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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...

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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...

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IPWatchdog Masters Hall of Fame: 2026 Award Recipients
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C4IP Letter to House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet RE: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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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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Not just tariffs: Foreign nations profited off of us — now Trump is striking back
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Women in IP: Former Judge Kathleen O’Malley on the future of US patent policy
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C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee RE: Hearing on China and IP Theft
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Inventor Spotlight: James West and Gerhard Sessler

C4IP is recognizing James West (born 1931) and Gerhard Sessler (born 1931), whose invention of the electret microphone transformed the way the...

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Council for Innovation Promotion Welcomes Andrew Byrnes to Advisory Board

WASHINGTON (March 10, 2026) — The Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) is pleased to announce that Andrew Byrnes, a distinguished intellectual property...

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This Month in IP: February 2026

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

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C4IP Coalition Updates: February 2026

February Highlights: Defending American Inventors Through the Special 301 Report In just a few months, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will release...

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Two bipartisan bills can revitalize American innovation,

09/07/2023
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C4IP Letter to Secretary Becerra RE: Anti-Patent Claims,

09/06/2023
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C4IP Coalition Updates: August 2023,

09/06/2023
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This Month in IP: August 2023,

09/06/2023
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Passing PERA Assures Patent Eligibility for All Useful Inventions,

09/05/2023
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Supreme Court has weakened U.S. patents, cue Congress,

09/02/2023
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Council for Innovation Promotion Statement on IRA Price Negotiation List,

08/29/2023
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New Resource: Perspectives on IP and Technology Transfer in the United States,

08/29/2023
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Perspectives on IP and Technology Transfer in the US,

08/29/2023
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Everybody loses in the end: Billion-dollar government prizes won’t improve on market incentives,

08/29/2023
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Fact Check: The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act Does Not Allow Patenting of Naturally-Occurring Genes,

08/23/2023
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Prince George’s Political Updates: Congressman Ivey Visits Tech Summit,

08/23/2023
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