113 STAT. 1501A-552 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX I (C) in subsection (b) by striking "trade-mark" and inserting "trademark". (2) The item relating to section 1338 in the table of sections for chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking "trade-marks" and inserting "trademarks". SEC. 3010. EFFECTIVE DATE. Sections 3002(a), 3003, 3004, 3005, and 3008 of this title shall apply to all domain names registered before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that damages under subsection (a) or (d) of section 35 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1117), as amended by section 3003 of this title, shall not be available with respect to the registration, trafficking, or use of a domain name that occurs before the date of the enactment of this Act. TITLE IV—INVENTOR PROTECTION SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "American Inventors Protection Act of 1999". Subtitle A—Inventors' Rights SEC. 4101. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the "Inventors' Rights Act of 1999". SEC. 4102. INTEGRITY IN INVENTION PROMOTION SERVICES. (a) IN GENERAL. —Chapter 29 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 297. Improper and deceptive invention promotion "(a) IN GENERAL. —An invention promoter shall have a duty to disclose the following information to a customer in writing, prior to entering into a contract for invention promotion services— "(1) the total number of inventions evaluated by the invention promoter for commercial potential in the past 5 years, as well as the number of those inventions that received positive evaluations, and the number of those inventions that received negative evaluations; "(2) the total number of customers who have contracted with the invention promoter in the past 5 years, not including customers who have purchased trade show services, research, advertising, or other nonmarketing services from the invention promoter, or who have defaulted in their pa3anent to the invention promoter; "(3) the total number of customers known by the invention promoter to have received a net financial profit as a direct result of the invention promotion services provided by such invention promoter; "(4) the total number of customers known by the invention promoter to have received license agreements for their inventions as a direct result of the invention promotion services provided by such invention promoter; and "(5) the names and addresses of all previous invention promotion companies with which the invention promoter or
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