[Ecommerce] Mark your calendar: IP& The Hague March 29-30 at USPTO

[Manon Ress]

Sorry for crossposting

Are you interested in seeing how an international treaty is drafted?  There=
 will be a public annoucement for this meeting organized by the State Depar=
tment and the USPTO but in case you want to mark your calendar:

An expert meeting on the intellectual property issues related to the draft =
Hague convention on jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments will be held =
on Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30, 2004.

at: The new headquarters of the US Patent & Trademark Office
Thomas Jefferson Building
500 Dulany Street
Building Conference Center, Lobby Level
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

According to USPTO, the goal of the meeting is to bring Hague delegates (fr=
om many member states) together with representatives of industry, trade ass=
ociations, bar associations, non-governmental organizations, and other inte=
rested parties to consider in more detail those aspects of the draft Hague =
Convention that bear on intellectual property interests and concerns.

The all-day public session will be on Monday, March 29, from 9:00 am to 5:0=
0 pm.  NGOs will be invited to give their views on the current draft text a=
nd to exchange ideas with government delegations.

After this session, a break-out group of Hague Member State delegates will =
convene as a drafting "seminar" through lunch on Tuesday 30 March.

The public session will reconvene on Tuesday, March 30, from 2:00 to 5:00 p=
m, to receive a report from the drafting seminar, and give all participants=
 a chance to comment on that report (including any drafts that may be emerg=
ing).

Look at the latest draft text available at ftp://ftp.hcch.net/doc/workdoc49=
e.pdf

Issues that will be discussed include:
-- the scope provisions in Article 1, including the chapeau sections of par=
agraphs (3) and (4), and subparagraphs (3)(k) & (l);
-- Article 6 on interim measures of relief;
-- Article 7 on recognition and enforcement, including proposals made by th=
e European Union Working Document 28 at the December session.

A detailed agenda will be provided later.

If you're interested contact (as soon as possible):

Jeff Kovar, KovarJD@state.gov

Jennie Ness Jennifer.Ness@USPTO.gov

Elaine Wu, elaine.wu@uspto.gov







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Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
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