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July 26, 2005

Bush Creates International Intellectual Property Post


digitalcopyright.gifCourtesy of Copyfight, President Bush last Friday created a new post to coordinate government efforts to combat foreign theft of copyrighted works. Bush tapped a man named Christian Israel to fill the slot of coordinator of international intellectual property enforcement at the Commerce Department.

Israel had previously been a deputy chief of staff at Commerce. According to the AP report of the announcement, Israel will head an interagency panel covering five government agencies and will report to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.

 

Cynthia Brumfield at 6:00 PM|Comments(0)

  

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