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issues the participant would like to
raise.
The deadline for receipt of requests to
participate in the roundtable is 5 p.m.
on Thursday, August 31, 2006.
Attendance is limited to the first 40
respondents.
Jill
Taylor by telephone at 571–272–8083,
by facsimile at 571–273–0085, by
electronic mail at
Jill.Taylor@USPTO.gov, or by mail
addressed to the USPTO, 600 Dulany
Street, Madison West, 10th Floor,
Alexandria, VA 22313, marked to the
attention of Jill Taylor.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–C–2006–0044]
Notice of Roundtable on the World
Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) Treaty on the Protection of the
Rights of Broadcasting Organizations
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) and United
States Copyright Office (USCO)
announce a public roundtable
discussion concerning the work at the
World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) in the Standing
Committee on Copyright and Related
Rights (SCCR) on a proposed Treaty On
the Protection of the Rights of
Broadcasting Organizations. Members of
the public are invited to attend the
roundtable, or to participate in the
roundtable discussion, on the topics
outlined in the supplementary
information section of this notice.
DATES: The roundtable will be held on
Tuesday, September 5, 2006, beginning
at 1 p.m. and ending at 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The roundtable will be held
in the Atrium Conference Room at the
USPTO, 600 Dulany Street, Madison
West, 10th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22313.
Requests for participation as a member
of the roundtable are required and
should be directed to the USPTO, 600
Dulany Street, Madison West, 10th
Floor, Alexandria, VA 22313, marked to
the attention of Jill Taylor. You may also
submit requests by facsimile at 571–
273–0085 or by electronic mail through
the Internet to Jill.Taylor@USPTO.gov.
Requests for participation as a member
of the roundtable should indicate the
following information:
1. The name of the person desiring to
participate;
2. The organization or organizations
represented by that person, if any;
3. Contact information (address,
telephone, and e-mail);
4. Information on the specific focus or
interest of the participant (or his or her
organization) and any questions or
For the past eight years and since the
first meeting of the Standing Committee
on Copyright and Related Rights in
November 1998, WIPO has been
addressing the topic of updating the
protection of the rights of broadcasting
organizations. Although broadcasters
rights are protected under some existing
international agreements, such as under
the 1961 Convention for the Protection
of Performers, Producers of Phonograms
and Broadcasting Organizations and the
World Trade Organization’s Agreement
on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights, there has been
increasing concern that changes in
technology and the opening up of much
of the world to commercial
broadcasting, have made the protection
provided in those agreements ineffective
to protect broadcast signals against
piracy.
At the September 2005 WIPO General
Assembly, the decision was taken to
hold additional meetings of the SCCR to
permit further discussion of the possible
treaty and to invite the 2006 WIPO
General Assembly to convene a
Diplomatic Conference in December
2006 or at an appropriate time in 2007.
WIPO posts various documents from
their meetings, such as reports, member
state submissions, meeting agendas, and
[official] texts prepared by the Chair of
the SCCR. The most recent text available
from July 31, 2006—‘‘Revised Draft
Basic Proposal for The WIPO Treaty on
the Protection of Broadcasting
Organizations’’ can be found at https://
www.wipo.int/meetings/en/
doc_details.jsp?doc_id=64712. On
August 1, 2006, the United States made
a submission to WIPO addressing the
issue of ‘‘netcasting’’ which is available
at https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/
dcom/olia/ and will shortly be available
on the WIPO Web site.
Throughout this process in WIPO,
many points of view have been
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represented, including those of
developed and developing countries,
and many non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), and numerous
industry, creator and content owner
groups. The USPTO and USCO have
participated in several informal
meetings with interested parties such as
broadcasters, netcasters, telecom
companies, Internet service providers,
content industries, creators and other
NGOs, in order to obtain views and
information relevant to the deliberations
in the SCCR on this proposed treaty.
In order to allow further opportunity
for interested parties to comment,
USPTO and USCO are convening this
roundtable to provide another forum for
such parties to provide their views of
and additional information related to
the proposed treaty. In particular, the
participants should be prepared to
identify and discuss more fully the
issues and problems associated with the
recent text available from July 31, 2006,
the ‘‘Revised Draft Basic Proposal for
The WIPO Treaty on the Protection of
Broadcasting Organizations.’’
