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Government AgendaReports
Reaffirm and Refine: A Government Agenda for Intellectual Property (Edition 2)

For the United States to maintain its competitive edge on the global stage, we must lead in innovation. This is only achievable...

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Congressional Innovation ScorecardReports
The Congressional Innovation Scorecard: Second Edition

First released in 2024, the Congressional Innovation Scorecard assesses and rates how the U.S. Congress as a whole — and its individual...

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The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)
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C4IP Patent Myth Video Series
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Issue Briefs
Addressing Patent Myths

Activist groups routinely accuse companies of “abusing” the patent system by engaging in practices such as “royalty stacking,” “patent evergreening,” “product hopping,”...

BlogFact Checks
Fact Check: The Myth of So-Called “Royalty Free” and “Open” Standards

The word “open” has become increasingly misused in the world of technology standards. In policy and antitrust terms, an open standard is...

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Highlights from the October 8 PERA Hearing

On October 8, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) to examine...

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Commerce Moves to Take Cut of Research Patents
American Institute of Physics
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Counting Patents, Not Progress: Another Misdiagnosis by I-MAK
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Letters
C4IP Letter to Senate and House IP Subcommittees on Designating October as National IP Month

Dear Chairmen Tillis and Issa and Ranking Members Schiff and Johnson: On behalf of the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), I write...

Press Releases
Council for Innovation Promotion Urges Caution Regarding I-MAK’s New Report on Patents and Drug Pricing

WASHINGTON (October 20, 2025) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) Executive Director Frank Cullen released the following statement regarding a...

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Inventor Spotlight: Malcom McLean

C4IP is honoring Malcom McLean (1913-2001), whose invention of containerized shipping revolutionized global trade. Born into a farming family in North Carolina,...

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China’s formidable technology challenge,

03/17/2022
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U.S. patent system weakens: Protect IP to keep American tech at the top,

03/17/2022
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The U.S. must fix its innovation engine: the patent system,

03/08/2022
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US Economy 2022: Diversity And Inclusion For The Heartland,

03/06/2022
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Lawmakers want to weaken U.S. patents that made new anti-COVID pills possible. We should do everything to protect them,

03/04/2022
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Big Tech is abusing the U.S. patent challenge system,

02/18/2022
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Thank You, Senator Tillis, for Recognizing the Need for Evidence-Based Policymaking in Patent Law,

02/15/2022
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The Supreme Court is partly to blame for the Covid-19 test kit shortage,

02/07/2022
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Can We Please Get Serious About Patents and Drug Pricing?,

01/06/2022
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World leaders should acknowledge that IP protections facilitate vaccine access,

12/24/2021
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USIJ White Paper on Fintiv Doctrine,

11/29/2021
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Why does the FDA want to stop improving medicines via patent ‘areas of concern’?,

11/08/2021
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