The Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) was established in 2007 as an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Today, the GIPC is leading a worldwide effort to champion intellectual property as vital to creating jobs, saving lives, advancing global economic growth, and generating breakthrough solutions to global challenges.

Our Challenge

Innovation has been at the core of America's success since our earliest days when the Founding Fathers enshrined intellectual property (IP) protection in the Constitution's Article 1, Section 8, which states, "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."  America's global innovation leadership has stemmed from this fundamental principle that protecting intellectual property encourages new advances.

However, in today's global society, intellectual property rights are under attack from activists and governments attempting to undo centuries of proven progress.  The primary threats fall into two categories:

• Criminals have built a global criminal enterprise of counterfeiting and piracy that destroys jobs, undermines innovation, endangers consumers, and costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars annually.
• A growing movement of anti-IP activists drawn from universities, foundations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), ideologically driven interest groups, and governments who view IP rights as an obstacle to improving access to medicines, alleviating world hunger, and addressing climate change, among other challenges.

Our Goals

• Strengthen the protection and enforcement of IP rights in the United States and abroad. 
• Promote and defend the current system of international IP laws and norms in the Untied States, key countries, and multilateral fora. 
• Raise awareness and increase support among key audiences for the value of strong IP rights as a driver of innovation and creativity.