Council for Innovation Promotion

Why C4IP Opposes the Drug Competition Enhancement Act and the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act

Congress is currently considering several ill-conceived bills that purport to address abuses in the patent system, but would, in reality, weaken core intellectual property protections. Among them are the Drug Competition Enhancement Act (S. 1040) and the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act (S. 1041). By attempting to devalue the United States’ robust intellectual property system, […]

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What the Numbers Say: Patent Quality in the United States is Strong

A newly-released policy brief from the IP Policy Institute at the University of Akron School of Law reaffirms the finding from a 2024 Sunwater Institute report that overall patent quality in the United States is high. The Sunwater Institute study found that the USPTO grants invalid patents only 7% of the time — an impressively

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Council for Innovation Promotion Welcomes Governor Gary Locke and Congressman Lamar Smith to Board

WASHINGTON (July 14, 2025) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) announced the appointment of two distinguished public servants and longtime intellectual property (IP) advocates to its Board: Governor Gary Locke and Congressman Lamar Smith. “Without strong IP protections, inventors, creators, and businesses have little incentive to risk untold time and money in pursuit

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C4IP Coalition Updates: June 2025

June Highlights: Members of Congress Respond to C4IP’s Innovation Scorecard C4IP recently released its 2025 Congressional Innovation Scorecard, an annual report grading members of Congress’s performance on innovation and intellectual property issues. The Scorecard found that overall, Congress’s attentiveness to IP has increased, with a notable uptick in IP-related bills and resolutions being introduced in

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