IP Protection Matters

IP Protections for Scientific Discoveries and Innovations Critical for America’s Economic Success

Coke Morgan Stewart, President and CEO of the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), and a Former Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy

American Innovator Award Winner Discusses the Bayh-Dole Act and the Importance of Strong IP Protections

Dr. Colleen Scott, a 2026 winner of the Bayh-Dole Coalition’s American Innovator Award, chemist and Associate Professor at Mississippi State University, who discovered a

USTR’s 2026 Special 301 Report

Patrick Kilbride, Policy Fellow at the Center for American Principles, discusses the United States Trade Representative’s 2026 Special 301 Report on the adequacy and effe

IP Rights and Technology Transfer

Stephen Susalka, Chief Executive Officer of AUTM, discusses how university technology transfer powers the innovation economy – creating jobs, saving and enhancing lives,

Weak IP Terminology and the Need to Restore Patent Infringement Injunctions

Kristen Jakobsen Osenga, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses patent eligibility and preliminary injunctions in pate

IP Protections Essential to the Free Market and Startup Economy

Mark Schultz, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Chair in Intellectual Property and Director of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Program at the University o

Strong IP Protections Are Critical to Ensuring Continued U.S. Innovation Leadership

David Kappos, Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, and former Undersecretary of Commerce and Director of the U.S. Patent and Tra

Foreign Price Controls Undermine IP Rights and Impede Innovation

Sally Pipes, President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Healthcare Policy at the Pacific Research Institute, discusses how “Most Favored Nation” pricing schemes, which

Exploring the Economic and Moral Benefits of IP Protection

Joshua Kresh, Executive Director of the IP Policy Institute (IPPI) at the University of Akron School of Law, discusses IPPI’s work, how strong intellectual property (IP)

“Most Favored Nation” Drug Pricing’s Impact on IP and Innovation

Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, explains how “Most Favored Nation” drug pricing is effectively the importing of counterproductive foreign nation p

Value-Based Patent Fines Would Cripple American Innovation

John Manchester, Director of IP Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, discusses how a proposal to impose hefty fines in the form of “fees” on patent owners based on a g

Strong IP Protections Are Vital for U.S. Economic and National Security

Congressman Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) discusses current legislative efforts to maintain and strengthen intellectual property protections in America and why strong IP rights

Time to Clean Up the Supreme Court’s Patent Eligibility Mess and Restore Balance at the PTAB

The Honorable Kathleen O'Malley, former judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, explains

Combating Global Counterfeit Medicines

Shabbir Safdar, Executive Director of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, discusses the dangers of counterfeit medicines, the importance of supply chain security for Amer

To Invent Is Divine: Creativity and Ownership

James Edwards, Jr., Founder and CEO of ELITE Strategic Services, LLC, and Founder and Executive Director of Conservatives for Property Rights, discusses his new book, “To

Restoring Balance to America’s Patent System

Michael Rosen, Nonresident Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute, discusses the balancing act of patent protection, how legal decisions and policy actions have t

Reinvigorating the U.S. Innovation Economy Requires Strong Enforcement of IP Rights

Professor Jonathan Barnett, Contributor with the Forum for Intellectual Property at the Hudson Institute and Director of the Media, Entertainment and Technology Law Progr

Strong IP Protections Critical to Maintaining Robust Innovation Cycle

Henry Hadad, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Bristol-Myers Squibb, discusses how intellectual property (IP) protection is very much a natural right th

USTR’s Special 301 Report: Monitoring the IP Protection Practices of U.S. Trading Partners

Karen Kerrigan, President and CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council), discusses World IP Day 2025, and the substance and timeliness of the U

The Historical and Constitutional Foundations of Patent Protection

Adam Mossoff, Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, discusses the historical and Constitutional foundations of intellectual proper