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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
(ACTA): Notice of Public Meeting
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR),
together with key trading partners, is
negotiating an Anti-Counterfeiting
Trade Agreement with the objective of
strengthening international cooperation,
enforcement practices, and participants’
legal frameworks to address
counterfeiting and piracy. As part of this
effort, USTR, together with the U.S.
Department of Commerce, is organizing
a public meeting to consult with
interested parties on the initiative. The
purposes of the meeting will be to
inform stakeholders about ACTA and to
receive comments from stakeholders
about their views regarding this
initiative. Interested parties should
review the section on requirements for
participation below.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Monday, September 22, 2008, 10 a.m.–
12 noon.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of
Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building,
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230. The meeting
will be held in the Main Auditorium.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel S. Bae, Director for Intellectual
Property and Innovation, Office of the
United States Trade Representative, at
(202) 395–4510.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 23, 2007, USTR announced that
the United States, along with a group of
trading partners, would pursue
negotiation of a new Anti-Counterfeiting
Trade Agreement (ACTA) to enhance
international leadership in the fight
against IPR counterfeiting and piracy.
The United States and other interested
parties intend to seek an agreement with
provisions in three main areas:
International cooperation, enforcement
practices, and the legal framework for
IPR enforcement.
A principal goal of the ACTA is to
establish, among governments
committed to strong IPR protection, a
common standard for IPR enforcement
to combat global infringements of IPR
particularly in the context of
counterfeiting and piracy that addresses
today’s challenges, in terms of
increasing international cooperation,
strengthening the framework of
practices that contribute to effective
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enforcement of IPRs, and strengthening
relevant IPR enforcement measures
themselves. A fact sheet providing
further details on the ACTA can be
found on the USTR Web site at: https://
www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/
Fact_Sheets/2008/asset_upload_file760_
15084.pdf
Requirements for Participation: Prior
registration is required. To register,
please send all required information by
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 to the
following e-mail address:
Amanda.Wilson@mail.doc.gov.
Required information for U.S. Citizens:
Full Name and Name of Organization (if
appropriate). Required information for
Non-U.S. Citizens: Full Name, Gender,
Title, Name of Organization (if
appropriate), Date of Birth, Place of
Birth, Passport Number, Place of
Residence, Place of Citizenship. All
attendees must bring a governmentlicensed photo identification upon
arrival.
Due to limited space in the room,
participation will be on a first-come,
first-serve basis. The participation of
more than one representative from an
organization may also be conditioned on
the total number of participants. Those
unable to participate in the meeting
and/or who wish to present their
positions in writing may send their
comments electronically no later than
Wednesday, September 17, 2008, to the
following e-mail address:
ACTA@ustr.eop.gov.
Requirements for Comments:
Comments must be in English. No
submissions will be accepted via postal
service mail or facsimile. Documents
should be submitted as either
WordPerfect, MS Word, Adobe, or text
(.TXT) files. Supporting documentation
submitted as spreadsheets is acceptable
as Quattro Pro or Excel files. A
submitter requesting that information
contained in a comment be treated as
confidential business information must
certify that such information is business
confidential and would not customarily
be released to the public by the
submitter. A non-confidential version of
the comment must also be provided. For
any document containing business
confidential information, the file name
of the business confidential version
should begin with the characters ‘‘BC–
’’, and the file name of the public
version should begin with the character
‘‘P–’’. The ‘‘P–’’ or ‘‘BC–’’ should be
followed by the name of the submitter.
Submissions should not include
separate cover letters; information that
might appear in a cover letter should be
included in the submission itself. To the
extent possible, any attachments to the
submission should be included in the
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same file as the submission itself, and
not as separate files.
Public Inspection of Submissions:
Within one business day of receipt, nonconfidential submissions will be placed
in a public file, open for inspection at
the USTR reading room, Office of the
United States Trade Representative,
Annex Building, 1724 F Street, NW.,
Room 1, Washington, DC. An
appointment to review the file must be
scheduled at least 48 hours in advance
and may be made by calling Jacqueline
Caldwell at (202) 395–6186. The USTR
reading room is open to the public from
10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Rachel S. Bae,
Director for Intellectual Property and
Innovation.
