MEDIA ADVISORY
                                                  96-27
CONTACT:  Richard Maulsby
          Lisa-Joy Zgorski
          (703)305-8341

                 U.S. DELEGATION TO ANNOUNCE
         FINAL COPYRIGHT TREATY AGREEMENTS IN GENEVA
                              
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND -- Bruce A. Lehman, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks will
host a press conference presenting the U.S. view on the
results and accomplishments of the World Intellectual
Property Organization Diplomatic Conference held in Geneva
on December 2 - 20, 1996.

Event:    WIPO Concluding Press Conference

Date:          Thursday, December 19. 1996

Place:         Salle III, Palais des Nations, Geneva,
Switzerland

Sponsor:       U.S. Delegation Head Bruce A. Lehman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
            Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks

Time:           3:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EST)

Confirm:  The timing of the press conference is subject to
modification.  Interested media
          should contact Bill Murphey at the U.S.
Information Service in Geneva
          (41-22-749-4359 - phone; 749-4314 - fax).

December 18, 1996
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