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Council for Innovation Promotion Releases Report on Licensing Negotiation Groups by Professor Jonathan Barnett

WASHINGTON (April 14, 2026) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) released a new report examining the market impact of licensing...

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An Unbalanced Proposal: Licensing Negotiation Groups for Wireless Technology in the Automotive Industry
C4IP Coalition Updates: March 2026

March Highlights: Countering Chinese Threats to IP In March, China released its 15th Five-Year Plan — an economic policy roadmap that envisages...

This Month in IP: March 2026

Strong, consistent IP protections throughout U.S. history enabled the creation of innovative and useful technologies that we use regularly today. From movies...

Op-Ed from former USPTO Director David Kappos: The Nobel Prize winners have a lesson for us all

In a piece published by Fortune, C4IP Co-Chair and former USPTO Director David Kappos explains how the work of three Nobel Prize-winning...

Continued Innovation is the Key to Maintaining U.S. National Security

The New York Times Editorial Board recently released a multi-part series, “Overmatched,” exploring the ways in which “the U.S. military is ill...

The U.S. can win the AI race — if it gets patent policy right
Fortune
New Op-Ed from Ambassador Jeffrey Gerrish and former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu: Foreign nations profited off of us — now Trump is striking back

Ambassador Jeffrey Gerrish, former deputy U.S. Trade Representative, and Andrei Iancu, C4IP co-chair and former USPTO director, recently published an opinion piece...

Closing the PTAB Loophole: Targeting Real Threats to U.S. Innovation Without Overreaching
IPWatchdog
IPWatchdog Masters Hall of Fame: 2026 Award Recipients
IPWatchdog
Letters
C4IP Letter to House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet RE: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Fact Check: Limiting Injunctive Relief Harms, Not Helps, Inventors

Among the most consequential foreign policy developments is the European Union’s (EU’s) consideration of policies that could limit access to injunctive relief....

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Council for Innovation Promotion Commends Senate Judiciary Committee For Advancing the PREVAIL Act,

11/21/2024

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In Tight Vote, Senate Panel OKs Bill To Set New PTAB Limits,

11/21/2024

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USPTO’s Final Rule on FY 2025 Patent Fees Drops Divisive Proposals for Across-the-Board Hikes,

11/20/2024

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Innovation drives Minnesota’s economy. Congress should lend a hand.,

11/18/2024

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To succeed, modern tech needs updated patent law,

11/16/2024

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Inventor Spotlight: William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain,

11/14/2024

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Avoiding counterfeits during the online shopping season,

11/14/2024

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Council for Innovation Promotion Commends Senate Judiciary Committee For Advancing the IDEA Act,

11/14/2024

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IDEA Act Moves Forward While Fate of PERA and PREVAIL Seems Uncertain,

11/14/2024

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Only Congressional Patent Reform Can Restore Constitutional Rights,

11/11/2024

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Joint High-Level Statement Valuing Creation, Invention, and Innovation: Re-booting Europe’s Potential,

11/07/2024

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Fact Check: Debunking Myths About Patents in the Pharmaceutical Industry,

11/07/2024

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