•HRES 1208 EH 
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; 
Whereas the piracy and counterfeiting of intellectual property 
have a significant impact on economies around the world, 
translate into lost jobs, lost earnings, and lost tax reve-
nues, and threaten public health and safety; 
Whereas the World Intellectual Property Organization, with 
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 2010 World Intellectual Property Day 
is ‘‘Innovation-Linking the World’’, and presents an op-
portunity to champion the role of intellectual property 
rights in providing incentives for the development of the 
innovative solutions needed to meet today’s global chal-
lenges while creating jobs and stimulating the United 
States economy;
•HRES 1208 EH 
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 
innovators and artists to the development and growth of 
societies across the globe and to highlight the importance 
and practical use of intellectual property in everyone’s 
daily lives; and 
Whereas April 26, 2010, has been designated as World Intel-
lectual Property Day, a time to celebrate the importance 
of intellectual property to the United States and the 
world: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals of World Intellectual Prop-
erty Day to promote, inform, and teach the importance 
of intellectual property as a tool for economic, social, 
and cultural development; 
(2) recognizes the ever-increasing importance of in-
tellectual property and the new challenges and serious 
threats to its protection, which affect prospects for fu-
ture growth of the United States economy; 
(3) supports robust and ongoing efforts to protect 
the health and well-being of citizens in the United States 
from fraudulent and illegal counterfeiting and piracy; 
(4) congratulates the World Intellectual Property 
Organization for building awareness of the value of intel-
•HRES 1208 EH 
lectual property and developing the necessary infrastruc-
ture to help citizens take full advantage of their own cre-
ativity; and 
(5) applauds the ongoing contributions of human 
creativity and intellectual property to growth and inno-
vation and for the key role they play in promoting and 
ensuring a brighter and stronger future for the United 
States and the world. 
Attest: 
Clerk.