Commentary

Intellectual Property: America Still Leads the World, but Dangers Lurk

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, February 15 2018

The United States maintains its worldwide lead in the critical area of intellectual property (IP) protection, but our status is dangerously eroding. That's the primary takeaway of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's just-released sixth annual International IP Index. In an increasingly knowledge-based and globally competitive economy, it's more important than ever that we not surrender our IP preeminence. Fortunately, legislation currently before Congress can help avoid that fate. By way of background, the U.S. has throughout its history remained unique among nations in protecting…

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