Drug patents in Japan
Executive Summary
Senate Commerce/Foreign Commerce Subcommittee, chaired by Sen. Rockefeller (DW. Va), is planning a hearing Feb. 28 on U.S. companies getting and enforcing patents in Japan. SmithKline's Alan Lourie is scheduled to testify, along with Michael Kirk, assistant commissioner for external affairs in the Commerce Department's Patent & Trademark Office, and A. E. Hirsch, representing the Pacific Industrial Property Association. Hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. in SR-253, Russell Senate Office building.