As Intellectual Property becomes increasingly vital to our nation's wealth and prosperity, the need to ensure its protection on a global basis increases correspondingly. The American economy suffers staggering losses each year to international IP theft. According to the IP Theft Commission...

In 1909, Congress for the first time subjected intellectual property protections to compulsory licensing and rate regulation. A compulsory or statutory license is a legal requirement that mandates that the owner of the intellectual property allow third parties to make reproductions of the...