[Hague-jur-commercial-law] Mar 29-30: Study Group on Enforcement of Judgments of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law

[James Love]

This is a USG meeting on the Exclusive Choice of Court Agreements 
convention that is looming large right now.   jamie



FEDERAL REGISTER

Vol. 69, No. 48

Notices

DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS)

[Public Notice No. 4638]

Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law:
Notice of Meeting

69 FR 11697



DATE: Thursday, March 11, 2004

SUMMARY: There will be public meetings of a Study Group on Enforcement
of Judgments of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private
International Law, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday March 29 and from 2
p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday March 30, at the new headquarters of the U.S.
Patent & Trademark Office: Thomas Jefferson Building, 500 Dulany Street,
Building Conference Center (Lobby Level), Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

Full Text: The Department of State, in conjunction with the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office and other federal agencies, is convening meetings
of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International
Law, Study Group on Enforcement of Judgments, in order to seek
consultations on the proposed draft Hague Convention on Exclusive Choice
of Court Agreements. The meetings will bring delegates from many member
states of the Hague Conference on Private International Law together
with experts from industry, trade associations, bar associations,
non-governmental associations, and other interested parties to consider
in more detail those aspects of the draft convention that bear on
intellectual property rights and related litigation. The current draft
of the proposed convention may be found on the Web site of the Hague
Conference (http://www.hcch.net) or directly at
ftp://ftp.hcch.net/doc/workdoc49e.pdf.

The meetings will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday March 29 and
from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday March 30, at the new headquarters of
the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: Thomas Jefferson Building, 500
Dulany Street, Building Conference Center (Lobby Level), Alexandria, VA
22313-1450. The meetings are open to the public up to the capacity of
the meeting room. Interested persons are invited to attend and to
express their views. Persons who wish to have their views considered are
encouraged, but not required, to submit written comments in advance of
the meeting. Written comments should be submitted by e-mail to Jeffrey
Kovar at kovarjd@state.gov <mailto:kovarjd@state.gov>. All comments will
be made available to the public by request to Mr. Kovar via e-mail or by
phone (202-776-8420).

Persons wishing to attend must notify Ms. Cherise Reid by e-mail
(reidcd£state.gov), fax (202-776-8482), or by telephone (202-776-8420).

Dated: March 3, 2004.

Jeffrey D. Kovar,

Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law, Department of State.