Timothy Trainer’s intellectual property career began with the IPR Task Force at the U.S. Customs Service (today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection) in the late 1980s. He was one of the three original members of the IPR Branch at Customs Headquarters. His other government experience was with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Office of Legislative and International Affairs.

At Customs, he coordinated with field officers in determining whether to release, detain, or seize goods; drafted infringement decisions and regulations; and participated in interagency delegations in bilateral consultations with other governments. At the USPTO, he developed and delivered IPR enforcement training programs, represented the U.S. at the World Intellectual Property Organization, and participated in numerous government-to-government IPR consultations.

In the private sector, Mr. Trainer was an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Arter & Hadden (1993-1996). In 1999, after leaving the USPTO, he was the president of the Washington, D.C.-based International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC). At the IACC, he was responsible for its domestic and international programs. He participated in many IPR enforcement training programs, spoke at conferences, and testified before U.S. Congressional committees and commissions. He also cochaired the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s IP Advisory Group from October 2001 to March 2005 and was a member of INTERPOL’s IP Crime Action Group.

In March 2005, he founded the Global Intellectual Property Strategy Center, P.C., a consulting firm representing domestic and international clients. Since March 2005, he has conducted numerous IPR workshops on customs enforcement and on the topic of IPR’s links to economic development. The workshops have been conducted in many countries, including Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Peru, Philippines, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

In 2015, Mr. Trainer authored Potato Chips to Computer Chips: The War on Fake Stuff (Shortchanging IPR's Benefits to Economic Growth and Development?), which was published by Aspatore Books, a Thomson Reuters company. He has authored numerous articles on IPR enforcement.

Mr. Trainer has taught as an adjunct professor at American University’s Washington College of Law (2005-2012). His other teaching experiences have included a Customs IPR course at the Thomas Cooley Law School and an undergraduate course on Management of Innovation at Kent State University. He received his law degree from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1986. He also has a Master of Arts Degree in Asian Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to his graduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh, he studied at Keio University’s International Center in Tokyo in 1978-79. (May 2018)

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Aspatore Potato Chips To Computer Chips: The War On Fake Stuff

Aspatore Potato Chips To Computer Chips: The War On Fake Stuff