Two former Commerce Department executives take on intellectual property protection

Federal Drive with Tom Temin

Two former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office directors -- one from the Obama administration and one from the Trump administration -- recently formed a coalition. Its aim is to protect U.S. intellectual property, particularly from theft by China. They've got ideas for what Congress ought to do. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with the one of the co-chairmen of the Council for Innovation Promotion and former USPTO director Andrei Iancu.

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