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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Notice of Hearings and Request for Comments on Preliminary Draft
of the Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights
AGENCY: Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of hearings and request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights of the White
House Information Infrastructure Task Force has issued a preliminary
draft of its report, ``Intellectual Property and the National
Information Infrastructure,'' and is soliciting public comment. Copies
of the preliminary report may be obtained by calling the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office at (703) 305-9300 or by sending a written request
to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, Box 4, Washington, DC 20231, marked to the attention
to Terri A. Southwick, Office of Legislative and International Affairs.
The Working Group will hold public hearings on the preliminary report
in Washington, DC, Chicago and Los Angeles.
DATES: The public hearing in Chicago will be held on September 14,
1994, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The public hearing in Los Angeles will be
held on September 16, 1994, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The public hearing in
Washington, DC, will be held on September 22 and 23, 1994 from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Requests to present oral testimony at the Chicago or Los
Angeles hearings must be received on or before September 7, 1994.
Requests to present oral testimony at the Washington, DC, hearings must
be received on or before September 15, 1994. As announced in the
previous notice regarding the submission of written comments on the
preliminary report, published at 59 FR 35912 (July 14, 1994), all
written comments must be submitted on or before September 7, 1994.
Comments in reply to initial written comments may be submitted no later
than September 28, 1994.
ADDRESSES: The hearing in Chicago will be held at the University of
Chicago, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois. The
hearing in Los Angeles will be held at the University of California at
Los Angeles, 1100 Schoenberg Hall, 405 Hilgard Avenue (Southeast side
of UCLA Campus), Los Angeles, California. The hearings in Washington,
DC will be held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Constitution Avenue
between 12th and 14th Streets, NW., Washington, DC. Requests to present
oral testimony should be submitted to the Commissioner of Patents and
Trademarks, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Box 4, Washington, DC
20231, marked to the attention of Terri A. Southwick, Attorney-Advisor,
Office of Legislative and International Affairs. Requests should
specify the date and location of the hearing at which the requester
wishes to present oral testimony, and should include the name, address,
telephone number, fax number and professional affiliation, if any, of
the requester.
The transcripts of the hearings will be made available for public
inspection 10 days after the hearings 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. Information about obtaining copies of transcripts of the
hearings may be obtained by calling (703) 305-9300 no sooner than 10
days after the hearings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terri A. Southwick or Michael O'Neil, 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).
Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure:
A 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 patent, trademark and trade secret, the preliminary report
focuses primarily on copyright law and its application and
effectiveness in the context of the NII.
The Working Group solicited written comments from the public on the
preliminary report in a notice published at 59 FR 35912 on July 14,
1994.
Dated: August 12, 1994.
Bruce A. Lehman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and
Trademarks.
[FR Doc. 94-20467 Filed 8-18-94; 8:45 am]
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