SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON PATENT REFORMAND

THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

REAUTHORIZATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

Thursday, March 25, 1999

2226 Rayburn House Office Building

2:00 p.m.

WITNESS LIST

MEMBER PANEL

The Honorable Dana Rohrabacher, Member of Congress, 45^th District of California

The Honorable Tom Campbell, Member of Congress, 15^th District of California

GOVERNMENT WITNESS

The Honorable Todd Dickinson, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

PANEL I

Michael K. Kirk, Executive Director

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Norman Balmer, President, Intellectual Property Owners (IPO)

Kimbley L. Muller, Vice President, International Trademark Association (INTA)

Charles E. Ludlam, Vice President for Governmental Relations, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)

Robert M. Tobias, National President, National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU)

Ronald J. Stern, President Patent Office Professional Association (POPA)