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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99230-99231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28133]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No.: PTO-C-2024-0054]

Anti-Piracy Symposium

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of symposium.

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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seeks to 
improve intellectual property (IP) enforcement and reduce IP crime and 
infringement (USPTO 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, Goal 3, Objectives 3.3 
and 3.4). As part of this effort, the USPTO will bring interested 
stakeholders together for an Anti-Piracy Symposium on Thursday, January 
23, 2025, held at the USPTO in person and virtually.

DATES: The symposium will be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, from 9 
a.m.-3 p.m. Interested parties wishing to attend the symposium in 
person must register by Thursday, January 16, 2025. Registration for 
remote attendance will be available through January 23, 2025.

ADDRESSES: The symposium will be held in person at the USPTO in the 
Clara Barton Auditorium (South), 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, 
Virginia 22314. The symposium will be physically accessible to people 
with disabilities. Individuals requiring accommodation, such as sign 
language interpretation or other ancillary aids, should communicate 
their needs at least seven business days prior to the symposium to 
Velica Dunn in the USPTO's Office of Policy and International Affairs 
at 571-272-9300, [email protected], or by postal mail addressed to: 
Mail Stop OPIA, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 
1450, Alexandria, VA 22314-1450, ATTN: Velica Dunn. Attendees joining 
in person should arrive at least a half hour prior to the start of the 
symposium and must present valid government-issued photo identification 
upon arrival.
    The symposium will also be available in a virtual format for those 
wishing to attend remotely. Prior to the

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symposium, information on how to register for in-person and remote 
attendance will be posted on the Office of Policy and International 
Affairs (OPIA) section of the USPTO website, https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/organizational-offices/office-policy-and-international-affairs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Lance, USPTO, Office of Policy 
and International Affairs, at [email protected]. Please direct 
media inquiries to the Office of the Chief Communications Officer, 
USPTO, at 571-272-8400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The core copyright industries--which include 
film and television, music, publishing, and video games--employ 9.6 
million American workers and account for 3.79% of the entire U.S. 
workforce. These industries generate $1.8 trillion of value to the U.S. 
GDP, which is 7.76% of the U.S. economy. See International Intellectual 
Property Alliance, Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy, 2022 
report, available at https://www.iipa.org/files/uploads/2022/12/IIPA-Report-2022_Interactive_12-12-2022-1.pdf.
    Copyright piracy threatens the success of these industries and the 
Americans they employ, costing the U.S. economy at least $29.2 billion 
in lost revenue annually and reducing employment in the motion picture 
and television industry between 230,000 and 560,000 jobs. See David 
Blackburn, Ph.D., Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Ph.D., David Harrison, Jr., 
Ph.D., NERA Economic Consulting and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 
Impacts of Digital Video Piracy on the U.S. Economy, June 2019, 
available at https://www.theglobalipcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Digital-Video-Piracy.pdf.
    Digital technologies have shifted the way we consume copyrighted 
content and have created new opportunities for criminal syndicates to 
source customers and drive revenue away from lawful owners. At the same 
time, technologies like artificial intelligence offer a tremendous 
opportunity to combat piracy and trace the source of unauthorized 
content.
    The USPTO will facilitate a discussion to examine the challenges 
piracy poses and identify potential solutions.
    Interested members of the public are invited to attend the Anti-
Piracy Symposium on Thursday, January 23, 2025, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The 
program will include briefings on recent copyright case law, the latest 
tools and techniques for investigating and addressing copyright piracy, 
and international copyright piracy updates.

Katherine K. Vidal,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-28133 Filed 12-9-24; 8:45 am]
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