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In an annual report on the adequacy of the intellectual property rights protections of U.S. trading partners, the Office of the USTR cites ongoing problems in Ukraine and praises improvements in Canada.

Celebrate All That Is Possible: World IP Day 2013 The important role intellectual property plays in innovation and creativity is marked each year on April 26, when organizations and individuals observe World Intellectual Property (IP) Day. Established in 2001, World IP Day is a creation of the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which [...]

The U.S. Mission collaborated with ITU on a program to celebrate Girls in ICT Day, which included a series of workshops designed to give girls hands-on experience in programming computers, making films…

An improved strain of sorghum fortified with more protein and vitamins; a fast, accurate tuberculosis diagnosis machine; and a system to identify counterfeit drugs with an ordinary cellphone are among the 10 winners of the Patents for Humanity pilot program of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the U.S. Department of Commerce says.

The United States and Russia have agreed to an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Action Plan to improve IPR protection and enforcement.

The U.S. Statement delivered by Justin Hughes, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Extraordinary General Assembly on December 17, 2012.

In December 2009, the United States delegation came to the SCCR and said that we had concluded that it was the time to fashion new norms in International copyright to address what we believe is a legitimate concern, the book famine – the unjustifiable lack of availability of special format copies for visually impaired persons and for persons with print disabilities — throughout the world. We believe that the book famine exists and we believe our work here can go a substantial way – not all the way – to addressing the problem.

Ambassador Betty E. King participated in a panel organized by the Club Diplomatique at the World Intellectual Property Organization and delivered remarks on the “Changing Geographies of Innovation: Opportunities and Challenges”.

We are committed to helping strengthen WIPO’s position as the preeminent intellectual property organization. WIPO has a vital and unique role to play in promoting innovation, in helping countries improve their intellectual property systems, and in promoting intellectual property as a tool for economic development.