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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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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
Legis1 Editorial
Op-ed In Brief: How China Is Winning the Global Intellectual Property Race

In a new article for The National Interest, C4IP Co-Chair and former USPTO Director David Kappos and China intellectual property (IP) policy...

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Senate Judiciary Committee hears varying opinions on patent-eligibility rules
VitalLaw
Thomas Long, J.D.
Patent reform in the 119th Congress: crunch time for PTAB, injunction, Section 101 bills
IAM
Jamie Simpson
Human gene patent eligibility scrutinized at US Senate hearing
MLex
Nick Robertson
Letters
C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee RE: Hearing on Patent Eligibility
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How China Is Winning the Global Intellectual Property Race
The National Interest
David Kappos and Mark Cohen
Infographics
Idea Factories Report Infographic
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Op-Eds:

Op-Eds:

Inventors Have a Right to Sell Their Patented Products by Blocking Copycats,

03/29/2023

News:

News:

Industry, NGOs Spar Over Need to Extend TRIPS COVID IP Waiver at ITC Hearing,

03/29/2023

Op-Eds:

Op-Eds:

Banning non-compete agreements hurts US companies and workers,

03/23/2023

News:

News:

Patent Wars: Innovators, Revolutionaries, and the Race to Reform,

03/21/2023

Resources:

Resources:

C4IP Letter to Senate HELP Committee RE: The Bayh-Dole Act and 28 U.S. Code § 1498,

03/17/2023

Blog:

Blog:

Inventor Spotlight: Bob Born, the “Father of Peeps”,

03/15/2023

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Op-Eds:

Patents, spy balloons and outcompeting China: What our leaders are missing,

03/12/2023

Resources:

Resources:

C4IP Comments RE: Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (PTO-P-2022-0037),

03/10/2023

Op-Eds:

Op-Eds:

Doubting juries is a mistake: Patent cases can be handled perfectly well by courts and citizens,

03/10/2023

Blog:

Blog:

Digital Piracy Throws Creative Ecosystem into Disarray,

03/08/2023

Op-Eds:

Op-Eds:

Will the Biden administration undermine cutting-edge industries in Texas?,

03/06/2023

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Blog, Fact Checks:

Fact Check: Proposed FTC Rule to Ban Non-Competes Will Hamper Innovation,

03/03/2023

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