Here is the REVISED agenda for the Special 301 hearing on February 24. Public Citizen has been added to the list of witnesses, and USTR now lists the names of the speakers for the various trade associations. Unlike recent years, the level of participation by major trade organizations is significant.
SPECIAL 301 PUBLIC HEARING
February 24, 2014 – 10:00 a.m.
Office of the United States Trade Representative
1724 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20508
The Special 301 Hearing is open to the public. Members of the press are welcome to attend.
A transcript and video of the hearing testimony will be made avalable to the public through www.ustr.gov.
HEARING SCHEDULE
10:00 – 10:10 – WELCOME REMARKS
Ms. Susan Wilson
Chair of the Special 301 Committee
Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation
Office of the United States Trade Representative
GOVERNMENTS
10:10 – 10:20 – Government of Bulgaria
Mr. Krassin Dimitrov
Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy10:20 – 10:30 – Government of Italy
Mr. Lorenzo Galanti
Embassy of Italy10:30 – 10:40 – Government of Paraguay
Mr. Octavio Ferreira
Director of Multilateral Economic Organizations10:40 – 10:50 – Government of the Philippines
Mr. Jose L. Cuisia Jr.
Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States
Ms. Maria Roseni M. Alvero
Commercial Counselor10:50 – 11:00 – Government of Ukraine
Mr. Mykola Kovinya
State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine
11:00 – 11:10 – BREAK
Private sector
11:10 – 11:20 – Alliance for Fair Trade in India (AFTI)
Mr. Brian Pomper11:20 – 11:30 – American University Washington College of Law Program on
Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP)
Mr. Sean Flynn11:30 – 11:40 – Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
Mr. Joseph Damond, Sr. Vice President of International Affairs11:40 – 11:50 – U.S. Chamber of Commerce (GIPC)
Mr. Mark T. Elliot, Executive Vice President11:50 – 12:00 – Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
Mr. Herb Wamsley, Executive Director12:00 – 12:10 – International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)
Mr. Michael Schlesinger12:10 – 12:20 – Public Citizen
Mr. Peter Maybarduk12:20 – 12:30 – National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
Mr. Chris Moore, Sr. Director of International Business Policy12:30 – 12:40 – Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Mr. Jay Taylor, Vice President of International Advocacy12:40 – 12:50 – Trademark Working Group
Mr. Paul F. Kilmer, Holland& Knight LLP12:50 – 1:00 – University of Oklahoma College of Law
Ms. Srividhya Ragavan, Professor of Law1:00 – 1:10 – Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
Mr. James Love
1:10 – CLOSING REMARKS
Ms. Susan Wilson, USTR
PANEL – U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
- Office of the United States Trade Representative
- Department of State
- Department of Commerce/International Trade Administration
- Department of Commerce/U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Labor
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Agriculture
- U.S Copyright Office
POST-HEARING COMMENTS
Post-hearing briefs are optional and may be submitted until 5 p.m. on March 6, 2014. Post-hearing briefs, comments, or questions should be sent electronically via http://www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2013-0040. Submissions should contain the term “2014 Special 301 Review” in the “Type Comment” field on www.regulations.gov.