The only Americans losing out to ip theft are the ones collecting ip royalties - in other words a fraction of a fraction of income earners in the states who are even awarded tax relief on that income. The other 300 million Americans benefit by way of access, price and usage.
Check out the Linux foundation and compare the histories of Apple, Microsoft and Linux if you're disbelieving of innovation stemming from access as opposed to restricted proprietorship. See how the internet, utilities and appliances run windows / Mac on top of Linux ip today?