Intellectual Property

The SECRETS Act Adds a Critical New Defense Against IP Theft Threatening U.S. Tech Leadership
Acting against Chinese IP theft is a rare area of bipartisan support in U.S. trade policy, and the SECRETS Act provides a chance for U.S. policymakers and the Biden administration to take a stand against such parasitic practices by enacting a new law.
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April 27, 2022
Innovation and IP’s Role in Combatting the Covid-19 Pandemic
How have the U.S.
April 26, 2022
IP Stories: Innovating for a Better Future (A World IP Day Event)
Please join ITIF, Geneva Network, Hudson Institute, the Center for Intellectual Property and Innovation Protection, Property Rights Alliance, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as we learn the stories of a few of the individuals and SMEs who rely on IP rights to innovate for a better future.
April 22, 2022
IP Is for Everyone: Celebrating World IP Day 2022
Although skeptics call IP an “elite concern,” recent reports from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and the European Patent Office (EPO) show the positive impact IP has on small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), overall employment, and regional and global economies.
April 18, 2022
We Should Not Allow China to Weaponize Antitrust for Theft of American Intellectual Property
Protecting American innovation is especially critical in an environment in which the military increasingly depends on dual-use technologies such as the memory products at issue in this transaction. We should not allow China to weaponize antitrust for theft of American intellectual property.
March 25, 2022
The COVID-19 TRIPS IPR Waiver Remains a (Bad) Solution Searching for a Problem
Global leaders should look to the facts rather than finalizing the tentative IP waiver agreement. The end is (hopefully) in sight. The world has the tools it needs; it just needs to solve the actual problem. Global efforts and resources would be better spent improving distributional infrastructure than solving an IP-related problem that simply doesn’t exist.
February 24, 2022
The SECRETS Act Adds a Critical New Defense Against IP Theft Threatening U.S. Tech Leadership
Acting against Chinese IP theft is a rare area of bipartisan support in U.S. trade policy, and the SECRETS Act provides a chance for U.S. policymakers and the Biden administration to take a stand against such parasitic practices by enacting a new law.
February 22, 2022
Fact of the Week: The Cold War Productivity Gap Between East and West Germany Would Have Been More Than 13 Percent Larger if the East Had Not Engaged in Industrial Espionage
Econometric analysis using scientific records from East German intelligence informants versus measurements of total factor productivity showed a statistically significant negative relationship between industrial espionage and the gap in productivity between East and West Germany.
February 11, 2022
Music Compensation in the United States: Why the American Music Fairness Act Is Necessary
Most music is directly associated with the artists who perform the work—yet, under the current royalty system, these same musicians are not compensated when their music plays on terrestrial broadcast stations via AM/FM radio.
January 26, 2022
A Decade After SOPA/PIPA, It’s Time to Revisit Website Blocking
In 2012, U.S. lawmakers scuttled legislation to block websites trafficking in pirated content after opponents instigated a furious backlash by claiming it would “break the Internet.” But since then, dozens of countries have done it effectively—and the Internet continues to flourish.
December 16, 2021
Why Including Domestic Companies on USTR’s Notorious Markets List Undermines U.S. Trade Policy
Including U.S. firms on the official list that names and shames havens for piracy and counterfeiting would give the false impression that America has weak IP enforcement and undermine U.S. efforts to convince other countries to do more to address the problem.

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