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By Threatening Patent Rights, Three Congressional Proposals Would Risk American Lives

By Timothy H. Lee
Tuesday, June 16 2026

If Congress set out to deliberately jeopardize American lives and well-being, it could hardly devise a more effective strategy than eroding patent protections that fuel domestic medical innovation. Yet that’s precisely what three dangerous bills now before Congress threaten to accomplish. For over two centuries, by way of background, the United States has led the world in protecting intellectual property (IP) – patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. Today, the U.S. consistently remains atop world rankings of IP protection, and that’s…

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