[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 127 (Monday, July 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29851-29852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12535]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No.: PTO-C-2025-0016]
Request for Comments on OECD's Working Party on Countering
Illicit Trade (WP-CIT) Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Countering
Illicit Trade in Counterfeit Goods on Online Marketplaces; Reopening of
Comment Period
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is
reopening the comment period for the notice titled ``Request for
Comments on OECD's Working Party on Countering Illicit Trade (WP-CIT)
Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Countering Illicit Trade in Counterfeit
Goods on Online Marketplaces'' that was published in the Federal
Register on May 19, 2025. The comment period is reopened until August
26, 2025.
DATES: The comment period for the notice published on May 19, 2025, at
90 FR 21291, is reopened until August 26, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
(1) Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov (at the homepage,
enter ``PTO-C-2025-0016'' in the ``Search'' box, select the ``Comment''
icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments).
The materials in the docket will not be edited to remove identifying or
contact information, and the USPTO cautions against including any
information in an electronic submission that the submitter does not
want publicly disclosed. Attachments to electronic comments will be
accepted only in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Adobe PDF formats.
Comments containing references to studies, research, and other
empirical data that are not widely published should include copies of
the referenced materials. Please do not submit additional materials. If
you want to submit a comment with confidential business information
that you do not wish to be made public, please submit the comment as a
written/paper submission in the manner detailed below.
(2) Written/Paper Submissions: Send all written/paper submissions
to: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Mail Stop OPIA, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22314. Submission packaging should clearly
indicate that materials are responsive to Docket No. PTO-C-2025-0016,
Office of Policy and International Affairs, Comment Request; Call for
Feedback on OECD's Working Party on Countering Illicit Trade (WP-CIT)
Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Countering Illicit Trade in Counterfeit
Goods on Online Marketplaces.
Submissions of Confidential Business Information: Any submissions
containing confidential business information must be delivered in a
sealed envelope marked ``confidential treatment requested'' to the
address listed above. Submitters should provide an index listing the
document(s) or information they would like the USPTO to withhold. The
index should include information such as numbers used to identify the
relevant document(s) or information, document title(s) and
description(s), and relevant page numbers and/or section numbers within
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a document. Submitters should provide a statement explaining their
grounds for objecting to the disclosure of the information to the
public. The USPTO also requests that submitters of confidential
business information include a non-confidential version (either
redacted or summarized) of those confidential submissions that will be
available for public viewing and posted on www.regulations.gov. In the
event that the submitter cannot provide a non-confidential version of
its submission, the USPTO requests that the submitter post a notice in
the docket stating that it has provided the USPTO with confidential
business information. Should a submitter fail to docket a non-
confidential version of its submission or post a notice that
confidential business information has been provided, the USPTO will
note the receipt of the submission on the docket with the submitter's
organization or name (to the degree permitted by law) and the date of
submission.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ameen Imam, USPTO, Office of Policy
and International Affairs, at [email protected]. Please direct media
inquiries to the Office of the Chief Communications Officer, USPTO, at
571-272-8400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 19, 2025, the USPTO sought input from
all interested parties, but in particular, from intellectual property
rights holders, online marketplaces and platforms, consumers, sellers
and other private sector stakeholders, regarding their insights,
evaluation of the best practices and any remaining gaps in the Draft
Voluntary Guidelines for Countering Illicit Trade in Counterfeit Goods
on Online Marketplaces. See Request for Comments on OECD's Working
Party on Countering Illicit Trade (WP-CIT) Draft Voluntary Guidelines
for Countering Illicit Trade in Counterfeit Goods on Online
Marketplaces, 90 FR 21291. The notice requested public comments on or
before June 27, 2025.
In response to requests from stakeholders asking for additional
time to submit comments, the USPTO is reopening the written comment
period to ensure that all interested parties have a sufficient
opportunity to submit comments on this matter. All other information
provided in the May 19, 2025 notice remains unchanged. Previously
submitted comments do not need to be resubmitted.
Coke Morgan Stewart,
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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