[AreaMan]

14. National/global protection of intellectual capital-property is imperative.

I must not understand. Does this mean that, for example, American intellectual capital must be protected all around the world? Or does it mean that American intellectual capital is now "Global?"

[RKV]

It means that without enforceable patents, no technical advances can be sustained. Imagine a world where drug companies have significantly diminished incentives to develop new drugs because they cannot keep the rewards of their R&D?