[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 2006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-327]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the 
following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
    Title: Native American Tribal Insignia Database.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0651-0048.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 3 hours annually.
    Number of Respondents: 15 responses per year.
    Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO estimates that a recognized 
Native American tribe will require an average of 10 to 12 minutes (0.17 
to 0.20 hours) to complete a request to record an official insignia, 
including preparing the appropriate documents and submitting the 
completed request.
    Needs and Uses: The Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act (Pub. 
L. 105-330, Sec.  302, 112 Stat. 3071 (1998)) required the USPTO to 
study issues surrounding the protection of the official insignia of 
federally- and state-recognized Native American tribes under trademark 
law. At the direction of Congress, the USPTO created a database 
containing the official insignia of recognized Native American tribes. 
The insignia database serves as a reference for examining attorneys 
when determining the registrability of a mark that may falsely suggest 
a connection to the official insignia of a Native American tribe. The 
entry of an official insignia into the database does not confer any 
rights to the tribe that submitted the insignia, and entry is not the 
legal equivalent of registering the insignia as a trademark under 15 
U.S.C. 1051 et seq. This information collection is used by the USPTO to 
enter an official insignia submitted by a federally- or state-
recognized Native American tribe into the database. There are no forms 
associated with this collection.
    Affected Public: Tribal governments.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by any of the following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``0651-0048 copy 
request'' in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: 571-273-0112, marked to the attention of Susan 
Fawcett.
     Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records Officer, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Customer Information Services Group, Public 
Information Services Division, United States Patent and Trademark 
Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent on or before February 11, 2008 to David 
Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 4, 2008.
Susan K. Fawcett,
Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Customer Information Services Group, Public Information Services 
Division.
[FR Doc. E8-327 Filed 1-10-08; 8:45 am]
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