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 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 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JACK BROOKS, Texas BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas M. ELAINE MIELKE, General Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMInistration of JUSTICE ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin, Chairman MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California MICHAEL J. REMINGTON, Chief Counsel THOMAS E. MOONEY, Associate Counsel The Honorable Robert H. Michel, Republican Leader, U.S. House of Representatives......... Prepared statement Bruce A. Lehman, Esq., Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC.; Counsel, Industrial Design Coalition......... Prepared statement with attachments.... Accompanied by Kenneth D. Enborg, Chief Trademark and Copyright 73 Prepared statement.... 89 William T. Fryer III, Professor, School of Law, University of Baltimore. 110 Prepared statement with attachments.... 115 Supplemental statement... 143 Ralph S. Brown, Professor, School of Law, Yale University 110 Prepared statement. 153 177 179 August P. Alegi, Esq., Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, GEICO, ADDITIONAL MATERIALS Fryer, W.T., III, “Industrial Design Protection in the United States of Amer- Letter from Dick Warden, Legislative Director, UAW, to the Honorable 122 187 189 190 191 194 ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS Statement of Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, June 23, 1988... 32 Statement of James F. Fitzpatrick, Esq., Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC.; Counsel, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Companies, with attachments, June 23, 1988.... 195 Statement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, June 22, 1988... 223 Press Release from the National Marine Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC., June 22, 1988.. 225 Press Release from Caterpillar, Peoria, IL, June 22, 1988.. 227 Page Press Release from Intellectual Property Owners, Inc., Washington, DC., June 22, 1988. 229 Statement of John Pulichino, Jr., President and C.E.O., American Tourister 231 Statement of Hartmann Luggage, Lebanon, Tennessee, June 22, 1988. 232 233 Press Release from the Typeface Design Coalition, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 22, 1988... 234 Press Release from the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC., June 22, 1988.. 236 Issue Brief from the National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC., 237 APPENDIXES APPENDIX I.-FURTHER LEGISLATIVE MATERIALS H.R. 379, 100th Congress, 1st Session (1987)..... 239 APPENDIX II.-FURTHER Materials FROM THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE Copyright Protection for Applied Designs, with attachment (January 1985)........ 273 APPENDIX III.-FURTHER MATERIALS PROVIDED BY WITNESSES 1. Materials Provided by Professor Ralph Brown: "Design Protection: An Overview," 34 UCLA L. Rev. 1341 (1987).. 289 2. Materials Provided by Professor W.T. Fryer III: Letter to Mike Remington, with attached Post Hearing Supplemental Statement, July 14, 1988 .... 354 APPENDIX IV.-MATERIALS PROVIDED BY JAMES F. FITZPATRICK, ESQ., ON BEHALF OF THE STATE Farm Mutual AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANIES 1. Memo from James F. Fitzpatrick, Arnold & Porter, to Members of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, January 23, 1987, with attachments.... 361 2. Brochure from the National Association of Independent Insurers: "Competitive Auto Parts vs. Carmakers' Parts". 370 APPENDIX V.-MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Letter from William H. Neukom, Secretary, American Bar Association, to the Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr., with attachment, March 20, 1987. 391 APPENDIX VI.-CORRESPONDENCE Letter from Edward M. Gottschall, Vice Chairman, International Typeface Corporation, New York, NY, to the Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr., October 14, 1987.. Letter from Charles P. Schwartz, Jr., Chairman, Champion Parts Rebuilders, Letter from Albert P. Frank, President, Frank Motor Sales Inc., Fond Du Lac, Letter from Larry P. Porche, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Aqua הנו! Letter from Warren K. Parker, President, Mole-Richardson Co., Hollywood, 443 445 447 448 449 450 451 458 Letter from Benjamin Y. Cooper, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs Letter from R.G. Micka, Vice President, Administration, LA-Z-BOY Chair Letter from Robert Stannard, American Society of Furniture Designers, High Page 486 488 566 568 APPENDIX VII.—PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED MATERIALS Lehrer, Linda, "Designers Want More Protection From Imitators," 35 The Comment, "Designer Law: Fashioning a Remedy for Design Piracy," Vol. 569 570 583 628 |