1998-01-29 Transmittal to Senate on Trademark Law Treaty (fwd)

[Robert Weissman <rob@essential.org>]

                           THE WHITE HOUSE

                    Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                   January 29, 1998



                   TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES:


     I transmit herewith for advice and consent to ratification, the 
Trademark Law Treaty done at Geneva October 27, 1994, with Regulations. 
The Treaty was signed by the United States on October 28, 1994.  I 
also transmit for the information of the Senate, the report of the 
Department of State with respect to the Treaty, accompanied by a 
detailed analysis of the Treaty and Regulations, prepared by the 
Department of State and the Patent and Trademark Office of the 
Department of Commerce.

     Ratification of the Treaty is in the best interests of the 
United States.  The Treaty eliminates many of the burdensome formal 
requirements that now exist in the trademark application and 
registration maintenance processes of many countries.  Those 
requirements cause considerable expense and delay for trademark 
owners.  The Treaty is aimed at standardizing and simplifying the 
application process so that the application will be accepted and 
processed by the trademark offices of all parties to the Treaty.

     I recommend, therefore, that the Senate give early and favorable 
consideration to the Trademark Law Treaty with Regulations and give its 
advice and consent to ratification.




     WILLIAM J. CLINTON
  
     THE WHITE HOUSE,
     January 29, 1998.


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