America's position as the world's innovation leader is in peril.  A decade of bad public policy combined with a judiciary that fundamentally misunderstands the importance of intellectual property protection has driven this downward spiral.  Fortunately, recent moves in Congress and a change in administration are sending signals that we have a chance to turn the tide. We are ceding important ground to other nations like Germany, England, and even China, and we are doing so voluntarily.  Indeed, the current innovation crisis is a problem of our own creation.  Instead of supporting American inventors and strengthening intellectual property rights, in recent years, some in Congress had continued to push for more policy changes that would further discourage innovation and domestic investment.  This disturbing trend must be reversed. Why should this be considered a crisis? In 2018, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global...(Read Full Article)