Letter from Seven Governors to President Obama on IP in the Trans Pacific Partnership

Seven governors have written President Obama asking him to include in the Trans Pacific Partnership “very strong intellectual property rights provisions, consistent with U.S. law, for protecting the investments of our innovative, intellectual property-investive sectors, such as biopharmaceuticals.”  The letter was signed by Govs. Martin O’Malley (D-MD), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Dan Malloy (D-CT), Jack Markell (D-DE), Deval Patrick (D-MA), Bev Perdue (D-NC) and Christine Gregoire (D-WA).

As reported by Inside U.S. Trade, the letter stressed that 3.1 million jobs in the U.S. are reliant on the sector, and U.S. Trade Representative Kirk was cc’d on the letter.

Click here for the letter.

 

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    Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics and in International Affairs, and is an economics PhD candidate.

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