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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO–C–2020–0044]
Development of a National Consumer
Awareness Campaign on Combating
the Trafficking in Counterfeit and
Pirated Products
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments;
reopening of comment period.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO or Office)
published a request for comments in the
Federal Register on November 17, 2020,
seeking information from stakeholders,
including, but not limited to,
intellectual property rights holders,
online third-party marketplaces, thirdparty intermediaries, other private
sector stakeholders, other entities with
experience in public-private awareness
campaigns, and applicable government
agencies on the ‘‘Development of a
National Consumer Awareness
Campaign on Combating the Trafficking
in Counterfeit and Pirated Products’’ as
a public-private partnership. Through
this notice, the USPTO is reopening the
period for public comment until March
12, 2021.
DATES: Comment date: Written
comments must be received on or before
March 12, 2021.
SUMMARY:
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You may submit comments
and responses to the questions below by
one of the following methods:
(a) Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov (at the homepage,
enter ‘‘PTO–C–2020–0044’’ in the
‘‘Search’’ box, click the ‘‘Comment
Now!’’ icon, complete the required
fields, and enter or attach your
comments). The materials in the docket
will not be edited to remove identifying
or contact information, and the USPTO
cautions against including any
information in an electronic submission
that the submitter does not want
publicly disclosed. Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
formats only. Comments containing
references to studies, research, and
other empirical data that are not widely
published should include copies of the
referenced materials. Please do not
submit additional materials. If you want
to submit a comment with business
confidential information that you do not
wish to be made public, submit the
comment as a written/paper submission
in the manner detailed below.
(b) Written/Paper Submissions: Send
all written/paper submissions to: United
States Patent and Trademark Office,
Mail Stop OPIA, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Submission
packaging should clearly indicate that
materials are responsive to Docket No.
PTO–C–2020–0044, Office of Policy and
International Affairs, Comment Request;
Development of a National Consumer
Awareness Campaign on Combating the
Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated
Products.
Submissions of Business Confidential
Information: Any submissions
containing business confidential
information must be delivered in a
sealed envelope marked ‘‘confidential
treatment requested’’ to the address
listed above. Submitters should provide
an index listing the document(s) or
information they would like the USPTO
to withhold. The index should include
information such as numbers used to
identify the relevant document(s) or
information, document title and
description, and relevant page numbers
and/or section numbers within a
document. Submitters should provide a
statement explaining their grounds for
objecting to the disclosure of the
information to the public as well. The
USPTO also requests that submitters of
business confidential information
include a non-confidential version
(either redacted or summarized) of those
confidential submissions that will be
available for public viewing and posted
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on www.regulations.gov. In the event
that the submitter cannot provide a nonconfidential version of its submission,
the USPTO requests that the submitter
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it has provided the USPTO with
business confidential information.
Should a submitter fail to either docket
a non-confidential version of its
submission or post a notice that
business confidential information has
been provided, the USPTO will note the
receipt of the submission on the docket
with the submitter’s organization or
name (to the degree permitted by law)
and the date of submission.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charisma Hampton, USPTO, Office of
Policy and International Affairs, at
charisma.hampton@uspto.gov. Please
direct media inquiries to the Office of
the Chief Communications Officer,
USPTO, at 571–272–8400.
Request for Information: On
November 17, 2020, the USPTO
published a notice in the Federal
Register requesting public input on the
establishment of a national consumer
awareness campaign designed to
educate consumers on the direct and
indirect costs and risks of counterfeit
and pirated goods. See Request for
Comments on the Development of a
National Consumer Awareness
Campaign on Combating the Trafficking
in Counterfeit and Pirated Products, 85
FR 73264 (Nov. 17, 2020). In that notice,
the USPTO requested information from
interested stakeholders, including, but
not limited to, intellectual property
rights holders affected by the sale of
counterfeit goods offered through ecommerce platforms, online third-party
marketplaces, third-party
intermediaries, other private sector
stakeholders, other entities with
experience in public-private awareness
campaigns, and applicable government
agencies, in accordance with the call to
action in the Department of Homeland
Security’s January 24, 2020, Report to
the President of the United States titled
‘‘Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit
and Pirated Goods.’’
