World Intellectual Property Day, 2025
President Donald J. Trump's proclamation designates April 26, 2025, as World Intellectual Property Day.
The proclamation emphasizes the crucial role of intellectual property in American innovation and economic prosperity, highlighting the administration's efforts to protect American inventions and creations, both domestically and internationally.
This includes actions like promoting trade deals that secure better intellectual property protections and using tariffs to deter theft.
The proclamation underscores the historical significance of intellectual property rights entrenched in the US Constitution and the importance of continued technological leadership for the nation's future.
Arguments For
Protecting intellectual property rights fosters innovation by incentivizing creators and inventors. This ensures a continued stream of new technologies and creative works, driving economic growth and global competitiveness.
Strong intellectual property protection attracts investment in research and development, leading to the creation of new jobs and industries. The administration's actions support this by promoting proactive measures against intellectual property theft.
The proclamation reinforces the historical and legal foundation of intellectual property protection enshrined in the US Constitution, reaffirming the government's commitment to safeguarding American ingenuity.
The strategic use of tariffs and improved trade agreements strengthen protection of US intellectual property in international markets, preventing exploitation by foreign entities and protecting American economic interests.
Arguments Against
Critics may argue that overly strong intellectual property protection can stifle competition and lead to higher prices for consumers. Balancing innovation incentives with consumer access remains a complex challenge.
Enforcement of intellectual property rights can be complex and costly, requiring resources and expertise to effectively combat intellectual property theft on a global scale.
Some argue that focusing solely on protecting intellectual property neglects other important factors that drive economic growth, such as equal access to education and investment in infrastructure. A holistic approach is often advocated.
The use of tariffs to protect intellectual property can have unintended consequences like trade wars and negative impacts on consumers and other businesses.
Presidential Actions
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
More than 200 years ago, our Founding Fathers recognized the profound importance of intellectual property, enshrining government-granted legal protections in the Constitution to safeguard American innovation. On World Intellectual Property Day, we renew our resolve to protect and secure the creative triumphs of American inventors and artists as they work to pull the future into the present and turn their dreams into our reality.
Americans have always been leaders in the realms of technology and ideas — and under my Administration, we are driving innovation in every sector, including emerging digital technologies like artificial intelligence. I recently signed an Executive Order on Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence to slash red tape and ensure our continued leadership in this and other critical industries like automation, blockchain, data analytics, and cybersecurity.
For this reason, I established the Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which is bringing together the best and brightest to shape the United States’ innovation policy and ensure our continued technological leadership. My Administration will not waver in protecting and securing emerging, next-generation technologies that will drive progress and growth in the 21st century.
My Administration is taking strong action to protect the promise of American innovation. For too long, our adversaries and allies alike have sapped our strength and exploited American advancements. Through the strategic use of tariffs, we are recentering our trade policy and securing stronger intellectual property protections in new and existing trade deals. Just as we protect our physical property, we will not tolerate the theft of our intellectual property, and we will defend our businesses and people from those who are seeking to steal American jobs and wealth.
As President Calvin Coolidge once said in an immortal maxim that remains true to this day, “The business of America is business.” Our economy is the greatest in the world because we, more than any other country, incentivize individuals to dream big, take risks, and make the impossible possible. Through our promotion and protection of intellectual property, we are empowering musicians, writers, authors, scientists, and inventors to focus on what they do best.
The future of our great Nation depends on the continued safeguarding of our intellectual property, which fuels economic growth, technological progress, and global competitiveness. This World Intellectual Property Day, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to protecting and promoting the innovative spirit that continues to make America great.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 26, 2025, as World Intellectual Property Day. I encourage Americans to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of our creators and inventors and the contributions they have made and will continue making to our country.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
This proclamation from President Trump declares April 26, 2025, as World Intellectual Property Day.
It emphasizes the historical significance of intellectual property rights in the US Constitution and their crucial role in driving innovation and economic growth.
The statement highlights the administration's active role in protecting American intellectual property through trade policy adjustments and strong measures against theft, aiming to safeguard American jobs and economic competitiveness.
The President encourages celebrating the achievements of inventors and creators.
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