The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property is one of Eight subcommittees within the
Senate Judiciary Committee. The subcommittee was disbanded in 2007, but reinstated in 2019 at the beginning of the
116th Congress
The 116th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It convened in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2019, and ended on Janua ...
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Jurisdiction
The committee's jurisdiction extends to:
* (1) Intellectual Property laws, including those affecting patents, copyrights and trademarks;
* (2) Oversight of the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alexa ...
;
* (3) Oversight of the
U.S. Copyright Office
The United States Copyright Office (USCO), a part of the Library of Congress, is a United States government body that maintains records of copyright registration, including a copyright catalog. It is used by copyright title searchers who are ...
;
* (4) Oversight of the intellectual property laws, treaties and policies affecting international trade.
Members, 118th Congress
Historical subcommittee rosters
117th Congress
116th Congress
See also
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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, a ...
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External links
Senate Judiciary Committee website, Subcommittee page
References
Judiciary Intellectual Property
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