United S
PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS

OF USEFUL ARTICLES

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND

THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 1179

PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS OF USEFUL ARTICLES

JUNE 23, 1988

Serial No. 108

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JACK BROOKS, Texas

HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California DON EDWARDS, California

HENRY J. HYDE, Mlinois JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan

DAN LUNGREN, California ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky

F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey

Wisconsin MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma

BILL MOCOLLUM, Florida PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado

E. CLAY SHAW, JR., Florida DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas

GEORGE W. GEKAS, Pennsylvania BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts

MICHAEL DEWINE, Ohio GEO. W. CROCKETT, JR., Michigan

WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York

PATRICK L. SWINDALL, Georgia BRUCE A. MORRISON, Connecticut

HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina EDWARD F. FEIGHAN, Ohio

D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia LAWRENCE J. SMITH, Florida

LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
RICK BOUCHER, Virginia
HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia
JOHN BRYANT, Texas
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland

M. ELAINE MIELKE, General Counsel
ARTHUR P. ENDRES, JR., Staff Director
ALAN F. COFFEY, JR., Associate Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin, Chairman MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma

CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado

HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois GEO. W. CROCKETT JR., Michigan

DAN LUNGREN, California BRUCE A. MORRISON, Connecticut

MICHAEL DEWINE, Pennsylvania HOWARD L. BERMAN, California

HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina RICK BOUCHER, Virginia

D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER JR., Virginia JOHN BRYANT, Texas BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland

MICHAEL J. REMINGTON, Chief Counsel

DAVID W. BEIER, Counsel
VIRGINIA E. SLOAN, Counsel

Susan L. COSKEY, Counsel
THOMAS E. MOONEY, Associate Counsel
JOSEPH V. WOLFE, Associate Counsel

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CONTENTS

TEXT OF BILL

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H.R. 1179, 100th Congress, 1st Session (1987).............

WITNESSES
The Honorable Robert H. Michel, Republican Leader, U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives

Prepared statement
Bruce A. Lehman, Esq., Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC.; Counsel, Industri-
al Design Coalition..

Prepared statement with attachments.
Accompanied by Kenneth D. Enborg, Chief Trademark and Copyright

Counsel, General Motors Legal Staff, on behalf of the Motor Vehicle
Manufacturers Association.

Prepared statement....
William T. Fryer III, Professor, School of Law, University of Baltimore.

Prepared statement with attachments.

Supplemental statement...
Ralph S. Brown, Professor, School of Law, Yale University

Prepared statement
August P. Alegi, Esq., Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, GEICO,
on behalf of the National Association of Independent Insurers.

Prepared statement

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ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
Fryer, W.T., III, “Industrial Design Protection in the United States of Amer-

ica-Present Situation and Plans for Revision,” Industrial Property 115

(March 1988).....
Letter from Dick Warden, Legislative Director, UAW, to the Honorable

Dennis DeConcini, Chairman, Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and

Trademarks, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, April 30, 1987
Letter from Robert D. Evans, Governmental Affairs Office, American Bar

Association, to the Honorable Dennis DeConcini, May 12, 1987.
Letter from William T. Archey, Vice President, International, U.S. Chamber

of Commerce, to the Honorable Robert W. Kastenmeier, June 18, 1987 ..
Press Release from the Intellectual Property Committee, Washington, DC.,

“U.S., European and Japanese Business Groups Agree on Intellectual Prop

erty Approach for GATT," June 14, 1988.......
Rockwell, Keith, M., “Intellectual Property Rights Pushed,” Journal of Com-
merce (June 15, 1988).

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
Statement of Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights, Copyright Office, Library

of Congress, June 23, 1988...
Statement of James F. Fitzpatrick, Esq., Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC.;

Counsel, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Companies, with attach

ments, June 23, 1988
Statement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, June 22, 1988.
Press Release from the National Marine Manufacturers Association, Wash-

ington, DC., June 22, 1988...
Press Release from Caterpillar, Peoria, IL, June 22, 1988.

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