[Hague-jur-commercial-law] Hague Developments: roundtable new date: March 4, 2004 12-2pm

[Manon Ress]

Sorry for crossposting this:

The  roundtable discussion on The Hague developments has been 
re-scheduled for Thursday March 4, 2004.  12-2pm
ALA Washington Office,
1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 403
Washington, DC

If coming by Metro, closest stop is Metro Center ( building is at the corner of 13th & E Sts).  Feel free to bring your brown-bag
lunch.  

Jeff Kovar of the U.S. State Department and other members of the U.S.
delegation will be present.

In addition to the issues related to the weakness of proposed "escape 
clause" when facing a choice of forum in a non-negotiated contract, 
there are issues about what is "excluded" from the scope (Article 1 (3 
(k) & 1 (4) ie validity of patents, trademarks, protected industrial 
designs, layout-designs of integrated circuits AND "other intellectual 
property rights" and issues about the interim measures and enforcement 
(article 6).

Negotiation will continue on the draft convention, with another meeting 
tentatively set for April 2004.   If that goes well, there may be a 
Diplomatic Conference to conclude the treaty in November or December 2004.

The draft on exclusive choice of court agreement is available on The 
Hague Conference page under DOC. No 49E

Draft: ftp://ftp.hcch.net/doc/workdoc49e.pdf

Open Letter to Delegates signed by the Computer and Communications 
Industry Association (CCIA), NetCoalition, the Internet Commerce 
Coalition (ICC) the U.S. Internet Industry Association (USIIA), and the 
U.S. InternetService Provider Association (USISPA)
http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/hague-jur-commercial-law/2003-December/000834.html

For Libraries see Miriam's post
http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/hague-jur-commercial-law/2004-January/000861.html


For more info contact:

Miriam M. Nisbet
Legislative Counsel
American Library Association
1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW - #403
Washington, D.C. 20004-1701
Voice:  202-628-8410, x. 202, 
        or 800-941-8478, x. 202
Fax:     202-628-8419
e-mail:  mnisbet@alawash.org
http://www.ala.org/washoff





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Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
www.cptech.org
PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
manon.ress@cptech.org, voice: 1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176