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 89-733 Serial No. 108 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERN For sale by the Superi U.S. Governm PRINTING OFFICE 1989 Congressional Sales Office 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 JUSTIC 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 August P. Alegi, Esq., Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, GEICO, on behalf of the National Association of Independent Insurers Fryer, W.T., III, "Industrial Design Protection in the United States of Amer- ica-Present Situation and Plans for Revision," Industrial Property 115 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- Statement of James F. Fitzpatrick, Esq., Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC.; Counsel, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Companies, with attach- |