1.4.6: Innovation
Out-Innovating the Rest of the World. Other Information:
Democrats support a world-class commitment to science and research so that the next generation of innovators and high-technology
manufacturing companies thrive in America. President Obama signed into law changes to help entrepreneurs raise capital and
create jobs. Democrats are committed to preparing math and science teachers and training workers with skills for the future,
and doubling funding for key basic research agencies. We support expanding and making permanent the Research and Experimentation
Tax Credit. President Obama has charted a new mission for NASA to lead us to a future that builds on America's legacy of innovation
and exploration. Democrats reformed the patent system to speed approval of investors' patents and provide alternatives to
wasteful litigation. Democrats know that the United States must preserve our leadership in the Internet economy. We will ensure
that America has a 21st century digital infrastructure—robust wired and wireless broadband capability, a smarter electrical
grid, and upgraded information technology infrastructure in key sectors such as health care and education. President Obama
has committed to ensuring that 98 percent of the country has access to high-speed wireless broadband Internet access. We are
finding innovative ways to free up wireless spectrum and are building a state-of-the-art nationwide, interoperable, public
safety network. President Obama is strongly committed to protecting an open Internet that fosters investment, innovation,
creativity, consumer choice, and free speech, unfettered by censorship or undue violations of privacy. The administration
is vigorously protecting U.S. intellectual property—our technology and creativity—at home and abroad through better enforcement
and innovative approaches such as voluntary efforts by all parties to minimize infringement while supporting the free flow
of information. Customs seizures of counterfeit drugs are up 600 percent and seizures of fake consumer safety and critical
technology have increased nearly 200 percent; the Department of Justice has aggressively prosecuted the illegal overseas transfer
of trade secrets. As technology advances, we will continue to work with all stakeholders to protect the security of the nation
and its knowledge assets, U.S. intellectual property, the functioning of fair and competitive markets, and the privacy, free
expression, and due process rights of Americans.
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