... and something like half of the companies comprising the US GDP.
Much of the value that the US exports heavily depends on foreign nations enforcing intellectual property rights for the US.
If the world decided that the US is hostile and stopped enforcing US trademarks, patents, copyright, and trade secrets... it would be over for the US economy.
Any software could be "stolen" legally by anyone and sold under the original name and the US could do nothing about this except stomp their feet and threaten military invasion.
China and Russia already do this to an extent, but if everyone else did it too, it would be curtains for: The entire US game industry, movie industry, music industry, software industry, and more. Pharma and manufacturing would take a hit too.
... and something like half of the companies comprising the US GDP.
Much of the value that the US exports heavily depends on foreign nations enforcing intellectual property rights for the US.
If the world decided that the US is hostile and stopped enforcing US trademarks, patents, copyright, and trade secrets... it would be over for the US economy.
Any software could be "stolen" legally by anyone and sold under the original name and the US could do nothing about this except stomp their feet and threaten military invasion.
China and Russia already do this to an extent, but if everyone else did it too, it would be curtains for: The entire US game industry, movie industry, music industry, software industry, and more. Pharma and manufacturing would take a hit too.