Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “Targeting Websites Dedicated To Stealing American Intellectual Property.” Witnesses from Rosetta Stone, the Authors Guild, Go Daddy, Verizon and Visa testified about online piracy and about the strengths and weaknesses of…
Yesterday, filings were submitted in a notice and comment process for the USTR’s “Special 301” program, which is a process through which the USTR unilaterally threatens sanctions on foreign countries for failing to adhere to U.S. demands on domestic intellectual…
The President has issued an executive order establish committees to advise the IP Enforcement Coordinator in the implementation of the Joint Strategic Plan required by the PRO IP Act. IP Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel described the executive order as creating…
IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Releases Annual Report On February 8, the IP Czar released the IPEC Annual Report to the President and Congress. The report describes efforts to increase criminal enforcement, to promote increased IP enforcement…
On February 16, 2011 at 10am the full Senate Judiciary will hold a hearing on efforts to shut down websites where IP-infringing content is hosted. The witnesses will include representatives from Rosetta Stone, the Authors Guild, GoDaddy!, Verizon, and Visa. …
Politico has published a story covering the recent resolution by state lawmakers urging USTR to exclude from the Trans Pacific Partnership any chapter on pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursements. The resolution by the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices warns…
On February 8, the ‘IP Czar’ released the annual report to the President and Congress. The report describes efforts to enlist industry to voluntarily fight online infringement, to increase criminal enforcement, and to promote increased IP enforcement abroad through trade…
IP owners, government enforcement agencies, and WIPO met in Paris last week for the Sixth Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy. Three themes that were repeated throughout the meeting were 1) the need to convince the public to have a…
IP-ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy meets in Paris IP owners, government enforcement agencies, and WIPO representatives met in Paris last week for the Sixth Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy. Three themes that were repeated throughout the…
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE PRESS RELEASE: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on the status of President Barack Obama’s trade policy agenda. The hearing…