Innovation is America’s backbone.
It creates jobs here and improves lives everywhere.
Let’s protect it.
Patents Save Lives
From diagnostics to therapeutics and vaccines, patent rights underpin the innovations responsible for saving millions of lives during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.
IP Fosters Economic Growth
IP-intensive sectors, from film and music to high-tech manufacturing and life sciences, employ 45 million Americans and account for over one-third of total U.S. GDP.
IP Rights Tackle Global Challenges
Strong patent rights facilitate pioneering discoveries that are fit to address today's energy security, climate change, and public health concerns.
IP Rights Drive High-Value Creative Industries
Strong IP rights, from copyrights to trademarks, incentivize the development of creative works that fuel the economy and benefit the general public.
Predictable and high-quality intellectual property rights have propelled America’s innovative leadership ever since they were enshrined in the Constitution.
New Op-Ed from C4IP Co-Chairs Andrei Iancu and David Kappos: Congress can fix America’s broken patent system with one reform
In their new opinion piece published in The Hill, C4IP Co-Chairs and former USPTO Directors Andrei Iancu and David Kappos call attention to a growing threat to American innovation: the erosion of patent enforcement, which in recent years ...
Stories of IP in Action
New Op-Ed from C4IP Co-Chairs Andrei Iancu and David Kappos: Congress can fix America’s broken patent system with one reform
In their new opinion piece published in The Hill, C4IP Co-Chairs and former USPTO Directors Andrei Iancu and David Kappos call attention to a growing threat to American innovation: the erosion of patent enforcement, which in recent years has allowed ...
New Essay from C4IP Chief Policy Officer and Counsel Jamie Simpson: Protecting Innovation Starts with Protecting Small Inventors
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it’s important to recognize the vital role women have played in shaping innovation — like Mary Anderson, who patented the windshield wiper in 1903, or Jennifer Doudna, inventor of the CRISPR gene-editing tool. Historically, ...
This Month in IP: February 2025
Strong, consistent IP protections throughout U.S. history enabled the creation of innovative and useful technologies that we use regularly today. From telecommunications to trade, every aspect of our lives has benefited greatly from IP, as shown by these historical examples ...