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This Month in IP: April 2026

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

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C4IP Coalition Updates: April 2026

April Highlights: Celebrating World IP Day and Congressional Champions of Innovation On April 26, the global intellectual property community celebrated World Intellectual...

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C4IP Letter to USPTO and DOJ RE: Statement of Interest on Injunctions
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Council for Innovation Promotion Applauds USTR 2026 Special 301 Report

WASHINGTON (May 1, 2026) – Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) applauded the release of the Office of the United States...

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Inventor Spotlight: Alexander Graham Bell

C4IP is recognizing Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), whose invention of the telephone 150 years ago revolutionized communication around the world. Bell was...

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Capito’s Innovation Grade Rises as Justice Debuts with ‘C’ in New National Report
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World IP Day 2026 Spotlights IP Issues in Sports
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IP Shapes the Sports We Love, From the Opening Play to the Final Whistle — and Beyond

Every April 26, World Intellectual Property Day invites us to recognize the role that intellectual property (IP) plays in driving innovation and...

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C4IP Letter to European Commission RE: EU IPRED Study
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Council for Innovation Promotion Celebrates IP’s Impact on Sports for World IP Day

WASHINGTON (April 24, 2026) — Today, Frank Cullen, Executive Director of the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), released the following statement ahead...

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Council for Innovation Promotion Welcomes European Commission Decision to Drop “Soft Safe Harbour” for Licensing Negotiation Groups in New Guidelines

WASHINGTON (April 23, 2026) — The European Commission recently opted not to include a proposed “soft safe harbour” for licensing negotiation groups...

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POLITICO Influence: C4IP Hosts Champions of Innovation Award Reception
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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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Briefing on the Bayh-Dole Act and March-In Rights,

01/24/2024
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C4IP Letter to EU Parliament RE: Proposed EU SEP Regulation,

01/23/2024
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