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hearing identifying speakers, setting
forth the subject on which each
participant will speak, and the time
allotted for each presentation. The
agenda will be available at the hearing.
A written summary of the hearing will
be compiled, and such summary will be
made available, upon written request to
OPIC’s Corporate Secretary, at the cost
of reproduction.
Contact Person for Information:
Information on the hearing may be
obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202)
336–8438, via facsimile at (202) 218–
0136, or via e-mail at
Connie.Downs@opic.gov.
Dated: September 3, 2008.
Connie M. Downs,
OPIC Corporate Secretary.
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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
September 15, 2008 Public Hearing
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Dated: September 3, 2008.
Connie M. Downs,
Corporate Secretary, Overseas Private
Investment Corporation.
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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
September 18, 2008 Board of Directors
Meeting
Time and Date: 2 p.m., Monday,
September 15, 2008.
Place: Offices of the Corporation,
Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New
York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
Status: Hearing open to the Public at
2 p.m.
Purpose: Public Hearing in
conjunction with each meeting of
OPIC’s Board of Directors, to afford an
opportunity for any person to present
views regarding the activities of the
Corporation.
Procedures: Individuals wishing to
address the hearing orally must provide
advance notice to OPIC’s Corporate
Secretary no later than 5 p.m. Thursday,
September 11, 2008. The notice must
include the individual’s name, title,
organization, address, and telephone
number, and a concise summary of the
subject matter to be presented.
Oral presentations may not exceed ten
(10) minutes. The time for individual
presentations may be reduced
proportionately, if necessary, to afford
all participants who have submitted a
timely request to participate an
opportunity to be heard.
Participants wishing to submit a
written statement for the record must
submit a copy of such statement to
OPIC’s Corporate Secretary no later than
5 p.m. Thursday, September 11, 2008.
Such statements must be typewritten,
double-spaced, and may not exceed
twenty-five (25) pages.
Upon receipt of the required notice,
OPIC will prepare an agenda for the
Time and Date: Thursday, September
18, 2008, 10 a.m. (Open Portion); 10:15
a.m. (Closed Portion).
Place: Offices of the Corporation,
Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New
York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
Status: Meeting OPEN to the Public
from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Closed
portion will commence at 10:15 a.m.
(approx.).
Matters To Be Considered:
1. President’s Report
2. Approval of July 17, 2008 Minutes
(Open Portion)
Further Matters To Be Considered:
(Closed to the Public 10:15 a.m.)
1. Report from Audit Committee
2. Finance Project—Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
3. Finance Project—Liberia
4. Finance Project—South Africa
5. Finance Project—Mexico,
Nicaragua, El Salvador, Peru, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Cambodia,
Bosnia, Kenya
6. Finance Project—Botswana
7. Finance Project—Bulgaria and the
Balkans
8. Finance Project—Asia
9. Finance Project—South Asia
10. Finance Project—Global
11. Finance Project—Global
12. Finance Project—Global
13. Finance Project—Global
14. Finance Project—Latin America
15. Finance Project—Latin America
16. Finance Project—Latin America
17. Finance Project—Mexico and
Central America
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18. Finance Project—Central and
South America
19. Approval of July 17, 2008 Minutes
(Closed Portion)
20. Pending Major Projects
21. Reports
Contact Person for Information:
Information on the meeting may be
obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202)
336–8438.
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Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor
Education and Advocacy,
Washington, DC 20549–0213.
