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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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
Senate Judiciary Committee hears varying opinions on patent-eligibility rules
VitalLaw
Thomas Long, J.D.
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C4IP Comments RE: Joint USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives (PTO-P-2022-0037),

03/10/2023

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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

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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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Blog:

C4IP Co-Sponsors 118th Congress Welcome Reception, featuring the Creative Rights Caucus,

03/02/2023

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Humira Shows That America’s Patent Innovation System Is Working,

02/24/2023

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Resources:

C4IP Comments RE: Certain Light-Based Physiological Measurement Devices and Components Thereof (337-TA-1276),

02/23/2023

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Op-Eds:

Congress should investigate Chinese IP theft,

02/23/2023

News:

News:

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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