Innovation is America’s backbone.

It creates jobs here and improves lives everywhere.

Let’s protect it.

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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.

Op-ed: Gary Locke, “Innovation drives Minnesota’s economy. Congress should lend a hand.” Minnesota Star Tribune, 11/18/2024

Stories of IP in Action

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Inventor Spotlight: William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain

C4IP is recognizing William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain, whose invention of the transistor made modern electronics possible. Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain met in the 1940s at Bell Laboratories when they were hand-picked to work on developing a transistor, ...
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Fact Check: Debunking Myths About Patents in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Activists affiliated with the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK) and R Street Institute have propagated false narratives about how patents stifle competition in the drug industry and keep generic drugs from coming to market. These erroneous arguments include ...
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C4IP Coalition Updates: October 2024

October was a productive month for C4IP! Here’s a roundup of all that we accomplished over the past month. October Highlights: Spotlighting New Insights on Patent Quality On September 30, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Sunwater Institute released a policy report, “Patent ...
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