Posts Tagged: "economic recovery"

Societies are always most vulnerable in times of crisis. Right now, America is in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, subsequent economic devastation, and justified nationwide protests for social and criminal justice reform—perhaps an unprecedented level of unrest. As such, it is also perhaps more important than ever for us to demonstrate our ability to unite, cooperate, and innovate. Fortunately, through the improved protection of our intellectual property (IP), America has an opportunity to do exactly that. COVID-19 has demonstrated the equal importance of encouraging and protecting America’s innovators. Worldwide manufacturing shutdowns, part of the global effort to slow the spread, exposed our country’s reliance on China for many of our basic necessities and raw materials. America often generates the ideas of tomorrow. But, until we can generate the ensuing products as well, independence from China will be impossible. This reliance, and lack of investment in domestic production, is proving to have serious consequences.