DOC52PAPT09010232009  Congressional-mandated Appropriations for Intellectual Property Initiatives (IPI)

The following non-profit organizations have received joint project agreement (JPA) or cooperative agreement (CA) awards in response to this RFP.  Information is also provided identifying the organization’s project assignments.  These projects represent a broad array of USPTO priorities based on development and capacity building initiatives, geographic areas of interest/concern, a desire to advocate the United States position on various issues, cutting-edge issues of global importance, and the need to raise intellectual property awareness.

GeorgeWashington University Creative and Innovative Economy Center

• China Climate Change-Related Technology Innovation & Patent Policy – Cooperative Agreement, award amount $78,000.00

Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI)

• Counterfeiting, Public Health and Development – Cooperative Agreement, award amount $131,000.00
• An Analysis of the Global Policy Environment for Clean Energy Technologies and Implications for Innovation and IP – Cooperative Agreement, award amount $88,500.00
• Traditional Knowledge: Case Studies and Conclusions – Cooperative Agreement, award amount $74,000.00

Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Educational Foundation

• International Judges Conference on IP Law – Cooperative Agreement, award amount $450,000.00

International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI)

• IP Audit and Wealth Creation Program for a Developing Country Trading Partner – Joint Project Agreement, award amount $500,000.00
• Strengthening IP Protection of Indigenous Crafts and Traditional Cultural Expressions – Joint Project Agreement, award amount $1,000,000.00
• Improving Copyright Protection & Enforcement in Cambodia – Joint Project Agreement, award amount $128,500.00

Light Years IP

• African IP trust – Designated to Support, educate and Enforce African IP Rights – Cooperative Agreement, award amount $600,000.00

Progress & Freedom Foundation – Center for the Study of Digital Property (CSDP)

• Efficacy of Pre-established Damages as a Means of Protecting IPR: The Case of Statutory Damages in U.S. Copyright Law – Cooperative Agreement, award amount $150,000.00
• Benefits of Strong IP Rights to Newly Industrial Nations – Cooperative Agreement, award amount $200,000.00

The Regents of the University of California – Public International Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA)

• Series of Workshops Introducing Basic Concepts of IP Management such as Obtaining IP Protection, Licensing and Commercialization in East Asia, Latin America and Africa – Cooperative Agreement, award amount $600,000.00

• Request For Proposal (RFP) [.pdf]