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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...

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PERA-phrasing the Judicially Created Patent Eligibility Doctrine: Pros and Cons of Rewriting Section 101
JD Supra
Mags Martin
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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...

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C4IP Coalition Updates: July 2026

July Highlights: Protecting American IP in the Internet Era The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet...

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Fact Check: Debunking Myths About Section 101 and PERA

Policymakers at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are working to bring greater clarity to one of the most confusing areas of...

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Pappas Sworn in as ITC Commissioner
IPWatchdog
Eileen McDermott
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Why More Americans Should Consider Careers at WIPO

Few countries have contributed more to global innovation than the United States. That success has relied, in no small part, on a...

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Young helps lead the way on protecting U.S. innovations
Indianapolis Business Journal
Kristin Jones
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Fact Check: House Judiciary Subcommittee on the ETHIC Act

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet recently held a hearing titled “Medicines and IP: Balancing...

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Council for Innovation Promotion Applauds New NAI-USPTO Innovation Initiative

WASHINGTON (July 28, 2026) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) applauded the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the U.S....

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Inventor Spotlight: Frederick McKinley Jones

C4IP is recognizing Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961), whose invention of mobile refrigeration revolutionized how the world transports food and medicine. Orphaned at...

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House Committee Weighs Copyright, AI and Anti-Piracy Web Reforms
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C4IP Comments RE: Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights,

02/06/2024
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Agenda Setting: Bipartisan Push Back,

02/06/2024
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Former officials combine forces to blast march-in rights,

02/06/2024
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C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property RE: PERA,

02/06/2024
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Public Comments Reveal Widespread Unity in Opposition to NIST’s March-In Rights Framework,

02/05/2024
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Former Commerce Department Leaders Urge Biden to Withdraw March-In Proposal,

02/02/2024
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Former Commerce Officials Letter to President Biden RE: March-in Rights,

02/02/2024
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C4IP Coalition Updates: January 2024,

02/01/2024
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This Month in IP: January 2024,

02/01/2024
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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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