IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 314 
Supporting the goals of World Intellectual Property Day, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2007 
Mr. WEXLER (for himself, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. COBLE, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, Mrs. BONO, Ms. WATSON, and Mr. ISSA) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals of World Intellectual Property Day, 
and for other purposes. 
Whereas intellectual property is the backbone of the Nation’s 
economic competitiveness and the only sector where the 
United States has a trade surplus with every nation in 
the world; 
Whereas well over 50 percent of United States exports now 
depend on some form of intellectual property, compared 
to less than 10 percent 50 years ago; 
Whereas intangible assets that stem from intellectual prop-
erty—such as high-value services, global branding, tech-
nological know-how, and scientific research—must be rec-
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ognized as cornerstones in achieving continued economic 
growth and cultural development in a 21st century world; 
Whereas intellectual property assets today represent more 
than one third of the value of United States-based cor-
porations and more than 17 percent of the gross domes-
tic product of the United States; 
Whereas intellectual property plays a significant role in an in-
creasingly broad range of services, ranging from the 
Internet to health care to nearly all aspects of science 
and technology and literature and the arts, and the Na-
tion’s potential for innovation and invention must be fos-
tered as its greatest attribute; 
Whereas the United States and all countries share the chal-
lenge of combating piracy and counterfeiting of intellec-
tual property, including illicit trade in life-saving drugs, 
cutting edge technologies, film, music, books, and inven-
tions that affect the quality of life every day; 
Whereas such piracy and counterfeiting have a deep impact 
on economies around the world, translate into lost jobs, 
lost earnings, and lost tax revenues, and threaten public 
health and safety; 
Whereas counterfeit drugs account for 10 percent of all phar-
maceuticals and as much as 60 percent in developing 
countries; counterfeiting costs the automotive parts in-
dustry $12,000,000,000 annually; for every two dollars’ 
worth of software obtained legally, one dollar’s worth is 
obtained illegally; and it is estimated that counterfeiting 
accounts for 5 to 7 percent of world trade; 
Whereas motion picture piracy now results in lost revenue 
among all United States industries of $20,500,000,000 
annually; 
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$4,200,000,000 annually to piracy worldwide; it is esti-
mated that American publishers lost over $580,000,000 
in 2006 due to copyright piracy; and global piracy is esti-
mated to have cost the United States entertainment soft-
ware industry more than $3,000,000,000 in 2004, not in-
cluding losses attributable to Internet piracy; 
Whereas the World Intellectual Property Organization, with 
its 184 member states, is the primary organization in the 
world focused on the development and protection of intel-
lectual property rights for all creators and all countries; 
Whereas World Intellectual Property Day provides an oppor-
tunity to reflect on how intellectual property touches all 
aspects of people’s lives—how copyright helps music to be 
heard and art, films, and literature to be seen, how in-
dustrial design helps shape the world in which people live, 
how trademarks provide reliable signs of quality, and how 
patenting helps promote ingenious inventions that make 
life easier, faster, safer, and sometimes completely 
changes the way people live; 
Whereas the theme of 2007 World Intellectual Property Day 
is ‘‘Encouraging Creativity,’’ and presents an opportunity 
to encourage young people in the United States to recog-
nize the creator, the problem-solver, and the artist within 
to produce the entrepreneurs, the scientists, the design-
ers, and the artists of tomorrow; 
Whereas April 26, 1970, was the date on which the Conven-
tion establishing the World Intellectual Property Organi-
zation entered into force; 
Whereas in 2000, member states of the World Intellectual 
Property Organization established World Intellectual 
Property Day to celebrate the contribution made by 
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