    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    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    groundbreaking legislation modernizes our outdated copyright laws so

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    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 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.
    DONALD J. TRUMP