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Proc 10015ProclamationTrump 45 · RCeremonial

Proclamation 10015

World Intellectual Property Day, 2020

President Trump proclaimed April 26, 2020 as World Intellectual Property Day, celebrating American innovation and intellectual property protections. The proclamation highlights the economic importance of IP-intensive industries, references recent trade and enforcement actions, and connects IP protections to COVID-19 response efforts including vaccine and treatment development.

Federal Register Open PDF 85 FR 23891

Impact dates

  1. World Intellectual Property Day observance

Key directives

  • Proclaim April 26, 2020 as World Intellectual Property Day
  • Encourage Americans to observe this day to celebrate benefits of intellectual property

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of April 26, 2020 as World Intellectual Property Day

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation references USMCA and an executive order on e-commerce but does not itself establish binding policy
  • COVID-19 framing may be seen as politicizing public health crisis for trade policy narrative
  • No substantive enforcement directives or new policy mechanisms created
Proclamation 10015: World Intellectual Property Day, 2020 · Executive Orders