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U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Protect American Intellectual Property

Press Release

Date: July 31, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers Economy and Fiscal

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), along with Senate Judiciary Committee members Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chris Coon (D-DE), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and House Members Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help combat the loss of hundreds of billions of dollars each year in the United States to the theft of corporate trade secrets. The Defend Trade Secrets Act would empower companies to protect their trade secrets in federal court by creating a federal private right-of-action.

"The theft of U.S. intellectual property threatens economic growth and American jobs," said Senator Baldwin. "We must strengthen protections for American businesses and Made in America innovation. I am proud to support this bipartisan legislation because it closes a loophole in U.S. law to safeguard valuable intellectual property and protect American jobs."


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