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Fact Check: The ETHIC Act Targets a Problem That Doesn’t Exist

Congress is considering a bill, the Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act, that would undermine innovation by preventing patent owners from...

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Consumer, Patient Groups Push for Fast Markup of ETHIC Act
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Council for Innovation Promotion Releases Report on Licensing Negotiation Groups by Professor Jonathan Barnett

WASHINGTON (April 14, 2026) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) released a new report examining the market impact of licensing...

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An Unbalanced Proposal: Licensing Negotiation Groups for Wireless Technology in the Automotive Industry
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C4IP Coalition Updates: March 2026

March Highlights: Countering Chinese Threats to IP In March, China released its 15th Five-Year Plan — an economic policy roadmap that envisages...

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This Month in IP: March 2026

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

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Op-Ed from former USPTO Director David Kappos: The Nobel Prize winners have a lesson for us all

In a piece published by Fortune, C4IP Co-Chair and former USPTO Director David Kappos explains how the work of three Nobel Prize-winning...

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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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The U.S. can win the AI race — if it gets patent policy right
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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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Closing the PTAB Loophole: Targeting Real Threats to U.S. Innovation Without Overreaching
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IPWatchdog Masters Hall of Fame: 2026 Award Recipients
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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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Replacing patents with prizes bad for patients,

08/20/2023
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Celebrating American Innovation: Ralph Baer,

08/16/2023
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C4IP hosts Roundtable on PG County Innovation Ecosystem,

08/15/2023
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