As millions of Americans prepare to watch the New York Giants take on the New England Patriots (or tune in to see Monday’s most talked about commercials) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the NFL are taking steps to crack down on illegal live video streams and counterfeit merchandise.  At an NFL press conference today, [...]

As the House Judiciary Committee readies for markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act tomorrow, much attention is also being paid to a competing proposal that would utilize the International Trade Commission (ITC) as the venue for enforcing copyrights and trademarks online against foreign based rogue websites, outside of US jurisdiction. While the creative community [...]

Top Administration officials today announced a new public education campaign created in partnership with the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) about intellectual property theft and its victims. Attorney General Eric Holder said, “As our country continues to recover from once-in-a-generation economic challenges, the need to safeguard intellectual property rights – and to protect Americans from intellectual [...]

The American Consumer Institute today announced the results of a survey illustrating that a vast majority of American consumers support stronger protection against websites trafficking pirated and counterfeit goods. The survey of 800 consumers found that 82 percent agreed that counterfeit goods, such as knock-off products, pirated software and imitation pharmaceuticals hurt the economy. Consumers [...]

Today I participated in a day-long advocacy effort on Capitol Hill in support of efforts to fight online theft. The event was sponsored by the Global intellectual Property Center of the US Chamber of Commerce, and its Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy.  The event was remarkable in multiple respects. First, it brought together a diverse [...]

Google’s chief executive Eric Schmidt today said his company would challenge legislative efforts to shut off access to websites like Pirate Bay that traffic in pirated and counterfeit goods, even if they were passed by Congress and signed into law by the President of the United States. In a rhetorical retread of the sky-is-falling cries [...]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative today released its annual “Special 301” report, identifying countries that fall short in intellectual property rights enforcement and market access for American IP products. The report summarizes some good news from the past year – finalizing the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, passage of four pieces of intellectual property rights [...]

In a week when Congress and the Administration are negotiating to keep the government open, a news conference today concerning online theft demonstrated that there are core issues to the economy – such as the importance of American intellectual property as a growth engine and generator of economic prosperity and jobs that can still unite [...]

Today the Office of the US Trade Representative released a list of more than 30 physical and Internet markets that represent critical challenges in combating piracy and counterfeiting.  USTR Ron Kirk called this report “an opportunity to work together with our trading partners to curb illicit trade and expand legitimate commerce in creative and innovative [...]

Rosetta Stone is an American success story. The well-known provider of language-learning software has grown from a family-owned business in Harrisonburg, Virginia, to a publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. They remain headquartered in Virginia, with a research center in Boulder, Colorado. All Rosetta Stone software is manufactured in America, supporting 2,000 American [...]