C4IP was productive during the month of August! Here’s a roundup of what our Coalition was up to over the past month. September 28 will mark the one-year anniversary of C4IP’s launch. We look forward to many more years to come, dedicated to promoting strong and effective IP rights. On September 10, C4IP Co-Chair Andrei […]
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C4IP is recognizing patents, copyrights, and trademarks registered during the month of August for historic inventions that changed their industries and the way we live today. 1930: On August 26, Philo T. Farnsworth received a patent for the first completely electronic television, laying the foundation for an industry that would revolutionize news, sports, and entertainment.
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Over the weekend, former DNC Chair and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean published an opinion piece in the Boston Herald encouraging Congress to pass the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act. The legislation, introduced by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), aims to eliminate uncertainty caused by Supreme Court rulings around what types of inventions are
WASHINGTON (August 29, 2023) — Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the initial 10 prescription drugs subject to price controls under the Inflation Reduction Act. Frank Cullen, executive director of the Council for Innovation Promotion, issued the following statement regarding the development: “Today’s announcement marks a concerning turn for America’s intellectual property
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On July 31, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a workshop with the intent of delving into the policies and methods that guide biomedical innovation and ensure public access to discoveries supported by the agency. The forum aimed to address the NIH’s approach to patenting and licensing biomedical inventions. Additional topics included the agency’s
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Claim: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) published a statement announcing that it would oppose the recently reintroduced Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) on the grounds that “If passed, the Act would allow corporations and other entities to patent laws of nature and products of nature, including naturally-occurring genes.” Correction: The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act explicitly does not allow
C4IP is recognizing Ralph Baer, who transformed the entertainment industry and is known as “The Father of Video Games.” Ralph Baer was born in 1922 to a Jewish family living in southwest Germany. In 1938, his family immigrated to the United States, where Baer developed a love for electronics and trained to become a radio service technician at
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Last week, C4IP’s Board of Directors published an opinion piece in the Brussels Morning News on new regulations proposed by the European Commission, which would establish a “Competency Centre” at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to govern the standard-essential patents (SEPs) that cover shared tech industry practices. In the piece, C4IP’s board argues
