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Council for Innovation Promotion, UC Irvine, and Orange County Business Council Host Discussion on OC Innovation

IRVINE, CA (January 29, 2026) — Today, Thursday, January 29, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM PT, the Council for Innovation Promotion...

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Debunking common myths in the SEP patent pool debate

Patent pools are a time-tested approach to licensing standard-essential patents, also known as SEPs. These collaborative arrangements allow implementers to conveniently obtain...

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C4IP Comments RE: The 2026 Special 301 Review (USTR-2025-0243)
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Inventor Spotlight: George de Mestral

C4IP is recognizing George de Mestral (1907-1990), whose invention of Velcro fasteners has become an integral part of products from clothing to...

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How to avoid buying fake sports merchandise ahead of Super Bowl Sunday
FOX 13
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Hearings & Markups: Trade Subcommittee Hearing on Maintaining American Innovation and Technology Leadership
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Fact Check: Debunking The Myth of “Evergreening” and “Patent Thicketing”

Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan recently appeared on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, where their discussion revived familiar tropes...

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Former USPTO director urges legislators to pass patent reform laws, bolster international IP enforcement
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Witnesses Urge Action on Digital Trade
MeriTalk
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Iancu Urges House Trade Subcommittee to Address Weakening of U.S. IP Rights By America’s Trading Partners
IPWatchdog
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Artificial Intelligence And Patent Law
The Eurasia Review
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Council for Innovation Promotion Responds to Passage of EU General Pharmaceutical Legislation

WASHINGTON (January 8, 2026) — The European Council and Parliament recently finalized the General Pharmaceutical Legislation (GPL), a sweeping package of legislative...

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C4IP Coalition Updates: January 2024,

02/01/2024
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This Month in IP: January 2024,

02/01/2024
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WTO appears close to rejecting a proposed waiver on patents for Covid diagnostics and therapies,

01/31/2024
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When inventors get an AI assist, who gets the patent?,

01/31/2024
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The Biden administration should not support a WTO petition to strip IP protections from Covid-19 treatments,

01/31/2024
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C4IP Comments RE: Implications of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Commitments/Regimes and Other Proposed Commitments in the WHO Pandemic Agreement,

01/30/2024
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C4IP Comments RE: Special 301 Review,

01/30/2024
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Iancu, Michel and Other PTAB Masters Panelists Float Ways to Make the System Better,

01/30/2024
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The March-In Drug Price Control Narrative Crumbles While Its Damage to American Innovation Grows,

01/29/2024
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Misusing the Bayh-Dole Act’s March-In Rights is Not an Effective Way to Reduce Drug Prices,

01/29/2024
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Biden’s Bayh-Dole Act proposal misuses ‘march-in rights’,

01/25/2024
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Europe Stands at a Crossroads on Technology Policy,

01/24/2024
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