Mark Cohen and Andrei Iancu

C4IP was busy over the past month! Here’s a roundup of what our Coalition accomplished during the month of April. April Highlights: Reforming Patent Adjudication With PREVAIL The Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act was introduced by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI)

Strong, consistent IP protections throughout U.S. history enabled the creation of the innovative and useful technologies that we use regularly today. From communication to entertainment, every aspect of our lives has benefited greatly from IP, as shown by these historical examples from the month of April: 1973: On April 17, Ralph Baer received a patent

Patents provide crucial incentives for inventors and businesses to invest time and funds into cutting-edge and emerging technologies. However, a series of Supreme Court decisions issued during the 2010s muddled the state of patent eligibility for many such technologies, such as medical diagnostics and artificial intelligence. The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) would restore pre-2010

C4IP is recognizing Margaret Knight, one of the most prolific female inventors of the 19th century. She is best known for her invention of a machine for producing paper bags. Knight was born in York, Maine, in 1838, and worked in textile mills from a very early age following the death of her father. She created her first invention at