July, 2010

Jul 30, 2010 - IP Watch

A group of policymakers and other experts met this month in Geneva to discuss counterfeit and unsafe products and wrestled with possible balanced solutions to the problem.

The event was hosted by the United States mission and supported by the US Chamber of Commerce. It included US...

Jul 29, 2010 - Broadband Breakfast

By all accounts, online piracy of software, movies, and music is on the upswing and becoming ever more sophisticated, making efforts to crack down on pirates ever more challenging — but that doesn’t daunt Steven Tepp.

 Steven Tepp is the US Chamber of Commerce's new senior director...

Jul 27, 2010 - National Journal

Five business groups and trade associations sent a letter to House and Senate leaders Tuesday urging lawmakers to allow the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to use fees it has collected above the amount allocated to the agency in its fiscal year 2010 spending bill.

The Obama...

Jul 15, 2010 - Roll Call

Last month, federal law enforcement officials took an important step to curb the growing scourge of intellectual property theft online by seizing the domain names of seven websites that were among the most prolific at illegally distributing copies of motion pictures — including...

Jul 2, 2010 - IP Watch

There was progress during the ninth round of negotiations for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) this week in Lucerne, negotiators said over the last day, and in their final press communiqué they made promises that “ACTA will not interfere with a signatory’s ability to respect...

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