Intellectual Property
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.
But price controls on medicines could put this progress at risk.
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The U.S. Chamber’s 14th International IP Index evaluates 55 economies across 53 criteria to provide actionable guidance on strengthening intellectual property systems that drive innovation, creativity, and global economic growth.
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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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Latest Content
- A strong, predictable patent system is essential to American medical innovation, and S. 2658 would add red tape, increase uncertainty, and weaken the intellectual property rights that help bring new treatments to patients.This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.A strong, predictable patent system is essential to American innovation, and policies based on misleading claims about “patent thickets” risk weakening the intellectual property rights that drive investment, competition, and lifesaving discoveries.This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees Opposing S. 2276, the Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition Act.As piracy flourishes across the region, action is being taken on the ground.This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House Judiciary Committee on H.R. 3269, the ETHIC Act and Patent Policy.When IP protection and market access is conditioned, it erodes innovation and creativity.What the GIPC delegation heard in Geneva — and why it matters for global IP policyStatement for the record submitted to the Senate Subcommittee on IP, addressing the U.S. Copyright Office oversight hearing.While trade secrets are the backbone of innovation in today’s data‑driven economy, the 2026 IP Index reveals that trade secrets protection remains one of the weakest areas of IP policy worldwide.
