SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS ALEC FRENCH 5 BERMAN 9 76 77 78 79 80 83 84 85 89 90 91 BLAINE MERRITT 5 CHRIS J. KATOPIS 5 COBLE 8 12 25 46 60 73 74 75 76 80 81 82 83 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 DEBRA ROSE 5 GODICI 14 73 74 80 82 85 86 89 90 92 93 JR., WISCONSIN 2 JULIAN EPSTEIN 3 MONTAN 47 76 81 89 MYRICK 25 75 77 78 81 87 91 PHILIP G. KIKO 3 STERN 60 79 81 82 83 84 85 88 91 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE NICHOLAS GODICI, ACTING UNDERSECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE PAGE 14 STATEMENT OF RONALD E. MYRICK, CHIEF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COUNSEL, GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL SERVICES ON BEHALF OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS (IPO) PAGE 25 STATEMENT OF NILS VICTOR MONTAN, VICE PRESIDENT, SENIOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COUNSEL, WARNER BROTHERS ON BEHALF OF INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION (INTA) PAGE 46 STATEMENT OF RONALD J. STERN, PRESIDENT, PATENT OFFICE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION (POPA) PAGE 60 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING