ARLINGTON, Va., June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announced today the publication of the April 2010 Supplement to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations.

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The main volume, Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations, is a convenient loose-leaf compilation of all the intellectual property regulations found in C.F.R. Volume 37, plus extra materials not published in Volume 37--agency policy pronouncements; citations to public laws, the Federal Register, and BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal; vital information governing the operations of the Patent and Trademark Office, Copyright Office, and Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels; and comprehensive indexes to help streamline legal research. In addition, each supplement includes summaries of new material for quick reference.

The April 2010 Supplement outlines:

• Copyright Royalty Board COLA increase for royalty rate on music performances by colleges and universities
• Copyright Royalty Board royalty rate determinations for preexisting subscription services and satellite digital audio radio services
• Copyright Royalty Board royalty rate determinations for commercial webcasters under the digital performance and ephemeral recording licenses
• Copyright Office interim rule on mandatory deposit of published electronic works available only online

Timely updates make the April 2010 Supplement to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations a valuable resource for all IP practitioners. In addition, the loose-leaf format provides flexibility for adding new pages and substituting revised pages so that the volume, as a whole, stays current. The treatise is updated more often and includes more information than any available government compilation.

James D. Crowne, editor of the April 2010 Supplement to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations, is Director of Communications for the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and was formerly managing editor of BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal.

BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to the April 2010 Supplement to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations, BNA's Book Division publishes Anatomy of a Patent Case; Computer and Intellectual Property Crime: Federal and State Law; Copyright Law Deskbook; Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice; Intellectual Property Taxation: Transaction and Litigation Issues; Intellectual Property Law in Cyberspace; International Patent Litigation: A Country-by-Country Analysis; Patent Infringement Remedies; Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook; Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure; Patents and the Federal Circuit; Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws; Trademark Dilution: Federal, State, and International Law; Trademark Infringement Remedies; and other titles in legal specialties. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to books@bna.com. The BNA Books website, including an online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com.

The April 2010 Supplement to Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations may be purchased alone (ISBN 978-1-57018-900-5/Order #1900-PR10/$155.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling), or as part of the current, up-to-date looseleaf reference (1 Looseleaf Volume/Order #1901--including binder, tabs, and supplements/$255.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220. Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. A 10% discount is available on print copies of books when ordering from the website at bnabooks.com. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

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