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.
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2025 International IP Index
The 13th edition of the U.S. Chamber’s International IP Index is a comprehensive assessment of the world’s intellectual property frameworks. The Index illustrates how smart policies foster innovation and creativity, stimulate 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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- Health CareHealth Innovation Summit: Optimizing the Next Generation of CareTuesday, April 2908:00 AM EDT - 01:20 PM EDT1615 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
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Latest Content
Price controls on medicines may seem like a quick fix, but they ultimately hinder medical innovation and harm patients by reducing the availability of new treatments and cures.
Market-restrictive policies like price caps are causing more harm than good for pharmaceutical innovation, and orphan medicines are no exception.
The U.S. Chamber is proud to collaborate with Fanatics, MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL this holiday season to raise awareness of the risks associated with fake league and team-branded products.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Chamber share expertise on the dangers of counterfeit goods and how to keep communities safe from illicit trade this holiday season
Shop Smart campaign educates consumers to keep Americans and their families safe from fakes
We talk to Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), winner of this year's excellence in Congressional leadership category, about her plans to improve the patent system, her work to increase protections for artists, and how patent rights incentivize research and innovation
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) is submitting this statement for the record to your Subcommittee’s November 13, 2024, oversight hearing with the United States Copyright Office. We appreciate the Subcommittee’s dedication to supporting copyright-intensive industries, and we believe the hearing facilitates the collaboration necessary among Congress, the Copyright Office, and the private sector to crack down on digital piracy and intellectual property theft.
We talk to Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), winner of this year's excellence in Congressional leadership category, for his insights on the intellectual property landscape on Capitol Hill and look ahead to IP protections in the new Congress
We talk to Merck & Co Global Security Director Jim Mancuso, winner of this year's excellence in IP enforcement category for his insights on the intellectual property landscape, the challenges we face in the future, and how the rapid evolution of technology is onboarding more products than ever into the commerce stream.
We talk to the French Customs Deputy Attaché, winner of this year's excellence in international enforcement category, for insights on sharing best practices with international colleagues, the growth of the counterfeit goods market, and the importance of collaboration between the private and public sectors
