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| Other short titles | Patent Act of 1870, Trade Mark Act of 1870 |
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| Long title | An Act to revise, consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to patents and copyrights. |
| Effective | July 8, 1870 |
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| Statutes at Large | 16 Stat. 198 |
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| 1874, 1891 | |
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| Trade-Mark Cases | |
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.