Olivia Rafferty

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Former USPTO deputy director Coke Stewart on C4IP President appointment
IP Fray
Olivia Rafferty
Public Comments
C4IP Comments RE: Requirement to Identify All Real Parties in Interest to a Third Party Request for an Ex Parte Reexamination (PTO-P-2025-0545)
Council for Innovation Promotion
Fact Check: What the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act Gets Wrong About the Patent System

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee recently voted to advance the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (S. 2658),...

Council for Innovation Promotion
Watch for Counterfeits in the Back-to-School Rush
Teaching Matters Podcast
Scott Titsworth
Former USPTO acting director takes the helm at C4IP
WIPR
Marisa Woutersen
Coke Stewart Appointed to Lead C4IP Weeks after Abrupt USPTO Departure
IPWatchdog
Eileen McDermott and Steve Brachmann
Stewart Taking Over IP Advocacy Group After Leaving USPTO
Law360
Dani Kass
POLITICO Playbook: Coke Morgan Stewart Joins C4IP as President and CEO
POLITICO
Adam Wren, Will Steakin, and Dasha Burns
Council for Innovation Promotion Names Coke Morgan Stewart President and CEO
WASHINGTON (August 17, 2026) -- The Council for Innovation Promotion today announced that Coke Morgan Stewart, a nationally recognized leader in intellectual...
Council for Innovation Promotion
Inventor Spotlight: Joseph Lee

C4IP is recognizing Joseph Lee (1849-1908), who helped transform baking from a labor-intensive craft into an efficient national industry. Born into slavery...

Council for Innovation Promotion
PERA-phrasing the Judicially Created Patent Eligibility Doctrine: Pros and Cons of Rewriting Section 101
JD Supra
Mags Martin
This Month in IP: July 2026

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

Council for Innovation Promotion
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Report Ranks Lawmakers On IP But Finds Few Are Engaged,

03/21/2024

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Lawmakers Lack Serious Engagement in IP Issues, Scorecard Says,

03/21/2024

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The Congressional Innovation Scorecard: First Edition,

03/21/2024

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Council for Innovation Promotion Releases Inaugural Congressional Innovation Scorecard,

03/21/2024

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Former U.S. patent head on why federal march-in rights for drugs would be a ‘devastating’ mistake,

03/14/2024

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Mottek On Money,

03/13/2024

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Inventor Spotlight: Mark Dean,

03/13/2024

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Congress needs to clean up the Supreme Court’s mess on patents,

03/13/2024

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Is Joe Biden’s Plan To Fight Inflation To Rip Off American’s Patents,

03/12/2024

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Tony Katz Today,

03/06/2024

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The Dana Show,

03/05/2024

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This Month in IP: February 2024,

03/05/2024

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