PRO-IP Bill Passes, Minus Provision

In mid-October, President Bush signed into law the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act, without the controversial provisions that were initially found in the House bill. PIA lobbied vigorously against the Section 104 provisions, which would have modified the so-called “one-work rule,” which stipulates that compilations of material are considered a single work when calculating damages from intellectual property infringement. Section 104 would have allowed for damages for each separate work in a compilation, possibly increasing damages by 10 times or more.