Annual Intellectual Property Report to US Congress

On April 26, 2018, President Trump, became the first President to formally recognize World Intellectual Property Day and proclaimed that “[o]n World Intellectual Property Day, we not only celebrate invention and innovation, but also we recognize how integral intellectual property rights are to our Nation’s economic competitiveness.” For this reason, the President stated that “[o]ur country will no longer turn a blind eye to the theft of American jobs, wealth, and intellectual property through the unfair and unscrupulous economic practices of some foreign actors.”

Annual Intellectual Property Report to US congress. February 2019