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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: nii-
[email protected]. 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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