The records of the Intellectual Property Committee documents the organization’s formation, growth, and its efforts to introduce intellectual property rights protection into the international trading system.

Included in the records are administrative files covering the Committee’s organization and other topics such as membership, marketing material, upcoming legislation, financial information, and yearly budgets; subject files, which also may be considered working files, cover the IPC’s progress in developing policy promoting intellectual property rights via international negotiations, presentations, and preliminary drafts of trade agreements, particularly the TRIPS agreement.

Material of particular note within the administrative files include founding documents identifying issues, solutions, and recommendations with regard to intellectual property law and legislation, both domestically and internationally. Problems and challenges with intellectual property in other countries, including China, are also discussed. Correspondence covers a number of issues related to membership fees and renewals, financial reports, as well as letters from member firms regarding progress made by the IPC on a number of issues, such as including intellectual property as a concern in future GATT negotiations. Also included is testimony from U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor before the House Ways and Means Committee regarding the Uruguay Round agreement.

Included within the subject files is correspondence discussing patent policies and disputes, particularly from those representing the pharmaceutical industry both domestically and abroad. There is also numerous correspondence and other files showing broad support for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by the IPC and its member firms. Numerous letters from political leaders and corporate executives discuss their views on the TRIPS legislation. Of interest are letters from New Jersey congressmen Robert Menendez and Robert Andrews detailing their opposition and support of legislation implemented in the Uruguay Round of negotiations. Files related to INTERPAT, an association of research-based pharmaceutical companies whose senior executives were responsible for patent and related intellectual property matters in member companies, include studies, correspondence, and analysis of the negotiating history of the TRIPS agreement. Reports include detailed synopses of the TRIPS agreement negotiations and the preliminary and succeeding findings of the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiation’s task force on intellectual property.

Meetings files consist of agendas, travel itineraries, notes, and background research of meetings organized by the IPC in the United States, Europe, and Japan. The meetings discuss various aspects of intellectual property standards with regards to the Uruguay Round negotiations. Participants include such organizations as the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE) and the Keidanren, a Japanese organization specializing in the economic development of Japan. Accompanying reports provide detailed information with regards to the outcome of the aforementioned meetings.

Lastly, a small series of publications includes various articles discussing copyright and intellectual property concerns and the ongoing TRIPS negotiations in the early 1990s.