Intellectual Property
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IPR protection is a major cross-cutting issue that affects virtually all sectors and is particularly important in entertainment, life sciences, information technology, and all phases of knowledge-based industries.
USIBC is now in the second year of its National Chamber Foundation Intellectual Property Rights initiative. We are carrying forward a strong program in regard to IPR protection as well as participating as a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy. Both USIBC activities seek to raise awareness, identify stakeholders, build coalitions, bolster IPR enforcement and protection, and emphasize the benefits of strong IPR protections to constituents in both countries.
USIBC has founded the "Bollywood-Hollywood Initiative" to bring together U.S. and Indian stakeholders in our vast entertainment sectors, focusing on issues of mutual concern such as piracy and counterfeiting. USIBC has retained the professional support of Ernst & Young India to carry out a detailed study to quantify the impact to the Indian economy of the rampant piracy afflicting the Indian entertainment industry. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has partnered with USIBC to help implement the Bollywood-Hollywood Initiative, which will include efforts to support public interest anti-piracy advertising, support the enactment of optical disc legislation, promote increased cross-border enforcement efforts, and raise awareness about the black market exchange of pirated Hindi films in the U.S.
Past activities include pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting seminars held in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, CII, and OPPI in New Delhi; IP enforcement training seminars in Bangalore and New Delhi led by U.S. and Indian law enforcement officials in partnership with CII and the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM); a December 2006 entertainment-focused IPR-roundtable led by U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin L. Lavin in Mumbai, India; and a partnership with CII, George Washington University's Law School, and India's Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion to hold multi-city conferences and training sessions aimed at building India's capacity to enforce IPR.