Dated: August 15, 2006.
Stephen M. Pinkos,
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Acting Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-C-2006-0044]
Notice of Roundtable on the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) Treaty on the Protection of the Rights of
Broadcasting Organizations
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice announcing public forum.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and
United States Copyright Office (USCO) announce a public roundtable
discussion concerning the work at the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) in the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related
Rights (SCCR) on a proposed Treaty On the Protection of the Rights of
Broadcasting Organizations. Members of the public are invited to attend
the roundtable, or to participate in the roundtable discussion, on the
topics outlined in the supplementary information section of this
notice.
DATES: The roundtable will be held on Tuesday, September 5, 2006,
beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The roundtable will be held in the Atrium Conference Room at
the USPTO, 600 Dulany Street, Madison West, 10th Floor, Alexandria, VA
22313. Requests for participation as a member of the roundtable are
required and should be directed to the USPTO, 600 Dulany Street,
Madison West, 10th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22313, marked to the attention
of Jill Taylor. You may also submit requests by facsimile at 571-273-
0085 or by electronic mail through the Internet to
Jill.Taylor@USPTO.gov. Requests for participation as a member of the
roundtable should indicate the following information:
1. The name of the person desiring to participate;
2. The organization or organizations represented by that person, if
any;
3. Contact information (address, telephone, and e-mail);
4. Information on the specific focus or interest of the participant
(or his or her organization) and any questions or issues the
participant would like to raise.
The deadline for receipt of requests to participate in the
roundtable is 5 p.m. on Thursday, August 31, 2006. Attendance is
limited to the first 40 respondents.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Taylor by telephone at 571-272-
8083, by facsimile at 571-273-0085, by electronic mail at
Jill.Taylor@USPTO.gov, or by mail addressed to the USPTO, 600 Dulany
Street, Madison West, 10th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22313, marked to the
attention of Jill Taylor.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
For the past eight years and since the first meeting of the
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in November 1998,
WIPO has been addressing the topic of updating the protection of the
rights of broadcasting organizations. Although broadcasters rights are
protected under some existing international agreements, such as under
the 1961 Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of
Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations and the World Trade
Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights, there has been increasing concern that changes in
technology and the opening up of much of the world to commercial
broadcasting, have made the protection provided in those agreements
ineffective to protect broadcast signals against piracy.
At the September 2005 WIPO General Assembly, the decision was taken
to hold additional meetings of the SCCR to permit further discussion of
the possible treaty and to invite the 2006 WIPO General Assembly to
convene a Diplomatic Conference in December 2006 or at an appropriate
time in 2007.
WIPO posts various documents from their meetings, such as reports,
member state submissions, meeting agendas, and [official] texts
prepared by the Chair of the SCCR. The most recent text available from
July 31, 2006--``Revised Draft Basic Proposal for The WIPO Treaty on
the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations'' can be found at https://
www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc--details.jsp?doc--id=64712. On August 1,
2006, the United States made a submission to WIPO addressing the issue
of ``netcasting'' which is available at https://www.uspto.gov/web/
offices/dcom/olia/ and will shortly be available on the WIPO Web site.
Throughout this process in WIPO, many points of view have been
represented, including those of developed and developing countries, and
many non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and numerous industry,
creator and content owner groups. The USPTO and USCO have participated
in several informal meetings with interested parties such as
broadcasters, netcasters, telecom companies, Internet service
providers, content industries, creators and other NGOs, in order to
obtain views and information relevant to the deliberations in the SCCR
on this proposed treaty.
In order to allow further opportunity for interested parties to
comment, USPTO and USCO are convening this roundtable to provide
another forum for such parties to provide their views of and additional
information related to the proposed treaty. In particular, the
participants should be prepared to identify and discuss more fully the
issues and problems associated with the recent text available from July
31, 2006, the ``Revised Draft Basic Proposal for The WIPO Treaty on the
Protection of Broadcasting Organizations.''
Dated: August 15, 2006.
Stephen M. Pinkos,
Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. E6-13680 Filed 8-16-06; 8:45 am]
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