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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.
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