Geneva, Switzerland - Innovators from Brazil, India, and Turkey speak about the need for intellectual property in delivering solutions to global challenges.

Geneva, Switzerland - The CDIP will discuss topics including: access to information in copyright, technology transfer, and the internet and public domain.

On Friday, December 16, the U.S. Chamber’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) hosted our fifth annual United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) IP Attachés Roundtable. Comprising three panels featuring USPTO’s IP Attachés posted in Brazil, China (Guangzhou and Beijing), India, Thailand, and Geneva (WIPO) and industry representatives, the roundtable underscored the importance of the IP Attaché Program to advancing and protecting the IP rights of U.S.

The GIPC will be organizing a panel at the WTO 2011 Public Forum on Lessons Learned from Regional and Bilateral FTAs - Assessing Economic Impacts and Whether Stronger Rules Stimulate Innovation in Geneva, Switzerland. We look forward to engaging in productive dialogues in examining case studies of IP protections in global trade agreements. Panelists from developed and developing country governments and from the private sector will provide their perspectives on how increased intellectual property has affected the flow of new products and ideas in the global marketplace. For more information on the event, please click here.

While at the WTO Public Forum, please join us for a "Cuisine and Conversation with the Creative and Innovative Industries" lunchtime reception hosted by the GIPC on September 20 at the World Meteorological Organization.

On October 19th, the U.S. Chamber will support a roundtable discussion in Geneva, Switzerland on the challenges faced by the music, film and print industries, particularly in developing countries, in protecting their creations. The program, which is aimed at the diplomatic community in Geneva, will include speakers from a number of countries, including Argentina, India and South Africa. The event will be hosted by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva and several other country missions (details to be confirmed).  
This program will be the third in a series of roundtables in Geneva sponsored this year by the Chamber, as a member of the Coalition for Innovation, Employment and Development (CIED). The goal of these programs is to further CIED's mission to highlight the importance of innovation, creativity and strong intellectual property rights in delivering real solutions to global challenges.

The GIPC Speaker Series provides a platform to raise awareness, understanding, and support for the value of intellectual property-among policymakers, congressional leaders, members of the media, as well as the general public.  The series also highlights the critical role IP rights play in spurring innovation, creating jobs, driving America's economic growth and competitiveness, and protecting consumers from substandard or counterfeit products. Speakers represent a variety of experiences, industries, and policy perspectives.

News from Geneva is that China and India are concerned about ongoing efforts—namely the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) being negotiated by the U.S., EU, and nearly a dozen other countries—to improve cooperation and enforcement activities between these states against the growing problems of counterfeiting and piracy. The ACTA negotiating  countries are working to forge an ACTA, wholly consistent with TRIPS, because IP theft is killing jobs, stifling innovation, harming consumers, and retarding their economic recovery.  Read more....