The spare parts issue that delayed approval was not resolved, but a plan to work out the details was set up. An introductory report on the Design Directive , including the Directive text are on this web site. In the near future..