Steve Brachmann

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EU Commission Confirms that SEP Regulation, AI Liability Directive are Officially Scrapped
IPWatchdog
Steve Brachmann
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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
Foley & Lardner LLP
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
ACS Statement of Support
Council for Innovation Promotion
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.”...
IPWatchdog
James Edwards
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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POLITICO
Caitlin Oprysko
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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...

Council for Innovation Promotion
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EU Commission Confirms that SEP Regulation, AI Liability Directive are Officially Scrapped,

08/03/2025

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C4IP Coalition Updates: July 2025,

08/01/2025

Blog:

Blog:

This Month in IP: July 2025,

08/01/2025

Blog:

Blog, Fact Checks:

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

07/25/2025

Blog:

Blog:

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

07/18/2025

News:

News:

The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act and Life Sciences Innovation,

07/15/2025

Blog:

Blog:

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

07/14/2025

PERA Support:

PERA Support:

ACS Statement of Support,

07/14/2025

News:

News:

SCOTUS Let Us Down Again, So Congress Should Move PERA,

07/14/2025

News:

News:

POLITICO Influence: Gary Locke and Lamar Smith Join C4IP Board,

07/14/2025

Press Releases:

Press Releases:

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

07/14/2025

Blog:

Blog:

Inventor Spotlight: Lonnie Johnson,

07/10/2025

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