Future Strategies in Anticounterfeiting and Antipiracy, 60187 [2023-18844]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• Patent and Trademark Office

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 60187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18844]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0006]


Future Strategies in Anticounterfeiting and Antipiracy

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Request for comments; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 
published a request for comments in the Federal Register on May 25, 
2023, seeking information from interested parties--in particular 
consumers, intellectual property rights holders, online marketplaces 
and platforms, physical marketplaces, parties who provide goods to the 
public, and other private sector stakeholders--on the evolution of 
counterfeiting and piracy in recent years and ways to identify and 
develop future anticounterfeiting and antipiracy strategies. Through 
this notice, the USPTO is extending the period for public comments 
until September 25, 2023.

DATES: Written comments must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on September 
25, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
    (1) Electronic submissions: Submit all electronic comments via the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov (at the homepage, 
enter PTO-C-2023-0006 in the ``Search'' box, click the ``Comment'' 
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 only in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Adobe PDF formats. 
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 confidential business information 
that you do not wish to be made public, please submit the comment as a 
written/paper submission in the manner detailed below.
    (2) Written/paper submissions: Send all written/paper submissions 
to: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Mail Stop OPIA, P.O. Box 
1450, Alexandria, VA 22314. Submission packaging should clearly 
indicate that materials are responsive to Docket No. PTO-C-2023-0006, 
Office of Policy and International Affairs, Comment Request; Future 
Strategies in Anticounterfeiting and Antipiracy.
    Submissions of confidential business information: Any submissions 
containing confidential business 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, the document title(s) and 
description(s), 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. The USPTO also requests that submitters of confidential 
business 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 
their submission, the USPTO requests that the submitter post a notice 
in the docket stating that they have provided the USPTO with 
confidential business information. Should a submitter fail to either 
docket a non-confidential version of their submission or post a notice 
that confidential business 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: Ameen Imam, USPTO, Office of Policy 
and International Affairs, at 571-272-9300 or [email protected]. 
Please direct media inquiries to the USPTO's Office of the Chief 
Communications Officer at 571-272-8400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 25, 2023, the USPTO published a 
Federal Register Notice requesting information from interested parties 
regarding their observations and insights into the future of 
anticounterfeiting and antipiracy strategies. In particular, as part of 
the USPTO's efforts to address counterfeiting and piracy, the notice 
requested information from consumers, intellectual property rights 
holders, online marketplaces and platforms, physical marketplaces, 
parties who provide goods to the public, and other private sector 
stakeholders on the evolution of counterfeiting and piracy in recent 
years and ways to identify and develop future anticounterfeiting and 
antipiracy strategies. See Future Strategies in Anticounterfeiting and 
Antipiracy, 88 FR 33872. The notice requested public comments on or 
before August 23, 2023.
    Through this notice, the USPTO is extending the period for public 
comments until September 25, 2023, to give interested members of the 
public additional time to submit comments. All other information and 
instructions to commenters provided in the May 25, 2023, notice remain 
unchanged. Previously submitted comments do not need to be resubmitted. 
Any comments received after the previous deadline of August 23, 2023, 
and before the publication date of this notice will be treated as 
timely and given full consideration.

Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2023-18844 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am]
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