[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 18695-18696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09105]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 9865 of April 25, 2019

                
World Intellectual Property Day, 2019

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On World Intellectual Property Day, we celebrate the 
                essential role of innovation in the strength and 
                expansion of our economy. Our free market continues to 
                unleash the imagination of our Nation's talented 
                creators, inventors, and entrepreneurs, enabling them 
                to develop products that improve and elevate lives 
                across our country and around the world. To maintain 
                and reinforce our economic competitiveness, we must 
                protect intellectual property and related technologies 
                so that new industries and innovations can flourish.

                Since the founding, our Nation's incredible 
                intellectual property system has empowered Americans to 
                make discoveries that have helped us live healthy, 
                prosperous, and enjoyable lives. My Administration is 
                determined to build on our country's strong tradition 
                of protecting intellectual property. Last year, I 
                signed the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music 
                Modernization Act, which will improve our protection of 
                the creative genius of America's extraordinary 
                musicians. This groundbreaking legislation modernizes 
                our outdated copyright laws so that artists and 
                songwriters are justly compensated for the online use 
                of their music. Additionally, my Administration 
                negotiated the new United States-Mexico-Canada 
                Agreement (USMCA), modernizing the North American Free 
                Trade Agreement into a 21st century, high-standard 
                agreement. The USMCA includes the strongest and most 
                comprehensive intellectual property standards of any 
                prior free trade agreement. Once approved by the 
                Congress, the USMCA will deliver comprehensive 
                protections against misappropriation of trade secrets, 
                robust border enforcement, and enhanced trademark, 
                copyright, and patent provisions that are critical to 
                driving innovation, creating economic growth, and 
                supporting American jobs. Earlier this month, I also 
                issued a memorandum directing my Cabinet to combat 
                trafficking in counterfeit and pirated goods in online 
                marketplaces.

                We must stop those actors who engage in unfair and 
                unscrupulous practices, including nation states that 
                sponsor the theft of American intellectual property. To 
                protect our economic and national security, my 
                Administration is taking aggressive action to enforce 
                both our laws and a fair and reciprocal trade policy. 
                For example, a critical part of our ongoing 
                negotiations with China includes putting an end to the 
                hundreds of billions of dollars of intellectual 
                property we lose to China each year. Protecting the 
                innovations, creations, and inventions that power our 
                country are vital to our economic prosperity and 
                national security.

                The theme of this year's World Intellectual Property 
                Day is intellectual property in sports. Intellectual 
                property is critical to advancing the ability of our 
                athletes to compete and increasing the enjoyment of 
                sports for fans. We celebrate the innovations of those 
                working behind the scenes to create new sports 
                equipment, enhance safety, improve branding, and 
                broadcast sporting events. From new materials that 
                preserve athlete health and promote performance to 
                game-changing technological advances in robotics and 
                artificial intelligence, intellectual property 
                underpins the sports industry.

                Today, we recognize that the success of nearly every 
                industry, from entertainment and sports to agriculture 
                and technology, depends on a framework that protects 
                intellectual property. A brighter and more hopeful 
                future is

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                dawning because of the increased attention nations are 
                paying to innovation, creativity, and intellectual 
                property. As the human mind continues to transcend 
                limitations, we will work to empower the creative 
                spirit of today's innovators by protecting their hard 
                work.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim April 26, 2019, as 
                World Intellectual Property Day. I encourage Americans 
                to observe this day with events and educational 
                programs that celebrate the benefits of intellectual 
                property to our economy and our country.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                third.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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