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It creates jobs here and improves lives everywhere.

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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.

Congress Must Reform The PTAB To Protect Small Innovators

Stories of IP in Action

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Fact Check: Examining Claims about China’s IP Practices

Discussions about China’s treatment of intellectual property have recently intensified in Washington, with some policymakers weighing more drastic measures to counteract perceived abuses. While concerns about China’s approach to IP are justified, some commonly repeated claims mischaracterize the problem — ...
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Inventor Spotlight: John R. Pierce

C4IP is recognizing John R. Pierce (1910-2002), the visionary engineer whose work on communications satellites paved the way for global connectivity. Pierce’s early fascination with electronics and radio waves led him from his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, to Caltech ...
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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 ...
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