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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...

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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
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
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....

Council for Innovation Promotion
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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.
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Big Tech Has Eviscerated America’s Patent System,

04/05/2023

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Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Won’t Get off the Ground Without Strong IP Protections,

04/05/2023

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News:

A US Judge Is Enabling Tech’s Campaign To Crush Startup Competitors,

03/31/2023

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Resources:

C4IP Post-Hearing Brief RE: U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596: COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities,

03/29/2023

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Resources:

C4IP Testimony RE: U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 332-596: COVID-19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities,

03/29/2023

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Op-Eds:

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

03/29/2023

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News:

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

03/29/2023

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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

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Resources:

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

03/17/2023

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Blog:

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

03/15/2023

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

03/12/2023

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