Chamber of Commerce Releases IP Study Quantifying IP Jobs on State-by-State Basis

A study detailing the impact that intellectual property-intensive industries have on the U.S. economy was unveiled May 23 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center.

The report, titled IP Creates Jobs for America, delves deeper into some of the numbers than a U.S. Commerce Department report released April 7 and provides U.S. rights holders with a prepackaged state-by-state argument explaining why stricter IP enforcement laws are needed (70 DER A-7, 4/12/12).

The report “contributes hard data to the discussion going forward,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said during an event at the U.S. Capitol Visitor’s ...