PRESS RELEASE Contact: Brigid Quinn 703-305-8341 Brigid Quinn@uspto.gov May 17, 2002 #02-41 COMMERCE UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ROGAN TO GIVE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT INTA ANNUAL MEETING Monday, May 20, 2002 Washington Convention Center 900 9th Street N.W. Washington, DC 9:00 a.m. James E. Rogan, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will speak about the importance of intellectual property to the economy in his keynote address before the International Trademark Association's Annual Meeting. Commerce Under Secretary for Intellectual Property Rogan's Keynote Address at INTA Annual Meeting is available at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/roganskeynote.htm # # #