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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROTECTION</TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Mozilla/3.0b6Gold (Win95; I) [Netscape]"> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#CCFFCC" BGCOLOR="#006699" LINK="#FFFF00" VLINK="#00FFFF" ALINK="#00FFFF"> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER>NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROTECTION</H1> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="rule01.gif" HEIGHT=22 WIDTH=468></H1> <H4 ALIGN=CENTER>SPONSORED BY</H4> <H4 ALIGN=CENTER>AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION</H4> <H4 ALIGN=CENTER>INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS SOCIETY OF AMERICAN, AND</H4> <H4 ALIGN=CENTER>UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW</H4> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="rule01.gif" HEIGHT=22 WIDTH=468></H1> <CENTER><P>OCTOBER 23, 1996</P></CENTER> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="rule01.gif" HEIGHT=22 WIDTH=468></H1> <CENTER><P>PROGRAM DESCRIPTION</P></CENTER> <P>This conference is a comprehensive review of important U.S. and international design protection developments. The U.S. update will include presentations by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Director of the Design Group and his staff on the reengineering of the PTO design patent process to reduce pendency and improve quality. There will be discussion of basic design patent practice, such as drawings and restriction, and new proposals, such as protecting color.</P> <P>On the international side, the European Union proposal for a Community Design (almost completed) will be discussed, along with very significant developments in Japan with its new unfair competition law and other proposals,</P> <P>A look at the design protection 21st Century will explore how to improve design patent effectiveness, the likely resolution of the trade drress and patent conflict, and copyright and utility model protection scope. The industrial designers' views on what protection is needed and how best to obtain it will be a continuing focus of this program.</P> <CENTER><P><IMG SRC="rule01.gif" HEIGHT=22 WIDTH=468></P></CENTER> <CENTER><P><A HREF="LPS1.NC.htm">PROGRAM SCHEDULE*</A></P></CENTER> <CENTER><P><IMG SRC="rule01.gif" HEIGHT=22 WIDTH=468></P></CENTER> <P>PROGRAM ORGANIZER: William T. Fryer III, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.</P> <P>ASSISTANT: Michael Bell, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Barret & Dunner, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.</P> <P><A HREF="LF1.NC.htm">FACULTY</A></P> <P><A HREF="LR1.NC.htm">REGISTRATION INFORMATION</A></P> <CENTER><P><IMG SRC="rule01.gif" HEIGHT=22 WIDTH=468></P></CENTER> <CENTER><P>THE RECEPTION, LUNCH AND OTHER CONFERENCE EXPENSES ARE SUPPORTED IN PART BY GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING LAW FIRMS:</P></CENTER> <CENTER><P>Finnegan, Henderson, Farbow, Garrett & Dunner, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., and</P></CENTER> <CENTER><P>Saidman Design Law Group, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.</P></CENTER> <P>If you have comments or suggestions, email me at <I><A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A></I></P> <P>-----------------------------</P> <P>* Subject to change.</P> <ADDRESS><A HREF="INDEX.HTM.htm">BACK TO FIRST PAGE</A></ADDRESS> <ADDRESS><B>THIS WEB SITE ADDRESS IS: HTTP://WWW.FRYER.COM</B></ADDRESS> <ADDRESS><B>COPYRIGHT 1996, W. T. FRYER III</B></ADDRESS> <ADDRESS><B>THIS WEB PAGE WAS LAST UPDATED ON SEPT. 2, 1996</B></ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>