To assist in gathering public input,
the USPTO published questions and
sought all input relevant to the
development of guidelines, action plans,
strategies, and best practices for
establishing a public-private national
consumer awareness campaign designed
to educate consumers on the direct and
indirect costs and risks of counterfeit
and pirated goods.
Specifically, in that earlier notice, the
USPTO sought the following types of
information utilized or under
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development by any public or private
entity:
(1) Educational curricula identifying
direct and indirect harms associated
with sales of counterfeit and pirated
products
(2) Strategies to ensure consumers make
informed purchasing decisions
(3) Public service announcements
targeted to social media users
(4) Methods to identify false and
misleading information on
e-commerce pages
(5) Alerts for high-risk products and
automated warnings describing health
impacts
(6) ‘‘Red flag’’ indicators for suspicious
listings on e-commerce platforms
(7) Incentives to empower consumers to
participate in monitoring, detecting,
and informing platforms and users of
counterfeits
The notice requested public
comments on or before January 4, 2021.
Through this notice, the USPTO is
reopening the period for public
comment until March 12, 2021, to give
interested members of the public
additional time to submit comments and
provide information on the same topics.
All other information and instructions
to commenters provided in the
November 17, 2020, notice remain
unchanged. Previously submitted
comments do not need to be
resubmitted.
Andrew Hirshfeld,
Commissioner for Patents, Performing the
Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary
of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
Director of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0019]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; 2022
School Survey on Crime and Safety
(SSOCS:2022)
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of a currently
approved collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 12,
2021.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
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collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2021–SCC–0019. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
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Department of Education, 400 Maryland
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For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Carrie Clarady,
202–245–6347.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
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response to this notice will be
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Title of Collection: 2022 School
Survey on Crime and Safety
(SSOCS:2022).
OMB Control Number: 1850–0761.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 11,623.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,907.
Abstract: The School Survey on Crime
and Safety (SSOCS) is a nationally
representative survey of elementary and
secondary school principals that serves
as the primary source of school-level
data on crime and safety in public
schools, and was conducted in 2000,
2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, and
2020 (OMB #1850–0761). Four years
separated the first two collections of
SSOCS to allow for sufficient time to
study the results of the first survey and
to allow for necessary redesign work;
the next three collections were
conducted at 2-year intervals. Due to a
reorganization of the sponsoring agency
(the Office of Safe and Drug-Free
Schools) and funding issues, the 2012
administration of SSOCS, although
approved by OMB, was not fielded.
With new funding available through the
National Institute of Justice (NIJ),
SSOCS was conducted again in the
spring of the 2015–16 school year. With
continued dedicated funding, SSOCS
has resumed collection on a biennial
basis, with collections during the spring
of the 2017–18 and the 2019–20 school
years, and the next planned collection
during the spring of the 2021–22 school
year. SSOCS is a survey of public
schools covering the topic of school
crime and violence and is designed to
produce nationally representative data
on public schools. Historically, it has
been conducted by mail, with telephone
and email follow-up; however, as an
experiment, an internet version was
fielded during the SSOCS:2018
administration. For SSOCS:2020, the
internet version was initially offered to
all respondents, with the paper version
sent via mail as a follow-up, and the
same methodology will be used for
SSOCS:2022. The respondent is the
school principal, or a member of the
school staff designated by the principal
as the person ‘‘the most knowledgeable
about school crime and policies to
provide a safe environment.’’
The 2022 survey is being funded by
the U.S. Department of Education’s
Office of Safe and Supportive Schools
(previously known as the Office of Safe
and Healthy Students) and conducted
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-C-2020-0044]
Development of a National Consumer Awareness Campaign on
Combating the Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Products
AGENCY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or
Office) published a request for comments in the Federal Register on
November 17, 2020, seeking information from stakeholders, including,
but not limited to, intellectual property rights holders, online third-
party marketplaces, third-party intermediaries, other private sector
stakeholders, other entities with experience in public-private
awareness campaigns, and applicable government agencies on the
``Development of a National Consumer Awareness Campaign on Combating
the Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Products'' as a public-
private partnership. Through this notice, the USPTO is reopening the
period for public comment until March 12, 2021.
