Fueling Innovation: Antitrust and Intellectual Property in Support of American Technological Leadership

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) LeadershIP 2026 by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Dina Kallay of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division Thank you for the invitation to speak at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) LeadershIP 2026 event. It’s a pleasure to be here today to discuss the important topic of maintaining America’s global leadership in innovation and technology. I’ve read that the CSIS mission is “guided by a distinct set of values — non-partisanship, independent thought, innovative thinking, cross-disciplinary scholarship, integrity, and professionalism.” These values are aligned with that of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, whose mission is to promote competition by enforcing the antitrust laws to protect economic freedom and opportunity on behalf of the American people. 1 Competition in a free market provides American consumers with lower prices, better quality, greater choice, efficiencies, and innovation which, in turn, support the prosperity and competitiveness of