International Programs
China
In China, the GIPC has undertaken a comprehensive initiative to advocate and raise awareness of our members’ IP priorities before China’s IP authorities, business leaders, legal experts, and academics. Our program, at the national, provincial, and local levels in China, includes ongoing sharing of best practices in the areas of IP development, protection, and enforcement that can promote China’s goal of building an innovative society while addressing top IP concerns of American business in the China market.
Europe
The GIPC’s Europe strategy is dedicated to cultivating a wide range of partners, including European business confederations, American Chambers of Commerce, leading manufacturers, entrepreneurs, policy institutes, think tanks and academics, in support of the important role that intellectual property rights play in building strong innovative economies. The Europe team continues to expand its network of allies and engages frequently with non-governmental organizations to identify opportunities for collaboration on policy. In addition, the Europe team provides critical information to European policy makers on the value of IP and its role in generating economic competitiveness.
In 2007, the GIPC launched the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Rights Collaboration initiative (http://www.ipr-policy.eu/). This initiative is a coalition of business associations within Europe which are committed to examining issues and i
India
The USIBC is now in the third year of its GIPC-funded Intellectual Property Rights initiative. Our activities are designed to create a political mandate for India's politicians to promote improved IPR protection, which will in turn safeguard the economic security of U.S. industry.
We've implemented a cohesive plan which includes:
- Providing ammunition to support our efforts to reframe the debate
- Building broad-based coalitions, enlisting Indian allies who support innovation
- Building public support for innovation
- Encouraging India to take a helpful role in multilateral fora such as the WHO
- Encouraging India's eventual adoption of the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
Towards these ends, the USIBC founded the Coalition for Healthy India (CHI) to bring together the U.S. and Indian business community, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and medical professionals to support improved access to healthcare in India. The initiative includes bolstering the protection of intellectual property and innovation, such that the best class of treatments and devices across the broad spectrum of healthcare challenges facing India are and remain accessible to the common man.
Southeast Asia
In this context, Southeast Asia refers to Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, APEC and ASEAN. Counterfeiting and piracy are a major concern for U.S. companies, as DVDs, software, apparel, and pharmaceuticals are copied and sold illegally throughout the region. In addition to counterfeiting and piracy, the issuance of compulsory licenses for pharmaceuticals and the institutional weakening of intellectual property rights are also legitimate challenges for U.S.
Western Hemisphere
"In the global economy of the 21st century, we are increasingly finding that innovation depends on the protection of intellectual property. The World Intellectual Property Organization defines intellectual property as the creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and the symbols, names, and designs used in commerce. If there is a road that leads from innovation to development, it surely passes through intellectual property."
-John G. Murphy, Vice President for International Affairs
The GIPC Western Hemisphere IPR Team continue to tackle intellectual property infringement by: (1) measuring the economic impact of counterfeiting and piracy across sectors and countries; (2) re-framing the debate about counterfeiting and piracy by educating business, lawmakers, law enforcement, and consumers about the problem; (3) building coalitions to unite government and industry in the U.S.