[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 28, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 22339-22340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09001]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 10187 of April 23, 2021

                
World Intellectual Property Day, 2021

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                This year, on World Intellectual Property Day, we 
                celebrate the innovators and creators who enrich our 
                lives and create the products, services, companies, and 
                industries of tomorrow. We especially recognize the 
                power of intellectual property protection in allowing 
                our small businesses to compete, thrive, and play their 
                important role as the heart and soul of our communities 
                and the engines of our economic progress.

                Small businesses are critical to our success as a 
                Nation. They make up 90 percent of businesses in the 
                United States, employ nearly half of America's private 
                sector workers, and create two-thirds of new jobs, and 
                bring opportunity to every corner of our Nation. 
                Inventions born in the garages of small towns can have 
                just as much impact as those developed in high-tech 
                labs. This year's World Intellectual Property Day 
                highlights the critical role these small businesses 
                play in our society and the ways intellectual property 
                can help support their continued growth and resilience.

                Every small business starts with one person's or one 
                family's dream. When that dream is coupled with grit 
                and determination, ideas turn into products, brands, 
                and creative works. Pair those ideas with the strength 
                of our intellectual property system and you have the 
                foundation necessary for new business opportunities, 
                increased employment, and greater economic prosperity.

                The various types of intellectual property--trademarks, 
                copyrights, patents, and trade secrets--help to ensure 
                that small businesses will be compensated for, and be 
                able to prosper from their creations and their customer 
                service. Without these protections, a small business's 
                success could easily prove to be its undoing, as 
                unscrupulous competitors could seek to copy, steal, and 
                unduly profit from the small business's ideas and its 
                hard-earned customer goodwill.

                We must also recognize the important role science and 
                technology play in safeguarding our intellectual 
                property. Investing in and strengthening our digital 
                infrastructure promotes innovation that helps small 
                businesses and protects the rights of our citizens.

                This year marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of 
                the Lanham Act, which is this Nation's fundamental 
                trademark law. Trademark protection enables small 
                businesses to benefit from the investments that they 
                make to establish brand awareness and brand loyalty. In 
                addition, trademarks help to protect consumers from 
                counterfeits and other deceitful practices that defraud 
                them and endanger their health and safety.

                When the pandemic hit, singers, songwriters, and 
                artists from all across America used their talents to 
                lift us up, and to inspire us to support one another in 
                these difficult times. Copyright protection rewards 
                them for their creativity and allows them to continue 
                to create.

                We are proud to be a Nation of inventors and my 
                Administration is committed to bolstering American 
                industrial and innovative strength so we can continue 
                to lead in making the cutting-edge products and 
                services of tomorrow. My Administration is also 
                committed to giving everyone, no matter where they

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                are from, a chance to succeed and to contribute to 
                creating the strongest, most resilient, innovative 
                economy in the world.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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, 
                2021, as World Intellectual Property Day. I call upon 
                all Americans to observe this day by supporting their 
                neighborhood small businesses and celebrating the 
                creativity, hard work, and passion that lies behind 
                each one of them.

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

[FR Doc. 2021-09001
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