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.
Stories of IP in Action
New Op-Ed from Retired Judge Kathleen O’Malley: Congress Should Pass IP Reform, Starting With 3 Patent Bills
In a new Law360 op-ed, C4IP Board Member and former Federal Judge Kathleen O’Malley explains why Congress should advance bipartisan reforms that would strengthen America’s patent system and protect innovation. She points to three bills as critical starting points. The ...
Fact Check: IP Protections Power the U.S. Innovation Economy. MFN Would Undermine this System.
In recent months, federal policymakers have renewed calls for “Most-Favored-Nation” (MFN) drug pricing, which would tie the price of medicines in the United States to the lowest prices paid in similarly wealthy foreign countries. The policy is well-meaning and directed ...
Inventor Spotlight: Charles W. Hull
C4IP is honoring Charles W. Hull (born 1939), who has transformed manufacturing, medicine, and design through his invention of stereolithography — better known as 3D printing. Hull was born in Clifton, Colorado, and studied engineering physics at the University of ...