Intellectual property rights (IPR) encourage the innovation and creativity that are fundamental to sustained economic growth.  This booklet, part of the federal government's Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!), provides basic information on how to obtain and enforce intellectual property rights both domestically and abroad.  Complete contact information is given for all of the federal agencies responsible for copyright registration, patent and trademark protection, and border enforcement.

You can download the 12-page booklet at the U.S. Government’s export portal by clicking here or by clicking on the link at the right.

This is the U.S. Department of Commerce’s brochure on “Protecting Intellectual Property at Home & Abroad.”

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