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The following statement may be attributed to Robert Holleyman, President and CEO of the Business Software Alliance (BSA):
“David Kappos is an excellent choice to lead the US PTO. He has deep knowledge and experience, and he knows what is needed to reform the US patent system to foster innovation and economic growth,” said Robert Holleyman, President and CEO of BSA.
The Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of PTO advises the US Secretary of Commerce and the President and represents the US Government on intellectual property (IP) issues.
The United States’ strong tradition of protecting intellectual property such as patents and copyrights has been a key factor in US economic growth and global competitiveness. IP issues are critically important to the software industry in particular. BSA member companies hold nearly 90,000 US patents, and several BSA members are among the top15 US companies awarded patents in 2006 and 2007. Many US-based software companies are global leaders in research and development and in driving employment and productivity throughout the economy. The US packaged software industry alone contributed an estimated $36 billion surplus to the US balance of trade in 2008.
The Business Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the voice of the world's commercial software industry and its hardware partners before governments and in the international marketplace. BSA members include Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, CA, Cadence, Cisco Systems, Corel, CyberLink, Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation, Dell, Embarcadero, HP, IBM, Intel, Intuit, McAfee, Microsoft, Minitab, Quark, Quest Software, Rosetta Stone, SAP, Siemens, Sybase, Symantec, and The MathWorks.
Lars Andersonmedia@bsa.org202-346-8811
United States
