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surfing for an understanding of the issues. The USPTO site explains the difference between a patent, a trade- mark and a copyright in plain English. The Harvard Center for Inter- national Development offers a summa- ry of the IPR issue, with a special focus on the question of generic medications ( www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/ issues/ipr.html ). Th e site also contains links to an impressive list of papers. To find ways to make the intellectu- al property systemwork for developing countries, the British government cre- ated the Intellectual Property Rights Commission ( www.iprcom mision. org ). Th e IPRC’s Web site provides an introduction to the issue, free copies of the commission’s report and support- ing documents. A review of the IPRC report, giving some historical perspec- tive to the wider issue, can be found in the Sept. 12, 2002, Economist ( www. economist.com/science/display Story.cfm?story_id=1325219 ). I n addition, links to key Web sites are provided. The Indian Intellectual Property Law Resources site ( www.iprlaw india.org ), m aintained by the National Law School of India University in Bangalore, India, con- tains discussions, news, articles and cases on Indian intellectual property law and international developments in the field. Surfers must register to get full access to the site. Finally, the Berkeley Digital Library Sunsite ( http://sunsite. berkeley.edu/Copyright/ ) pro vides a comprehensive linked bibliography focused mainly on copyright issues. — Stephen E. Mather, Intern C Y B E R N O T E S 12 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / A P R I L 2 0 0 3 • One & two BR apartment homes • Control access entrances • Beautiful lounges with fireplace • Library, art studio, game room, movie theater • Chauffered activities • Hair salon on site • Social & recreational activities • Dining room w/ optional meal program Call or Stop By For Information 301-926-0696 A SENIOR APARTMENT COMMUNITY for independent living at its finest-comfort, quality and convenience. 217 Booth Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Off of Great Seneca Highway 50 Years Ago What’s the Journal’ s position on the [State] Department’s program to cram air travel down our throat by veiled threats? Aren’t there more constructive and different ways of reducing the work time lost because of the ‘man in motion’? — FSO James A. May, in Letters to the Editor, FSJ , April 1953.