Also see: "Heritage on P2P hacking bill: A good idea" http://www.politechbot.com/p-04051.html Until recently, James was at CEI, which also liked the Berman bill: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03711.html -Declan --- Subject: FW: USPTO Director James Rogan to speak at Heritage, October 15 -- you are invited to attend. Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:40:23 -0400 Importance: normal From: "Gattuso, James" <James.Gattusoat_private> To: <declanat_private> Declan -- This may be of interest to members of your Politech list. It'd be great if you could pass this on. Thanks. Department of Lectures and Seminars You are Cordially Invited to a Lecture Reaffirming Intellectual Property Rights in an Information Age Featuring: The Honorable James E. Rogan Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent Trademark Office Hosted by: James Gattuso Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation This year marks the bicentennial of the creation of the U.S. Patent Office. For two hundred years, the USPTO has served as the clearinghouse for American innovation. Indeed, intellectual property rights -- the basic right to benefit from a product of one's thoughts and ideas -- have played a critical role in America's evolution into the most technologically advanced, economically vibrant power on earth. The celebration of the legacy of the USPTO and America's IP system comes at a time of great challenge for the agency and for intellectual property rights generally. An explosion of patent filings and increasingly complex technology threatens to overwhelm the USPTO. Patent pendency rates now average over two years, and without significant changes to the way they are processed, rates soon will reach three to four years. At the same time, the very tenets of the U.S. intellectual property system are being challenged, in areas ranging from the pirating of music to the weakening of pharmaceutical patents. Intellectual property is the principal engine for the creation of wealth in our society, and therefore, our speaker will argue, it deserves the same stringent protection that we afford tangible private property. Please join Judge Rogan, a former Member of Congress, to discuss these and other issues. Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:00 pm The Heritage Foundation s Van Andel Center Refreshments provided RSVP Online At http://www.heritage.org/Press/Events/ or Call (202) 675-1752 All events can be viewed live from our Home Page www.Heritage.org For more information concerning USPTO, please visit www.uspto.gov The Van Andel Center is located at The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE | Washington DC, 20002 | (202) 546-4400 This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of declanat_private and may contain information that is confidential. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate , distribute or copy this email. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of JamesGattuso and do not necessarily represent those of The Heritage Foundation. --- Subject: Heritage Event: The Battle Over Digital Copyright Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 15:30:24 -0400 Importance: normal From: "Gattuso, James" <James.Gattusoat_private> To: <declanat_private> Declan -- not to confuse things, but here is a second event Politech readers may be interested in. The Heritage Foundation s Department of Lectures and Seminars You are Cordially Invited to a Panel Discussion Pirates and Posses: The Battle Over Digital Copyright RSVP | More Information Featuring: Bruce Mehlman Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy U.S. Department of Commerce Gary Shapiro President and CEO Consumer Electronics Association Alec French Minority Counsel Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property House Judiciary Committee James V. Delong Senior Fellow Competitive Enterprise Institute Hosted by: James Gattuso Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation As the Internet has grown, digital technologies have made it increasingly easy to copy and distribute their works without payment. Expanding peer-to-peer systems such as KaZaA allow millions of Americans to download movies and music free of charge. Copyright owners crying foul, saying their property is being stolen, and incentives to create stunted. But what, if anything, should be done? Where does the consumer interest lie? The struggle to answer these questions have entangled some of the highest-profile sectors of the U.S. economy ranging from Hollywood to Silicon Valley in an increasing bitter debate. Please join us on October 23, as our panelists, representing a range of viewpoints, discuss these issues at a lunchtime forum. Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:00 pm The Heritage Foundation s Van Andel Center Refreshments provided RSVP Online At http://www.heritage.org/Press/Events/ or Call (202) 675-1752 All events can be viewed live from our Home Page www.Heritage.org The Van Andel Center is located at The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE | Washington DC, 20002 | (202) 546-4400 This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of declanat_private and may contain information that is confidential. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate , distribute or copy this email. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of JamesGattuso and do not necessarily represent those of The Heritage Foundation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. 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