Hot Property: The Threat of Intellectual Property Theft to our Economy and Safety

In his book Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization, Pat Choate argues that the flow of fake and counterfeit parts to our manufacturing and service industries is threatening our safety as well as our economy. Choate cautions that our relentless pursuit of lower-priced and unregulated medications is jeopardizing our health and also warns that the general disinterest of our government toward the protection of American intellectual property is affecting our job security and undermining our economy. Choate examines the history of our intellectual property, illustrating how the U.S. has transformed itself from a largely agricultural society into a manufacturing, scientific and technological superpower. Finally, Choate warns that global counterfeiting and pirating are diminishing the U.S. ecosystem of innovation. Please join Pat Choate, former vice presidential running mate to Ross Perot, as he lays out these important issues we now face in an age of globalization.

Participants

• Pat Choate
  Author, Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization and former vice presidential running mate to Ross Perot


• Barry C. Lynn
  Fellow, New America Foundation