Welcome to the Innovation Policy Post, CCIA's forum for news and debate about intellectual property issues.
We
will use this blog to share our thoughts, and get yours, on patent and
copyright law. We'll also highlight abuses of those laws that range
from ridiculous to damaging and illustrate the need for patent reform
and 21st-century copyright laws. As you can see from the navigation
bar, we intend to gradually add other
innovation issues to the discussion, like competition policy and
telecom issues.
Innovation is essential to America's ability to
compete in the global economy, and government policies need to reflect
an awareness of how the world has changed. CCIA has been an important
voice in those discussions for years, and the Innovation Policy Post
will help us both add to the debate in a new format and give other
people a voice.
Our goal is to create a civil but robust
dialogue on innovation and obstacles to it. We'll leave the legal
mumbo-jumbo to the legal blogs, though we'll undoubtedly be linking to
their work periodically because their insights are valuable. We look
forward to the discussion.
(CCIA members wholeheartedly believe
the Internet adds great value to policy debates. At the same time, we
are aware of its limitations. We want to protect the anonymity of
people who desire it, but we don't want anonymity to be used as a
shield for bad behavior. With that in mind, you can join the
Innovation Policy Post community by registering anonymously, but you
will have to provide your actual name and a real e-mail address behind
the scenes.)
