PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ISSUES NOTICE: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON OECD'S WORKING PARTY ON COUNTERING ILLICIT TRADE (WP-CIT) DRAFT VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES FOR COUNTERING ILLICIT TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS ON ONLINE MARKETPLACES; REOPENING OF COMMENT PERIOD

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Patent and Trademark Office has issued a notice called: Request for Comments on OECD's Working Party on Countering Illicit Trade (WP-CIT) Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Countering Illicit Trade in Counterfeit Goods on Online Marketplaces; Reopening of Comment Period.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 7 by Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Summary: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is reopening the comment period for the notice titled "Request for Comments on OECD's Working Party on Countering Illicit Trade (WP-CIT) Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Countering Il...