Copyright Act of 1870

The Copyright Act of 1870, also called the Patent Act of 1870 and the Trade Mark Act of 1870, was a revision to United States intellectual property law, covering copyrights and patents. Eight sections of the bill, sometimes called the Trade Mark Act of 1870, introduced trademarks to United States federal law, although that portion was later deemed unconstitutional after the Trade-Mark Cases.

Copyright Act of 1870
Other short titlesPatent Act of 1870, Trade Mark Act of 1870
Long titleAn Act to revise, consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to patents and copyrights.
EffectiveJuly 8, 1870
Citations
Statutes at Large16 Stat. 198
Legislative history
  • Signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on July 8, 1870
Major amendments
1874, 1891
United States Supreme Court cases
Trade-Mark Cases
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