International Intellectual Property Alliance

International Intellectual Property Alliance

The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) is a private sector coalition of seven trade associations representing the "copyright-based industries" of the United States. These associations in turn represent over 1,900 companies. Formed in 1984, the IIPA works on bilateral and multilateral efforts to improve the international protection and enforcement of copyrighted materials.

Copyright-based industries

IIPA comprises seven trade associations, each representing a significant segment of the U.S. copyright community that produces and distributes materials protected by copyright laws throughout the world, including: all types of computer software including business applications software and entertainment software (such as videogame CDs and cartridges, personal computer CD-ROMs and multimedia products); theatrical films, television programs, home videos and digital representations of audiovisual works; music, records, CDs, and audiocassettes; and textbooks, tradebooks, reference and professional publications and journals (in both electronic and print media).

Purpose

The IIPA is one of several industry-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which seek to exhance legal protection and improve effective enforcement of the products or services of its member companies. The U.S. copyright-based industries are one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic sectors of the U.S. economy. Inexpensive and accessible reproduction technologies, however, make it easy for copyrighted materials to be pirated in other countries. IIPA and its member associations track copyright legislative and enforcement developments in over 80 countries, working with U.S. government, foreign government and private sector representatives. IIPA’s goal is a legal and enforcement regime for copyright that not only deters piracy, but that also fosters technological and cultural development in these countries, and encourages local investment and employment. As technology rapidly changes, IIPA is working to ensure that high levels of copyright protection become a central component in the legal framework for the growth of global electronic commerce.

IIPA works closely with the U.S. Trade Representative in the annual "Special 301" reviews on whether acts, policies or practices of any foreign country deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or fair and equitable market access for U.S. persons relying on intellectual property protection. IIPA was the principal representative of these copyright industries in assisting the U.S. government in the WTO TRIPS negotiations, the NAFTA negotiations, and at the Diplomatic Conference leading to the completion of the two "Internet" treaties in WIPO in 1996. IIPA has also worked with the U.S. government on the IPR chapter of all the recent Free Trade Agreements and in securing full implementation of the WIPO Internet treaties globally. It participates in policy developments in copyright and enforcement issues in bilateral and regional initiatives such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). IIPA participates in trade actions brought under trade laws, such as the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and other trade preference programs. IIPA is a non-governmental organization at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Member groups

* Association of American Publishers
* Business Software Alliance
* Entertainment Software Association
* Independent Film & Television Alliance
* Motion Picture Association of America
* National Music Publishers' Association
* Recording Industry Association of America

See also

* Intellectual property organization

External links

* [http://www.iipa.com International Intellectual Property Alliance homepage]


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