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Obama on IP: In His Own Words

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 by Patrick Ross

I’m sounding like a broken record (kids, ask your parents, an audiophile or a club DJ what a record is), but one can’t ignore the focus President Obama and his Administration is placing on the importance of enforcing intellectual property law, in particular ensuring trading partners adhere to their commitments on IP enforcement in their [...]

How Creators Can Help Meet Obama’s Trade Goal

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 by Patrick Ross

While President Obama made many interesting points during his State of the Union address last night, I’d like to focus on his discussion of international trade. Obama made several key points: 1) Small business can be a growing part of trade, including entrepreneurs. 2) Americans can produce exports unrivaled by the rest of the world. [...]

Obama Administration Serious About Jobs, Creators

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 by Patrick Ross

Three cheers to the Obama Administration for hosting Tuesday at the White House a key jobs summit, one involving the jobs of creators and their collaborators in creation. The Associated Press quoted the host of the event, Vice president Joseph Biden, as saying of copyright piracy:
“This is flat unadulterated theft, and it should be dealt [...]

Infringement is Real, Ignoring it is Unreal

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Patrick Ross

In rhetoric, there’s an old trick — begin with a true statement, and then follow with an argument that does not naturally follow from the true statement. When challenged, ignore the criticism of the argument and instead defend the true statement.
Here’s an example. True statement — “We’ll always have copyright infringement. You can never completely [...]

The 60 Minutes Kerfluffle

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 by Patrick Ross

On Sunday night the venerable CBS news show “60 Minutes” did a segment on motion picture piracy. To those of us working actively in this space, it was pretty accurate but not new. It generalized a fair amount, but those of us with a journalism background understand this was a short segment targeting a [...]

Live from the Global IP Center Summit: More Positives from the Obama Administration

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 by Patrick Ross

WASHINGTON — First President Obama appoints a perfect individual to protect the rights of intellectual property owners around the world. Victoria Espinel, upon Senate confirmation, will be the nation’s first IP Enforcement Coordinator, a new statutory position resulting from the PRO-IP Act.
Today, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global [...]

The Triumphant Return of Pirate Hatin’ Rapper DP

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 by Patrick Ross

When fighting for the rights of copyright owners it helps to have a sense of humor. I’m grateful that the Software and Information Industry Association* has shown one in their new video titled “Don’t Copy That 2″ — here’s a link to its home with other goodies and here’s the YouTube link — an update [...]

Kappos Seeks Stronger International IP Enforcement

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 by Patrick Ross

This is a busy week in Washington on the health care front, but IP issues keep popping up as well, like yesterday’s hearing on the dangers of P2P to another hearing yesterday, the confirmation hearing for David Kappos, the IBM veteran up for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director. He noted in his testimony that [...]

Secretary Locke Endorses Latest IIPA-Siwek Copyright Contributions Study

Monday, July 20th, 2009 by Patrick Ross

WASHINGTON — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today, at a press conference at the Commerce Department, cited copyright industries as the “critical drivers” of economic growth, jobs and trade, while endorsing the latest study by the International Intellectual Property Alliance and economist Stephen E. Siwek, “Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy: The 2003 - 2007 [...]

Congressional Anti-Piracy Caucus Unveils Watch List Nations

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 by Patrick Ross

Five countries are under not only the scrutiny of the Obama administration for copyright infringement but also the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus. Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Spain stood out among many troublesome nations, according to today’s announcement by the bicameral, bipartisan caucus.
The announcement was held in the US Capitol and featured all four co-chairs [...]


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