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The STRONGER Patents Act: Important Legislation to Protect Our Innovation Economy

U.S. Capitol buildingToday, Senators Chris Coons, Tom Cotton, Dick Durbin, and Mazie Hirono introduced the Support Technology & Research for Our Nation’s Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act of 2017. This important piece of legislation will protect our innovation economy by restoring stable and effective property rights for inventors. Read more

Foreign Antitrust Regulators Are Threatening American Innovation

By David Lund & Matthew Barblan

U.S. Capitol buildingAmerican businesses are suffering as foreign governments improperly use their antitrust laws to discriminate against American companies. Recently, the United States Chamber of Commerce assembled an International Competition Policy Expert Group to examine this problem. Read more

From Star Wars to La La Land: How Intellectual Property Fuels Films

The following post comes from Mandi Hart, a rising third-year law student at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, who worked as a video producer before going to law school.

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Movies are a first-love in America and around the world, and their production is made possible by the existence of intellectual property (IP) rights. Read more