Extension:
Form N–17D–1; SEC File No. 270–231;
OMB Control No. 3235–0229.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a
request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
Section 17(d) (15 U.S.C. 80a–17(d)) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(‘‘Act’’) authorizes the Commission to
adopt rules that protect funds and their
security holders from overreaching by
affiliated persons when the fund and the
affiliated person participate in any joint
enterprise or other joint arrangement or
profit-sharing plan. Rule 17d–1 under
the Act (17 CFR 270.17d–1) prohibits
funds and their affiliated persons from
participating in a joint enterprise, unless
an application regarding the transaction
has been filed with and approved by the
Commission. Paragraph (d)(3) of the rule
provides an exemption from this
requirement for any loan or advance of
credit to, or acquisition of securities or
other property of, a small business
concern, or any agreement to do any of
the foregoing (‘‘investments’’) made by a
small business investment company
(‘‘SBIC’’) and an affiliated bank,
provided that reports about the
investments are made on forms the
Commission may prescribe. Rule 17d–2
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA): Notice of Public
Meeting
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR),
together with key trading partners, is negotiating an Anti-
Counterfeiting Trade Agreement with the objective of strengthening
international cooperation, enforcement practices, and participants'
legal frameworks to address counterfeiting and piracy. As part of this
effort, USTR, together with the U.S. Department of Commerce, is
organizing a public meeting to consult with interested parties on the
initiative. The purposes of the meeting will be to inform stakeholders
about ACTA and to receive comments from stakeholders about their views
regarding this initiative. Interested parties should review the section
on requirements for participation below.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, September 22, 2008, 10 a.m.-
12 noon.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building,
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. The meeting will
be held in the Main Auditorium.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel S. Bae, Director for
Intellectual Property and Innovation, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, at (202) 395-4510.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 23, 2007, USTR announced that the
United States, along with a group of trading partners, would pursue
negotiation of a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to
enhance international leadership in the fight against IPR
counterfeiting and piracy. The United States and other interested
parties intend to seek an agreement with provisions in three main
areas: International cooperation, enforcement practices, and the legal
framework for IPR enforcement.
A principal goal of the ACTA is to establish, among governments
committed to strong IPR protection, a common standard for IPR
enforcement to combat global infringements of IPR particularly in the
context of counterfeiting and piracy that addresses today's challenges,
in terms of increasing international cooperation, strengthening the
framework of practices that contribute to effective enforcement of
IPRs, and strengthening relevant IPR enforcement measures themselves. A
fact sheet providing further details on the ACTA can be found on the
USTR Web site at: https://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/Fact_
Sheets/2008/asset_upload_file760_15084.pdf
Requirements for Participation: Prior registration is required. To
register, please send all required information by Wednesday, September
17, 2008 to the following e-mail address: Amanda.Wilson@mail.doc.gov.
Required information for U.S. Citizens: Full Name and Name of
Organization (if appropriate). Required information for Non-U.S.
Citizens: Full Name, Gender, Title, Name of Organization (if
appropriate), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Passport Number, Place of
Residence, Place of Citizenship. All attendees must bring a government-
licensed photo identification upon arrival.
Due to limited space in the room, participation will be on a first-
come, first-serve basis. The participation of more than one
representative from an organization may also be conditioned on the
total number of participants. Those unable to participate in the
meeting and/or who wish to present their positions in writing may send
their comments electronically no later than Wednesday, September 17,
2008, to the following e-mail address: ACTA@ustr.eop.gov.
Requirements for Comments: Comments must be in English. No
submissions will be accepted via postal service mail or facsimile.
Documents should be submitted as either WordPerfect, MS Word, Adobe, or
text (.TXT) files. Supporting documentation submitted as spreadsheets
is acceptable as Quattro Pro or Excel files. A submitter requesting
that information contained in a comment be treated as confidential
business information must certify that such information is business
confidential and would not customarily be released to the public by the
submitter. A non-confidential version of the comment must also be
provided. For any document containing business confidential
information, the file name of the business confidential version should
begin with the characters ``BC-'', and the file name of the public
version should begin with the character ``P-''. The ``P-'' or ``BC-''
should be followed by the name of the submitter. Submissions should not
include separate cover letters; information that might appear in a
cover letter should be included in the submission itself. To the extent
possible, any attachments to the submission should be included in the
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same file as the submission itself, and not as separate files.
Public Inspection of Submissions: Within one business day of
receipt, non-confidential submissions will be placed in a public file,
open for inspection at the USTR reading room, Office of the United
States Trade Representative, Annex Building, 1724 F Street, NW., Room
1, Washington, DC. An appointment to review the file must be scheduled
at least 48 hours in advance and may be made by calling Jacqueline
Caldwell at (202) 395-6186. The USTR reading room is open to the public
from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Rachel S. Bae,
Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation.
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