SIIA today commented on the IP Enforcement Strategy announced by Victoria Espinel, the Administration’s Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. The new Administration plan addresses a wide range of IP enforcement issues, offering numerous specific actions by federal agencies aimed at helping to protect and advance creativity and innovation. We look forward to seeing the Administration move quickly on the actions they have proposed.
We are particularly focused on the plan’s continued call for software compliance throughout the federal government. While we commend the plan’s continued emphasis on software compliance, we are disappointed that it does not likewise address content compliance. We have pushed the Administration to act on both software and content compliance, and will continue to seek Executive action that includes content.
We welcome greater involvement by the Administration in the expansion of domain names by ICANN, which will have far reaching implications for businesses, brands and consumers. In monitoring the expansion and seeking public input along the way, the federal government will be in much better position to advocate on behalf of U.S. interests.
Keith Kupferschmid is General Counsel and SVP, Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement at SIIA.