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| Bush Finalizes PR China
PNTR |
| 12/27. President Bush signed a proclamation
extending nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of the
People's Republic of China. This is the final step in
extending permanent normal trade relations status to the PR
China. It takes effect January 1, 2002. This terminates the
annual Jackson Vanik trade certification process. |
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| NIST Taking Applications
for Summer Undergrad Research Fellowships |
12/27. The National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a notice
in the Federal Register that it is seeking grant applications
for several programs, including the 2002 Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship (SURF). The SURF program includes funding
for fellowships with the Electronics and Electrical
Engineering Laboratory (EEEL), the Information Technology
Laboratory (ITL), and other labs. See, Federal Register,
December 27, 2001, Vol. 66, No. 248, at Pages 66874 - 66887.
NIST's ITL has activities in the areas of high performance
computing and communications systems, emerging network
technologies, access to, exchange, and retrieval of complex
information, computational and statistical methods,
information security, and testing tools and methods to improve
the quality of software.
NIST's EEEL has activities in the areas of "electrical
metrology and of metrology supporting industry and government
agencies in the board areas of semiconductors, electronic
instrumentation, radio frequency technology, optelectronics,
magnetics, video, electronic commerce as applied to electronic
products and devices, the transmission and distribution of
electrical power, national electrical standards (fundamental,
generally quantum based physical standards), and law
enforcement standards."
The NIST notice states that "SURF students will have the
opportunity to work one on one with our nation's top
scientists and engineers. It is anticipated that successful
SURF students will move from a position of reliance on
guidance from their research advisors to one of research
independence during the twelve week period. One goal of this
partnership is to provide opportunities for our nation's next
generation of scientists and engineers to engage in world
class scientific research at NIST, especially in ground
breaking areas of emerging technologies." |
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| People and Appointments |
12/27. California Governor Gray Davis announced the
appointment of Conrad Rushing as an Associate Justice
of the Court
of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District (San Jose). Rushing
has been a Superior Court Judge in Santa Clara County since
his appointment by Governor Brown in 1978. Recently, he
presided over the criminal prosecution of Avant Corporation and
various individuals in connection with the theft of trade
secrets from Cadence Design
Systems. The case culminated with no contest pleas, and
large fines and restitution.
12/27. California Governor Gray Davis announced the
appointment of Jon
Tigar as a Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court.
He is currently a partner with the San Francisco law firm of Keker & Van Nest. His
practice includes unfair competition, antitrust, and
intellectual property cases.
12/10. The law firm of Cooley
Godward announced that eight of the firm's attorneys will
become partners, effective January 1, 2002. The new partners
include Christopher Pace, Ricardo Rodriguez, James
Vazquez Azpiri, and Kevin Zimmer. Pace focuses on
intellectual property litigation, mass tort and securities
class action litigation, antitrust, and business litigation
for technology companies, in the firm's San Diego office.
Rodriguez focuses on patent litigation in the firm's Palo Alto
office. Azpiri works in the San Francisco office, where he
focuses on business immigration, including the representation
of technology companies with respect to hiring and retaining
foreign employees. Zimmer counsels clients on intellectual
property portfolio development and enforcement in the San
Diego office. See, Cooley
release. |
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| USTR Seeks Comments on
Telecom Agreements |
| 12/27. The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR) published a notice
in the Federal Register requesting public comments on the
operation and effectiveness of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Basic Telecommunications Agreement, the telecommunications
provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),
and other telecommunications trade agreements. This is
pursuant to an annual review of telecom agreements required by
Section 1377. Comments are due by 12:00 Noon on January 28,
2002. See, Federal Register, December 27, 2001, Vol. 66, No.
248, at Pages 66963 - 66964. |
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| USTR Seeks Special 301
Comments |
12/26. The Office of the U.S.
Trade Representative (USTR) published a notice
in the Federal Register requesting public comments regarding
foreign countries that deny adequate and effective protection
of intellectual property rights or deny fair and equitable
market access to U.S. persons who rely on intellectual
property protection.
The USTR requests comments pursuant to its duties under
§ 182 of the Trade Act of 1974, 19
U.S.C. § 2242, which is better known as the "Special
301" provisions. Comments are due by 12:00 Noon on
Friday, February 15, 2002. See, Federal Register, December 26,
2001, Vol. 66, No. 247, at Pages 66492 - 66493. |
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| Publication Schedule |
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published on Tuesday, January 1, 2002. The TLJ Daily E-Mail
Alert was not published on Monday, December 24, Tuesday,
December 25, or Wednesday, December 26. |
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| Monday, Dec 31 |
Deadline to submit reply comments with the Copyright Office (CO)
regarding royalty payments for retransmission of over the air
broadcast signals. The CO notice
"directs all claimants to royalty fees collected under
the section 119 statutory license in 2000 to submit comments
as to whether a Phase I or Phase II controversy exists as to
the distribution of those fees, and a Notice of Intention to
Participate in a royalty distribution proceeding." See, 17 U.S.C.
§ 119. See also, Federal Register, October 30, 2001, Vol.
66, No. 210, at Pages 54789 - 54791.
Deadline to submit comments to the Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
regarding its interim rule permitting monitoring of
communications by detainees of the Bureau of Prisons. This
interim rule provides that the Attorney General may order the
monitoring of attorney client communications of detainees whom
he suspects are using those communications to further a
terrorist act. See, notice
in Federal Register, October 31, 2001, Vol. 66, No. 211, at
Pages 55061 - 55066. |
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| New Years Day. Government offices will be closed. There will
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| Thursday, Jan 3 |
| The State Department published a notice
in the Federal Register that its International
Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet
regarding the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The
notice states that the meeting will be "from 9:30 to
12:30 on Tuesday. January 3, 2002" |
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| Yahoo Acquisition of
HotJobs |
| 12/27. Yahoo and HotJobs announced that they
have entered into a definitive agreement regarding Yahoo's
acquisition of HotJobs. Yahoo will acquire HotJobs for a total
equity value of approximately $436 Million. The transaction is
subject to expiration or termination of the Hart Scott Rodino
waiting period. The law firm of Skadden Arps
was legal advisor to Yahoo on this transaction. The law firm
of Wachtell Lipton
was legal advisor to HotJobs. See, Yahoo
release. |
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