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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Mar 6, 1998
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, to request the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study, taking into account the diverse needs of Internet users, of the short- and long-term effects on trademark and intellectual property rights holders of adding new generic top-level domains and related dispute resolution procedures. Describes matters to be assessed by the study and requires the study to make recommendations for policy, practice, or legislative changes. Directs the Secretary to report study findings and recommendations to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees. Authorizes appropriations.
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Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D–VT
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12155)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 583.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1525-1526)
Introduced in Senate
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