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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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Should Non-Compete Agreements Be Banned by the FTC?,

05/08/2023
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An Expanded TRIPS Waiver is Unnecessary,

05/03/2023
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IP Group Names Congressional Atty As Counsel, Policy Exec,

04/26/2023
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POLITICO Playbook: Jamie Simpson Joins C4IP,

04/26/2023
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Lobbying World: Top IP staffers head to K Street,

04/26/2023
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World IP Day pledges from women across the industry,

04/26/2023
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Council for Innovation Promotion Honors Women Inventors on World IP Day,

04/26/2023
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C4IP Written Submission for Inv. No. 332-596,

04/26/2023
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Celebrate Women Inventors on World IP Day,

04/26/2023
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Council for Innovation Promotion Announces New Chief Policy Officer and Counsel: Jamie Simpson,

04/25/2023
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We Are Helping China Win The Tech Race, Sacrificing Our National Security,

04/24/2023
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C4IP Board Co-Chairs Transmit Comments to European Commission on Draft SEP Legislation,

04/24/2023
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