MEDIA ADVISORY #95-26 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Event: Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown, Chair of the White House Information Infrastructure Task Force, and Bruce A. Lehman, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and Chairman of the Working Group on Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure, will release the final Report on Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure.

When: Sept. 5, at 10:30 a.m.

Where: National Press Club Main Lounge

Contacts: Richard Maulsby or Andrew Hirsch at (703) 305-8341.

The report, the result of over two years work by the Intellectual Property Rights Working Group, assesses how existing IP laws apply to the content that flows on the information superhighway and makes limited legislative recommendations.

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Editor's Note: The event will be broadcast via satellite from 10:30-11:30 a.m.. Commissioner Lehman will be available for interviews via satellite from 12:45-1:30 p.m. (east coast) and from 3:30-4:15 p.m. (west coast). A 10 minute highlights segment will be broadcast from 1:30-2:00 p.m.. Coordinates will be available on Friday. Commissioner Lehman will also be available for print and radio interviews. The report will also be placed on the Information Infrastructure Task Force's web page at http://iitf.doc.gov and on the Patent and Trademark Office's web page at http://www.uspto.gov.

Satellite Coordinates: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Galaxy C4, Transponder 9, Downlink Frequency 3880 Mhz., Polarization (H), Audio 6.2/6.8

12:45-2:00 p.m. Galaxy C4, Transponder 5, Downlink Frequency 3800 Mhz., Polarization (H), Audio 6.2/6.8

3:30-4:15 p.m. Galaxy C4, Transponder 11, Downlink Frequency 3920 Mhz., Polarization (H), Audio 6.2/6.8