Issue Forum: Intellectual property

Issue Forum: Intellectual Property and Innovation During a speech, Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan once asked a series of questions regarding the United States' current approach to protecting intellectual property. He asked, "Are the protections sufficiently broad to encourage innovation but not so broad as to shut down follow-on innovation? Are such protections so vague that they produce uncertainties that raise risk premiums and the cost of capital? How appropriate is our current system - developed for a world in which physical assets predominated - for an economy in which value increasingly is embodied in ideas rather than tangible capital?" www.copyright.gov Department of Commerce, Technology Administration Public Knowledge, an organization that advocates a fair and balanced approach to copyright and technology policy The Progress & Freedom Foundation James V. DeLong "Intellectual Property Online: Patent, Trademark, Copyright" Archive U.S. Dept. of Justice, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section SENATE S.2134.IS Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2005 (Introduced in Senate) S.2109.IS National Innovation Act of 2005 (Introduced in Senate) S. 1191 "To restore Federal remedies for infringements of intellectual property by States, and for other purposes." HOUSE H.R.250: Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2005 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House) H.R.4654.IH: National Innovation Act of 2006 (Introduced in House) H.R. 2344 "To restore Federal remedies for infringements of intellectual property by States, and for other purposes" H.R. 4077: Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004 "To enhance criminal enforcement of the copyright laws, to educate the public about the application of copyright law to the Internet, and for other purposes." H.R. 3632, the Anti-counterfeiting Amendments of 2003 "To prevent and punish counterfeiting of copyrighted copies and phonorecords, and for other purposes" H.R. 3754 Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act "To provide additional civil and criminal remedies for domain name fraud" Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on "Market Economies and Rule of Law," April 4, 2003 "What is Intellectual Property?" U.S. State Department, February 20, 2004 Intellectual Property: A Valid Right? Intellectual Property Staking Out Intellectual Property Taiwan Licensing Intellectual Property RPI Innovation Roundtable World Intellectual Property Organization's 2005 Geneva Declaration Commerce secretary unveils new intellectual property rights initiative Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 The Patent Reform Act of 2005 The Patent Reform Act of 2005 US Chamber of Commerce on Intellectual Property Rights Trade Secrets: An Often Overlooked But Important Form of Intellectual Property FBI, Chinese to discuss intellectual property law "When Rights Collide: Principles to Guide the Intellectual Property Debate, Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Adam Thierer, June 4, 2001