Espinel

"We are going to do a review of the credit-cards project at the end of this year, or probably realistically at the beginning of next year to see how it is going," Ms. Espinel said.

Official: U.S. Needs Europe's Help on Patent Protection Frances Robinson 2011

Ms. Espinel added that a voluntary project that was set up earlier this year to tackle piracy and trademark counterfeiting around online payments will likely be reviewed early next year.

Official: U.S. Needs Europe's Help on Patent Protection Frances Robinson 2011

Victoria Espinel: A lot of concerns about access to IP content, but also concerns about access to IP ownership, particularly for minority communities which are vastly underrepresented.

Google Books: Equal access to knowledge Rebecca Tushnet 2009

Victoria Espinel: A lot of concerns about access to IP content, but also concerns about access to IP ownership, particularly for minority communities which are vastly underrepresented.

Archive 2009-07-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

"It's a complicated problem, not just because of our overall economic relationship with China, but because the scope of the concerns we have with China are so broad," Victoria Espinel said in an interview.

Official: U.S. Needs Europe's Help on Patent Protection Frances Robinson 2011

Ms. Espinel said the implementation of the America Invents Act, the first comprehensive overhaul of U.S. patent law since the 1950s, will go some way toward resolving disputes over patents.

Official: U.S. Needs Europe's Help on Patent Protection Frances Robinson 2011

They have pushed lawmakers and White House Intellectual Property Enforcer Victoria Espinel to clamp down on the most egregious Web sites that sell counterfeit drugs and brand names and engage in the piracy of music and movies.

Senate piracy bill changed after criticism by ISPs, engineers, public advocates Cecilia Kang 2010

"Last week Vice President Biden and White House IP czar Victoria Espinel laid out a comprehensive and strategic federal IP enforcement strategy across the federal government," Cotton said.

Immigration patrol steps up fight against online movie piracy 2010

Espinel predicted that, if implemented correctly, the strategy will "have a significant impact on the way we approach intellectual-property enforcement for decades."

U.S. Sets Coordinated Response To Intellectual-Property Threats 2010

"We obviously want this strategy to be one of the things that the administration is doing to increase our exports, by making sure that our export markets are as viable as possible," said Espinel, who prepared the strategy.

U.S. Sets Coordinated Response To Intellectual-Property Threats 2010