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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office

 

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 draft report 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 
of Terri A. Southwick, Office of Legislative and International Affairs. 
Public hearings will be announced at a later date.

DATES: Written comments should 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: 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, DC 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: [email protected]. 
Comments received will be available for public inspection at the 
Scientific and Technical Information Center of the Patent and Trademark 
Office, Room 2CO1, 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.

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 patent, trademark and trade secret, the preliminary draft 
focuses primarily on copyright law and its application and 
effectiveness in the context of the NII.

    Dated: July 8, 1994.
Bruce A. Lehman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks.
[FR Doc. 94-17119 Filed 7-13-94; 8:45 am]
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