MEDIA ADVISORY
                                                  96-29
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:          Friday, December 20, 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) / 11:00 a.m. EST
(conference call)*

Confirm:  Media interested in attending should contact Bill
Murphey at the U.S.                Information Service in
Geneva    (41-22-749-4359 - phone; 749-4314 - fax).

Transcript:    A transcript of the press conference will be
posted at 2:00 p.m. (EST) on the
          Internet home page of the United States Mission in
Geneva:

               http:/www.itu.ch/MISSIONS/US

*ATTENTION, US-BASED MEDIA:  At 11:00 a.m. EST,  Bruce
Lehman will host a conference call from Geneva to brief
reporters.  Call 1-800-432-2184, code:  476655.

December 19, 1996
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