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GIPC Oral Testimony Before The United States Sentencing Commission

GIPC Oral Testimony Before The United States Sentencing Commission

President and CEO, David Hirschmann, testified on behalf of the GIPC before the U.S. Sentencing Committee to urge the adoption of appropriate, deterrent penalties for trade secret theft, including minimum penalties that include some amount of imprisonment. Such measures are necessary to deter crimes that threaten American businesses and competitiveness, and the jobs of American workers.

U.S. Chamber Urges Congress to Bolster Efforts to Protect America’s Intellectual Property

U.S. Chamber Urges Congress to Bolster Efforts to Protect America’s Intellectual Property

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, testifying before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, David Hirschmann, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC), made the following comments highlighting the challenges to intellectual property protection and enforcement abroad. Hirschmann called upon Congress to double efforts to safeguard America’s intellectual property (IP) to protect our innovative edge and the 55 million American jobs that rely on IP.