DATES: Comment date: Written comments must be received on or before
March 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments and responses to the questions below
by one of the following methods:
(a) Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov (at the homepage,
enter ``PTO-C-2020-0044'' in the ``Search'' box, click the ``Comment
Now!'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach your
comments). The materials in the docket will not be edited to remove
identifying or contact information, and the USPTO cautions against
including any information in an electronic submission that the
submitter does not want publicly disclosed. Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
formats only. Comments containing references to studies, research, and
other empirical data that are not widely published should include
copies of the referenced materials. Please do not submit additional
materials. If you want to submit a comment with business confidential
information that you do not wish to be made public, submit the comment
as a written/paper submission in the manner detailed below.
(b) Written/Paper Submissions: Send all written/paper submissions
to: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Mail Stop OPIA, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Submission packaging should clearly
indicate that materials are responsive to Docket No. PTO-C-2020-0044,
Office of Policy and International Affairs, Comment Request;
Development of a National Consumer Awareness Campaign on Combating the
Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Products.
Submissions of Business Confidential Information: Any submissions
containing business confidential information must be delivered in a
sealed envelope marked ``confidential treatment requested'' to the
address listed above. Submitters should provide an index listing the
document(s) or information they would like the USPTO to withhold. The
index should include information such as numbers used to identify the
relevant document(s) or information, document title and description,
and relevant page numbers and/or section numbers within a document.
Submitters should provide a statement explaining their grounds for
objecting to the disclosure of the information to the public as well.
The USPTO also requests that submitters of business confidential
information include a non-confidential version (either redacted or
summarized) of those confidential submissions that will be available
for public viewing and posted on www.regulations.gov. In the event that
the submitter cannot provide a non-confidential version of its
submission, the USPTO requests that the submitter post a notice in the
docket stating that it has provided the USPTO with business
confidential information. Should a submitter fail to either docket a
non-confidential version of its submission or post a notice that
business confidential information has been provided, the USPTO will
note the receipt of the submission on the docket with the submitter's
organization or name (to the degree permitted by law) and the date of
submission.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charisma Hampton, USPTO, Office of
Policy and International Affairs, at [email protected]. Please
direct media inquiries to the Office of the Chief Communications
Officer, USPTO, at 571-272-8400.
Request for Information: On November 17, 2020, the USPTO published
a notice in the Federal Register requesting public input on the
establishment of a national consumer awareness campaign designed to
educate consumers on the direct and indirect costs and risks of
counterfeit and pirated goods. See Request for Comments on the
Development of a National Consumer Awareness Campaign on Combating the
Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Products, 85 FR 73264 (Nov. 17,
2020). In that notice, the USPTO requested information from interested
stakeholders, including, but not limited to, intellectual property
rights holders affected by the sale of counterfeit goods offered
through e-commerce platforms, online third-party marketplaces, third-
party intermediaries, other private sector stakeholders, other entities
with experience in public-private awareness campaigns, and applicable
government agencies, in accordance with the call to action in the
Department of Homeland Security's January 24, 2020, Report to the
President of the United States titled ``Combating Trafficking in
Counterfeit and Pirated Goods.''
To assist in gathering public input, the USPTO published questions
and sought all input relevant to the development of guidelines, action
plans, strategies, and best practices for establishing a public-private
national consumer awareness campaign designed to educate consumers on
the direct and indirect costs and risks of counterfeit and pirated
goods.
Specifically, in that earlier notice, the USPTO sought the
following types of information utilized or under
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development by any public or private entity:
(1) Educational curricula identifying direct and indirect harms
associated with sales of counterfeit and pirated products
(2) Strategies to ensure consumers make informed purchasing decisions
(3) Public service announcements targeted to social media users
(4) Methods to identify false and misleading information on e-commerce
pages
(5) Alerts for high-risk products and automated warnings describing
health impacts
(6) ``Red flag'' indicators for suspicious listings on e-commerce
platforms
(7) Incentives to empower consumers to participate in monitoring,
detecting, and informing platforms and users of counterfeits
The notice requested public comments on or before January 4, 2021.
Through this notice, the USPTO is reopening the period for public
comment until March 12, 2021, to give interested members of the public
additional time to submit comments and provide information on the same
topics. All other information and instructions to commenters provided
in the November 17, 2020, notice remain unchanged. Previously submitted
comments do not need to be resubmitted.
Andrew Hirshfeld,
Commissioner for Patents, Performing the Functions and Duties of the
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2021-02724 Filed 2-9-21; 8:45 am]
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