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US Chamber of Commerce sets 2009 IP goals

12 December 2008

Eileen McDermott, New York

The US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) held a press conference on Thursday outlining its goals for 2009, which include obtaining full funding for the 2008 PRO-IP Act

The conference was held after the GIPC’s release of its Innovation and Intellectual Property Recommendations to president-elect Barack Obama and the 111th Congress.

Among other recommendations, the GIPC calls for Obama to select an IP enforcement coordinator – an executive branch position created by the PRO-IP Act – within the first 100 days of his term and to support the introduction, passage and enactment of a bill to strengthen Customs’ ability to identify and seize fake...



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