Intellectual Property Rights

The U.S. Government’s Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!) initiative is a unified effort against piracy and IPR theft involving federal government agencies, the private sector, and many of our trading partners. The STOP! initiative is designed to crack down on the criminal networks that traffic in counterfeit and pirated products, stop trade in these goods around the globe and at America’s borders, and help American businesses — especially small and medium-sized enterprises — and their employees secure and enforce their rights in overseas markets.

USG websites

• Computer crime & IP section (Dept. of Justice)
• Copyright Office (Library of Congress)
• Customs & Border Protection (Dept. of Homeland Security)
• International Trade Administration
• Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
• Patent & Trademark Office
• Protecting IP rights (Dept. of State)
• Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (Dept. of Commerce)

Industry Groups

• Association of American Publishers
• Business Software Alliance
• Entertainment Software Association
• Motion Picture Association
• Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America
• Recording Industry Association of America
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

International Organizations

• International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition
• International Intellectual Property Alliance
• International Trademark Association
• TRIPS: Trade-related aspects of IP rights (World Trade Organization)
• World Intellectual Property Organization

Documents

• Special 301 Report on IPR Protection (May 2005)
• What is intellectual property?

More Information

For more information on intellectual property, please contact Economic Officer Wendell Albright:

Telephone

(02) 6214-5824

Email

usrsaustralia@state.gov

Last update Wednesday, 23 July 2008