[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 3 (Thursday, January 29, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT NO. 105-35

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following treaty 
transmitted to the Senate on January 29, 1998, by the President of the 
United States: Trademark Law Treaty, Document No. 105-35.
  I further ask that the treaty be considered as having been read the 
first time, that it be referred with accompanying papers to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and be ordered to be printed, and the 
President's messages be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The message of the President is as follows:

To the Senate of the United States:
  I transmit herewith for advice and consent to ratification, the 
Trademark Law Treaty done at Geneva October 27, 1994, with Regulations. 
The Treaty was signed by the United States on October 28, 1994. I also 
transmit for the information of the Senate, the report of the 
Department of State with respect to the Treaty, accompanied by a 
detailed analysis of the Treaty and Regulations, prepared by the 
Department of State and the Patent and Trademark Office of the 
Department of Commerce.
  Ratification of the Treaty is in the best interests of the United 
States. The Treaty eliminates many of the burdensome formal 
requirements that now exist in the trademark application and 
registration maintenance processes of many countries. Those 
requirements cause considerable expense and delay for trademark owners. 
The Treaty is aimed at standardizing and simplifying the application 
process so that the application will be accepted and processed by the 
trademark offices of all parties to the Treaty.
  I recommend, therefore, that the Senate give early and favorable 
consideration to the Trademark Law Treaty with Regulations and give its 
advice and consent to ratification.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, January 29, 1998.

                          ____________________