Government Technology: White House to Continue Campaign for IP Rights as Diplomatic Priority

"The Bush Administration will continue to promote intellectual property rights as a diplomatic priority and an essential building block for expanding the global market economy, according to a leading Commerce Department official, Phillip J. Bond.

"'We understand in the U.S. government that intellectual property is one of the most important forms of property you can have in a digital age,' Mr. Bond, under secretary of Commerce for Technology, said in an interview posted this month on Gartner's Web site..."

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