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Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property
The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property is an independent and bipartisan initiative of leading Americans from the private sector, public service in national security and foreign affairs, academe, and politics. On May 22, 2013, the IP Commission released its original report. On February 27, 2017, the IP Commission released an update that provides a new assessment of the problem and details progress to date on recommendations from the 2013 IP Commission Report.
Update to the IP Commission Report (February 2017)
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The IP Commission Report (May 2013)
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Recent Developments, New Research, and Updated Recommendations
On February 21, 2019, the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property (IP Commission) released the IP Commission 2019 Review to (1) highlight recent developments, (2) review new research that demonstrates the continued salience of IP protection to U.S. competitiveness, and (3) offer updated policy recommendations.
- IP Commission 2019 Review: Progress and Updated Recommendations (February 2019).
On March 8, 2018, the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property (IP Commission) provided policy recommendations for consideration by the Trump administration in response to the Section 301 investigation of Chinese theft of intellectual property (IP) and forced technology transfer:
Commission Members
Co-Chair
Dennis C. Blair
Chairman of Sasakawa USA
Former Director of National Intelligence and Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command
Co-Chair
Craig R. Barrett
Former Chairman and CEO of Intel Corporation
Charles W. Boustany Jr.
Counselor at The National Bureau of Asian Research
Former U.S. Representative from the State of Louisiana
Slade Gorton
Former U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, Washington Attorney General, and member of the 9-11 Commission
William J. Lynn III
CEO of DRS Technologies
Former Deputy Secretary of Defense
Deborah Wince-Smith
President and CEO of the Council on Competitiveness
Michael K. Young
President of the University of Texas A&M University
Former Deputy Under Secretary of State
Co-Chair Emeritus
Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
Ambassador of the United States to Russia
Former Ambassador to China, Governor of the State of Utah, and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Commission Directors
Executive Director
Richard J. Ellings
President Emeritus
Counselor
The National Bureau of Asian Research
Deputy Director
Roy Kamphausen
President
The National Bureau of Asian Research
About the Commission
The three purposes of the Commission are to:
- Document and assess the causes, scale, and other major dimensions of international intellectual property theft as they affect the United States.
- Document and assess the role of China in international intellectual property theft.
- Propose appropriate U.S. policy responses that would mitigate ongoing and future damage and obtain greater enforcement of intellectual property rights by China and other infringers.
- The IP Commission was supported by unrestricted funding provided by NBR and its Slade Gorton International Policy Center.