Pirates of the 21st Century: The Curse of the Black Market

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

Tuesday, April 20, 2004
09:30 AM

[view archive webcast]

The purpose of the hearing is to review the effectiveness of the federal government’s current efforts to enforce existing intellectual property rights and how current U.S. intellectual property enforcement policies relate to the loss of over two million manufacturing jobs in the U.S. manufacturing sector. Specifically, the hearing will examine the activities of the Department of Commerce, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and the Department of Homeland Security to protect U.S. intellectual property interests both at home and abroad. Areas for examination will include staffing and funding levels, as well as whether there is sufficient coordination among the agencies to maximize effectiveness in this area.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• The Honorable Jon Dudas [view testimony]
  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director
  U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
• Mr. Francis White [view testimony]
  Unit Chief, Commercial Fraud, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  Department of Homeland Security

Panel 2

• Mr. Jeff Gorman [view testimony]
  President & CEO
  The Gorman-Rupp Company
• Mr. Phillip Rotman [view testimony]
  Assistant Patent and Trademark Counsel
  Dana Corporation
• Prof. Daniel Chow [view testimony]
  Professor, Michael E. Moritz College of Law
  Ohio State University