[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 67 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 18032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8588]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Office of the General Counsel; Request for Public Comments on 
Dispute Resolution Issues Relating to Section 3002(b) of the 
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

AGENCY: Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; 15-day re-opening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to public request, the Department of Commerce re-
opens for an additional 15 days the response period for our request for 
public comments and suggestions concerning the ``Anticybersquatting 
Consumer Protection Act'' (or ``the Act'') (Public Law 106-113) and the 
resolution of Internet domain name disputes involving the personal 
names of individuals. The original notice and request for comments was 
published on February 29, 2000, with written comments to be provided by 
March 30, 2000 (65 FR 10763). Detailed background information, as well 
as the scope of this request, may be found in the above-cited Federal 
Register notice.

DATES: Written comments must be received no later than April 21, 2000. 
Under no circumstances shall any written comments received after April 
21, 2000 be considered by the Department of Commerce.

ADDRESSES: Please address written comments to: Department of Commerce, 
Room 5876; 14th & Constitution Avenues, NW; Washington, DC 20230, 
marked as ``Public Comments'' to the attention of Sabrina McLaughlin, 
Office of General Counsel. If possible, paper submissions should be 
accompanied by disks formatted in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, or 
ASCII. As an alternate means of submission, comments may be transmitted 
by facsimile to Sabrina McLaughlin at (202) 482-0512. Electronic 
submissions may be directed to [email protected]. Any accompanying 
diskettes should be labeled with the name of the party submitting 
comment and the version of the word processing program used to create 
the document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sabrina McLaughlin by telephone at 
(202) 482-4265, by mail to her attention addressed to: Department of 
Commerce, Room 5876; 14th & Constitution Avenues, NW; Washington, DC 
20230, or by electronic mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Commerce has determined 
that it is appropriate to re-open the record for public comment in 
order: (1) To officially accommodate the significant number of comments 
being filed somewhat beyond the original comment deadline; and (2) to 
ensure that the Department receives the benefit of broad public 
perspectives as the Department, in consultation with the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Election Commission, 
proceeds to study and to recommend to Congress appropriate guidelines 
and procedures for resolving disputes involving the registration or use 
by a person of a domain name that includes the personal name of another 
person, in whole or in part, or a name confusingly similar thereto. The 
Department's guidelines and recommendations will take the form of a 
Report to Congress, as required under section 3006 of the Act.
    The Department will not be posting comments online. However, 
because all submissions received pursuant to a solicitation for public 
comment are treated as public information, respondents should not 
submit materials that they do not desire to be made public.

    Dated: April 3, 2000.
Andrew J. Pincus,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 00-8588 Filed 4-5-00; 8:45 am]
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