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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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Non-competes: Reversal of FTC’s ‘sledgehammer’ approach brings welcome relief,

08/23/2024

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The AI revolution is coming for artists—laws need to catch up,

08/21/2024

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Thank drug patents for life-saving breakthroughs. Why weakening laws will stifle innovation,

08/16/2024

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Bill to Lower Bar for Patent Injunction Re-Sparks ‘Troll’ Fight,

08/15/2024

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Inventor Spotlight: Les Paul,

08/14/2024

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Voice Actors’ AI Suit Confronts Federal Publicity-Rights Gap,

08/14/2024

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Weakened Patent Protections Threaten American Innovation,

08/10/2024

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Big Tech’s abuse of the patent system must end—take it from me, I’ve fought Google over IP for years,

08/09/2024

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Stand Up for America’s Inventors & Entrepreneurs: Say YES to the PREVAIL Act,

08/06/2024

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US patent laws need updating for today’s budding industries,

08/05/2024

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Unclear Intellectual Property Laws Are Stifling US Innovation,

08/05/2024

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Press Releases:

Council for Innovation Promotion Statement on the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act of 2024,

08/02/2024

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