Intellectual Property
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Every innovation that improves lives, advances society, and drives our economy starts with an idea. Strong intellectual property rights—including patents, trademarks, and copyrights—protect and incentivize those ideas. When inventors, researchers, engineers, artists, and entrepreneurs have legal certainty that their work will be protected and rewarded, they can keep the transformative ideas coming. Intellectual property protections also shield consumers from dangerous fake and counterfeit goods, giving people assurances that products—from life-saving medicines to toys—are safe and authentic.
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2024 International IP Index
The 12th edition of the U.S. Chamber’s International IP Index is a comprehensive assessment of the world’s intellectual property frameworks. It shows the power of smart policies to foster innovation, creativity, and economic growth and unlock opportunity.
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The U.S. Chamber’s Global Innovation Policy Center champions innovation and creativity through intellectual property standards so businesses can save lives, solve problems, create jobs, advance growth, and enhance society. Our work to protect strong intellectual property rights begins in Washington, D.C., and extends to countries across the globe.
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- InfrastructureGlobal Aerospace Summit 2024Tuesday, September 10 - Wednesday, September 1108:00 AM EDT - 05:00 PM EDTLearn More
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Latest Content
The Global Innovation Policy Center breaks down ways to shop smart during an unprecedented back-to-school season.
This week marks the 150th anniversary of the Copyright Office. Our VP of U.S. Policy at GIPC breaks down the office's impact over the years.
The U.S. bio-pharmaceutical sector is committed to fighting COVID-19, but imposing artificial price controls could impede progress.
Today, the U.S. Chamber Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) launched its Discover and Deliver initiative to show what the nation’s brightest scientific minds and most innovative companies are doing to discover effective treatments and cures for COVID-19, outlined in an interactive map which depicts where COVID-19-related innovations are being developed in the United States.
We’ve compiled and mapped the latest data to show where solutions are being developed to combat coronavirus across all 50 states.
Kilbride says, “Intellectual property will be the foundation of every vaccine, treatment and cure we mobilize; it’s critical that we nurture those foundations, not uproot them.”
This letter was sent to all members of the United States Senate on S. 4049, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021."
Strong intellectual property protections will be important as private industry and government work together to find a cure for COVID-19.
“Now, more than ever, society needs IP-driven solutions to solve global problems."
As the world adapts to new ways of working amid COVID-19, we break down how to secure your company's data.