[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 190 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-24475]
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[Federal Register: October 3, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Extension of Deadline for Comments on Preliminary Draft of the
Report of the Working Group of Intellectual Property Rights
AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Extension of deadline for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights of the White
House Information Infrastructure Task Force issued a preliminary draft
of its report, ``Intellectual Property and the National Information
Infrastructure,'' and solicited public comment. As announced in a
previous notice regarding public comment on the preliminary report,
published at 59 FR 35912 (July 14, 1994), the deadline for submission
of written comments was September 7, 1994. Comments in reply to initial
written comments were to be submitted no later than September 28, 1994.
The deadline for submission of comments in reply to initial written
comments is extended to October 21, 1994, to allow more time for the
public to review the large number of initial comments submitted.
DATES: Comments in reply to initial written comments may be submitted
no later than October 21, 1994.
ADDRESSES: An original and four copies of comments should be submitted
to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, Box 4, Washington, D.C. 20231, marked to the
attention of Terri A. Southwick, Attorney-Advisor, Office of
Legislative and International Affairs. Alternatively, comments may be
submitted electronically to the following Internet address: ip@uspto.gov. Initial comments that have been submitted are available
for public inspection at the Scientific and Technical information
Center of the Patent and Trademark Office, Room 2C01, Crystal Plaza 3/
4, 2021 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia, between the hours
of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Reply
comments will be available for public inspection at the same location.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terri A. Southwick, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Legislative and
International Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Box 4,
Washington, DC 20231. Telephone: (703) 305-9300/Fax: (703) 305-8885.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Working Group on Intellectual Property
Rights, chaired by Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks Bruce A. Lehman, was established as part of the
White House Information Infrastructure Task Force. The Task Force,
chaired by Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown, was created to work
with Congress and the private sector to develop comprehensive
telecommunications and information policies aimed at articulating and
implementing the Administration's vision for the National Information
Infrastructure (NII).
The Preliminary Draft of the Report of the Working Group on
Intellectual Property Rights represents the Working Group's examination
and analysis to date of the intellectual property implications of the
NII, and includes the Group's draft findings and recommendations. While
it addresses each of the major areas of intellectual property law,
including patents, trademarks and trade secrets, the preliminary draft
focuses primarily on copyright law and its application and
effectiveness in the context of the NII.
Dated: September 28, 1994.
Bruce A. Lehman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and
Trademarks.
[FR Doc. 94-24475 Filed 9-30-94; 8:45 am]
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