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C4IP Coalition Updates: July 2025

July Highlights: Congress Rejects Big Tech’s Push to Block AI Rules During last month’s deliberations on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act...

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This Month in IP: July 2025

Strong, consistent IP protections throughout U.S. history enabled the creation of innovative and useful technologies that we use regularly today. From car...

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Fact Check: Setting the Record Straight on Standard-Essential Patents and Innovation

Earlier this year, a coalition of technology industry lobbyists sent a letter to President Trump urging his administration to weaken protections for...

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Why C4IP Opposes the Drug Competition Enhancement Act and the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act

Congress is currently considering several ill-conceived bills that purport to address abuses in the patent system, but would, in reality, weaken core...

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The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act and Life Sciences Innovation

The biotechnology and life science sectors underpin breakthroughs in health care, agriculture, and environmental sustainability by leveraging living systems to create next-generation...

JD Supra
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What the Numbers Say: Patent Quality in the United States is Strong

A newly-released policy brief from the IP Policy Institute at the University of Akron School of Law reaffirms the finding from a...

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SCOTUS Let Us Down Again, So Congress Should Move PERA
“The domestic judicial chaos around Section 101 puts American innovation, competitiveness, and economic and national security at stake.”...
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POLITICO Influence: Gary Locke and Lamar Smith Join C4IP Board

Former Ambassador to China Gary Locke and former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) have joined the board of the Council for Innovation Promotion.

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Council for Innovation Promotion Welcomes Governor Gary Locke and Congressman Lamar Smith to Board

WASHINGTON (July 14, 2025) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) announced the appointment of two distinguished public servants and longtime...

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Inventor Spotlight: Lonnie Johnson

C4IP is honoring Lonnie Johnson (born 1949), a prolific inventor whose work spans energy systems, aerospace engineering, and one of the most...

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Patent Eligibility Restoration Act Would Fuel US Competitiveness

In a recent op-ed for Bloomberg Law, C4IP Board Members and retired Federal Circuit Judges Paul Michel and Kathleen O’Malley argue that...

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Patent Obviousness in the AI Era

The proliferation of artificial intelligence (“AI”) presents complex challenges for intellectual property, especially within patent law. In particular, the obviousness inquiry under...

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Fact Check: Setting the Record Straight on Standard-Essential Patents and Innovation,

07/25/2025
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Why C4IP Opposes the Drug Competition Enhancement Act and the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act,

07/18/2025
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The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act and Life Sciences Innovation,

07/15/2025
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What the Numbers Say: Patent Quality in the United States is Strong,

07/14/2025
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SCOTUS Let Us Down Again, So Congress Should Move PERA,

07/14/2025
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POLITICO Influence: Gary Locke and Lamar Smith Join C4IP Board,

07/14/2025
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Council for Innovation Promotion Welcomes Governor Gary Locke and Congressman Lamar Smith to Board,

07/14/2025
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Inventor Spotlight: Lonnie Johnson,

07/10/2025
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Patent Eligibility Restoration Act Would Fuel US Competitiveness,

07/09/2025
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Patent Obviousness in the AI Era,

07/08/2025
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