Over the last two decades, judicial decisions have made it harder for inventors to keep patent-infringing goods off the market. Intellectual property theft costs the U.S. economy as much as $600 billion annually, indirectly aiding geopolitical competitors like China, which is the primary IP infringer.
The origins of the problem go back almost two decades. For most of U.S. history, inventors who proved that a competitor had infringed their patent could obtain binding court orders — called injunctions — which compelled the infringer to stop.
This practice was in line with the text and spirit of the U.S. Constitution. Article I, Section 8, grants Congress the power to secure “for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.”
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