Vishal Amin is an American attorney and government official who was Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. This position, sometimes referred to as "IP czar", was created by an act of Congress in 2008 in order to help the U.S. government combat

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. Prior to assuming his current role, Amin was senior counsel on the

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. A graduate of

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and

Washington University School of Law Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (WashULaw) is the law school of Washington University in St. Louis, a private university in St. Louis, Missouri. WashULaw has consistently ranked among the top law schools in the country; it is ...

, Amin served in the administration of

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

as the White House's associate director for domestic policy and as special assistant and associate director for policy in the

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, chairman and CEO of the

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, called Amin "a smart, thoughtful leader."

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