The businesses were placed into administration after related property development companies got into trouble in the property crash.
The plan was unveiled by US Attorney General Eric Holder and by Victoria Espinel, the administration's Intellectual Property Enforcement Co-ordinator.
But e-mails from McIntyre and from the General Services Administration, which manages federal property, contradict Paulison's account.
If at some point Congress or the administration does pursue further intellectual property enforcement in legislation, trade agreements or other policy, the key first step should be a clear assessment of the scope and nature of the problem so that the policy is appropriate and makes sense.
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At issue, administration officials say, was some telecommunications stock and some property in Greece that Tenet failed to report on his initial financial disclosure statement when he joined the Clinton Administration.
His family firms were badly affected by the property market crash and Quinn Insurance was put into administration in April 2010.
The initiative was announced at a White House summit on intellectual property and is one result of a plan the Obama administration submitted to Congress in mid-2010 that committed to tackling counterfeit medicines.
On trade secrets, again, I would refer you to the rollout later today that the OMB's Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator will be releasing as part of the administration's strategy to mitigate the theft of U.S. trade secrets.
Assist the existing Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) in the drafting of an Administration wide strategic plan on IP enforcement.
But Monsanto, backed by the Obama administration and a range of businesses, say protecting intellectual property is more important than ever, especially in fast-developing technological fields.
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But Monsanto, backed by the Obama administration and a range of businesses, says protecting intellectual property is more important than ever, especially in fast-developing technological fields.
In addition, the Administration is proposing changes to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) aimed at enhancing the attractiveness of investment in U.S. infrastructure and real estate to a broader universe of private investors.
The State Department will ensure that a consistent and "appropriate" message is delivered to foreign governments to communicate the administration's commitment to reducing the theft of intellectual property and the importance it places on more effective penalties.
The State Department will ensure that a consistent and "appropriate" message is delivered to foreign governments to communicate the administration's commitment to reducing the theft of intellectual property and the importance it places on more effective legal penalties and enforcement for trade-secret theft.
This suit is a response to an April 6 suit brought by Medinol alleging that Boston Scientific misappropriated intellectual property and submitted fraudulent filings to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in order to steal the company's business.
And as we talk about trade, as we talk about intellectual property rights, as we talk about currency, all of those are things that this administration, along with American businesses, want to see progress on in China.
If anything, the Obama administration flubbed its opportunity to stimulate housing by succoring poor, disenfranchised homeowners carrying negative equity on their property these past skinny years.
The administration has maintained that financial constraints have plagued the institution for decades, and years of stopgap measures like property sales and loans have been used to maintain the scholarship amid ever-rising costs.
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