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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- The Economic Impact of Iowa’s Literary EcosystemU.S. Chamber’s Trade in Unsafe Medicines Index will help policymakers better identify risks, close gaps, and protect patientsThe Trade in Unsafe Medicines Index benchmarks 12 economies on their legal and enforcement capacity to combat unsafe and illicit medicines, revealing a widespread gap between countries' laws on paper and real-world enforcement.How Red Rocks powers Colorado’s creative economy.This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.The organization's new patents chief shares her vision for strengthening the PCT and preparing IP systems for AI and biotech innovation.At the U.S. Chamber's Digital Piracy Symposium, leaders agreed: digital piracy has evolved into a broader threat to consumers, businesses, and national security.On Constitution Day, we should recognize that the IP protections embedded in the U.S. Constitution remain as vital today as at the founding, driving innovation, creativity, and American leadership in the global economy.
