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Inventor Spotlight: Joseph Lee

C4IP is recognizing Joseph Lee (1849-1908), who helped transform baking from a labor-intensive craft into an efficient national industry. Born into slavery...

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PERA-phrasing the Judicially Created Patent Eligibility Doctrine: Pros and Cons of Rewriting Section 101
JD Supra
Mags Martin
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 farms...

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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....

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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
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Consumer, Patient Groups Push for Fast Markup of ETHIC Act,

04/15/2026

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Council for Innovation Promotion Releases Report on Licensing Negotiation Groups by Professor Jonathan Barnett,

04/14/2026

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An Unbalanced Proposal: Licensing Negotiation Groups for Wireless Technology in the Automotive Industry,

04/14/2026

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C4IP Coalition Updates: March 2026,

04/07/2026

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This Month in IP: March 2026,

04/07/2026

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Op-Ed from former USPTO Director David Kappos: The Nobel Prize winners have a lesson for us all,

04/06/2026

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Continued Innovation is the Key to Maintaining U.S. National Security,

03/30/2026

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Op-Eds:

The U.S. can win the AI race — if it gets patent policy right,

03/29/2026

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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,

03/27/2026

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Op-Eds:

Closing the PTAB Loophole: Targeting Real Threats to U.S. Innovation Without Overreaching,

03/27/2026

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News:

IPWatchdog Masters Hall of Fame: 2026 Award Recipients,

03/25/2026

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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,

03/24/2026

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