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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
Fortune
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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
IPWatchdog
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IPWatchdog Masters Hall of Fame: 2026 Award Recipients
IPWatchdog
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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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Congress should investigate Chinese IP theft,

02/23/2023
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Banning Noncompete Clauses Would Jeopardize U.S. Trade Competitiveness,

02/15/2023
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China wants to replace the U.S. as the world leader in science,

02/14/2023
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Big Companies’ Latest Attack on the Little Guy,

02/08/2023
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Strong IP Rights are Needed to Protect the Next Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige,

02/06/2023
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America’s patent system isn’t broken — so it doesn’t need “fixing”,

02/06/2023
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Former USPTO Head Criticizes Agency’s Approach To Pharma Patents,

02/03/2023
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Ex-USPTO Chiefs Say Patent System ‘Overhaul’ Not Needed,

02/02/2023
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In Response to Questions Signaling Major Changes to Patent System, Commenters Ask USPTO: ‘Where’s Your Data?’,

02/02/2023
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Former USPTO directors challenge Vidal’s patent outreach,

02/02/2023
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C4IP Comments RE: Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives To Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights (PTO-P-2022-0025),

01/31/2023
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New Letter from Congress Threatens Innovation Ecosystem,

01/23/2023
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