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Reaffirm and Refine: A Government Agenda for Intellectual Property (Edition 2)

For the United States to maintain its competitive edge on the global stage, we must lead in innovation. This is only achievable...

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Congressional Innovation ScorecardReports
The Congressional Innovation Scorecard: Second Edition

First released in 2024, the Congressional Innovation Scorecard assesses and rates how the U.S. Congress as a whole — and its individual...

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The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)
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C4IP Patent Myth Video Series
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Issue Briefs
Addressing Patent Myths

Activist groups routinely accuse companies of “abusing” the patent system by engaging in practices such as “royalty stacking,” “patent evergreening,” “product hopping,”...

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Fact Check: The Myth of So-Called “Royalty Free” and “Open” Standards

The word “open” has become increasingly misused in the world of technology standards. In policy and antitrust terms, an open standard is...

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Highlights from the October 8 PERA Hearing

On October 8, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) to examine...

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Commerce Moves to Take Cut of Research Patents
American Institute of Physics
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Counting Patents, Not Progress: Another Misdiagnosis by I-MAK
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Letters
C4IP Letter to Senate and House IP Subcommittees on Designating October as National IP Month

Dear Chairmen Tillis and Issa and Ranking Members Schiff and Johnson: On behalf of the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), I write...

Press Releases
Council for Innovation Promotion Urges Caution Regarding I-MAK’s New Report on Patents and Drug Pricing

WASHINGTON (October 20, 2025) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) Executive Director Frank Cullen released the following statement regarding a...

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Inventor Spotlight: Malcom McLean

C4IP is honoring Malcom McLean (1913-2001), whose invention of containerized shipping revolutionized global trade. Born into a farming family in North Carolina,...

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This Month in IP: September 2024,

09/30/2024
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Council for Innovation Promotion Celebrates Groundbreaking Sunwater Institute Study Combatting Harmful Patent Disinformation,

09/30/2024
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C4IP Comments RE: Experimental Use Exception Request for Comments (PTO-C-2024-0023),

09/26/2024
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Claims That Scientists are Underreporting Federal Support on Patents Don’t Pass the Smell Test,

09/25/2024
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C4IP Letter to Senate HELP Committee on the Hearing on the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act,

09/25/2024
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C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee on PERA,

09/24/2024
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Fact Check: The Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act Would Unnecessarily Overhaul a Well-Functioning Patent System,

09/23/2024
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C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee on PERA, PREVAIL Act, and IDEA,

09/18/2024
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C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee on IDEA Act,

09/17/2024
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C4IP Comments RE: 2024 Guidance Update on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, Including on Artificial Intelligence (PTO-P-2024-0026),

09/16/2024
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Inventor Spotlight: Frederic Eugene Ives,

09/13/2024
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Council for Innovation Promotion Applauds House Introduction of IDEA Act,

09/13/2024
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