SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS ALEC FRENCH 5 BERMAN 12 93 94 95 96 97 108 BLAINE MERRITT 5 DAVID WHITNEY 5 DEBRA ROSE 5 FORBES 97 99 GOODLATTE 102 103 105 KIRK 30 94 95 LOFGREN 100 MELISSA L. MCDONALD 5 PERRY H. APELBAUM 3 PHILIP G. KIKO 3 ROGAN 19 89 90 91 92 94 96 98 99 102 103 104 105 107 SMITH 8 15 17 30 45 62 88 90 92 96 97 100 102 106 108 STERN 62 WEXLER 106 WILLIAMSON 46 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF HONORABLE JAMES ROGAN, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE PAGE 19 STATEMENT OF MICHAEL K. KIRK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION [AIPLA] PAGE 30 STATEMENT OF JOHN K. WILLIAMSON, PRESIDENT, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS [IPO] PAGE 46 STATEMENT OF RONALD J. STERN, PRESIDENT, PATENT OFFICE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION [POPA] PAGE 62 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING