[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52720-52721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21012]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6356]


Meetings; Advisory Committee on Private International Law Study

    U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law Study will be holding a public meeting on the United 
Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Draft 
Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions and its treatment of security 
rights in intellectual property (IP).
    The Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law (ACPIL) will be holding a public meeting to discuss the treatment 
of IP-secured financing practices in the UNCITRAL Draft Legislative 
Guide on Secured Transactions (Guide). At the 40th Session of the 
UNCITRAL, the Commission adopted a legislative guide on secured 
transactions, including recommendations dealing with the scope of the 
Guide as it relates to IP law and secured financing, as well as the 
inclusion in the commentary to the Guide of explanatory statements on 
the treatment of IP as secured financing. The Commission also approved 
a new work project on IP law matters as they relate to secured 
financing law. A first session for that work project was held in New 
York in May. A second session of that work project is scheduled for 
October 20-24 in Vienna. The ACPIL will use this public meeting to 
continue to exchange thoughts on the relationship between secured 
finance and IP and how this matter should be addressed in the new draft 
IP annex to the Guide. The report of the first session of the working 
group and the papers prepared by the Secretariat on this matter can be 
obtained at http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/

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commission/working--groups/6Security--Interests.html.
    Time: The public meeting will take place at the Department of 
State, Office of Private International Law, 2430 E Street, NW., 
Washington, DC on Wednesday October 8, 2008 from 11 a.m. EST to 1 p.m. 
EST. Public Participation: Advisory Committee Study Group meetings are 
open to the public, subject to the capacity of the meeting room. Access 
to the meeting building is controlled; persons wishing to attend should 
contact Tricia Smeltzer or Niesha Toms of the Department of State's 
Legal Adviser's Office at [email protected] or [email protected] and 
provide your name, e-mail address, and mailing address to get admission 
into the meeting or to get directions to the office. Additional meeting 
information can also be obtained from Rachel Wallace at 
[email protected] or telephone (202) 647-2324. Persons who cannot 
attend but who wish to comment on any of the proposals are welcome to 
do so by e-mail to Michael Dennis at [email protected]. If you are 
unable to attend the public meeting and you would like to participate 
by teleconferencing, please contact Tricia Smeltzer or Niesha Toms at 
202-776-8420 to receive the conference call-in number and the relevant 
information.

    Dated: September 3, 2008.
Rachel A. Wallace,
Office of IP Enforcement, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8-21012 Filed 9-9-08; 8:45 am]
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