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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
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IPWatchdog Masters Hall of Fame: 2026 Award Recipients
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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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Inventor Spotlight: Ivan Getting,

06/12/2024

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C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee RE: The PREVAIL Act,

06/10/2024

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USPTO Extends Deadline for AI Inventorship Comments as Some Criticize Pannu Factors,

06/09/2024

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C4IP Coalition Updates: May 2024,

06/06/2024

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This Month in IP: May 2024,

06/06/2024

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Organizations Tell USPTO Proposed 2025 Fees ‘Misuse’ Office’s Fee Setting Authority,

06/05/2024

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Biden’s shortsighted patent attacks threaten American innovation,

06/04/2024

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C4IP Comments RE: Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2025 (PTO-P-2022-0033),

06/03/2024

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C4IP Comments RE: Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees During Fiscal Year 2025 (PTO-P-2022-0033),

06/03/2024

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As Senate’s gaze lands on patents, a former US PTO chief calls the effort a ‘broad misunderstanding’,

05/30/2024

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Former USPTO Officials Urge Vidal to Immediately Withdraw NPRM on Terminal Disclaimers,

05/29/2024

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Ex-USPTO Directors Want Vidal To Withdraw Disclaimer Plans,

05/28/2024

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