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U.S. Government Welcomes Comments on IP Enforcement

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Chris Israel

The US Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement today released a Federal Register Notice seeking a wide range of input for the  Congressionally-mandated “National IP Strategy” the Office will release this Spring:

http://frwebgate1.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=943473168333+1+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve

There is a lot to the Notice:

Overall, the Notice asks for input on 2 fronts to facilitate the development of the National Strategy:

1)                 Information on the economic, public health and safety threats created by IP infringement. 

2)                 Specific requests for “significantly improving the US Government’s enforcement efforts” in several key areas ranging from reducing duplication, to working with other countries and better engaging industry. 

Contact PCT for more insight or help preparing a formal submission.