Congress Must Reform The PTAB To Protect Small Innovators
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Fact Check: Examining Claims about China’s IP Practices
Discussions about China’s treatment of intellectual property have recently intensified in Washington, with some policymakers weighing more drastic measures to counteract perceived abuses. While concerns about China’s approach to IP are justified, some commonly repeated claims mischaracterize the problem — potentially leading to policy decisions that could backfire on American innovators. As policymakers consider responses
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Inventor Spotlight: John R. Pierce
C4IP is recognizing John R. Pierce (1910-2002), the visionary engineer whose work on communications satellites paved the way for global connectivity. Pierce’s early fascination with electronics and radio waves led him from his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, to Caltech and then to Bell Labs, where he spent over 35 years as a prolific inventor
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Blog: New Op-Ed from C4IP Co-Chairs Andrei Iancu and David Kappos: Congress can fix America’s broken patent system with one reform, 3/20/2025
In their new opinion piece published in The Hill, C4IP Co-Chairs and former USPTO Directors Andrei Iancu and David Kappos call attention to a growing threat to American innovation: the erosion of patent enforcement, which in recent years has allowed intellectual property theft to go largely unpunished. Even after securing a patent and successfully proving
Blog: New Essay from C4IP Chief Policy Officer and Counsel Jamie Simpson: Protecting Innovation Starts with Protecting Small Inventors, 3/14/2025
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it’s important to recognize the vital role women have played in shaping innovation — like Mary Anderson, who patented the windshield wiper in 1903, or Jennifer Doudna, inventor of the CRISPR gene-editing tool. Historically, strong intellectual property protections have empowered women to turn their groundbreaking ideas into transformative inventions.
This Month in IP: February 2025
Strong, consistent IP protections throughout U.S. history enabled the creation of innovative and useful technologies that we use regularly today. From telecommunications to trade, every aspect of our lives has benefited greatly from IP, as shown by these historical examples from the month of February: 1990: On February 13, Klein Gilhousen, Irwin Jacobs, and Lindsay
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C4IP Coalition Updates: February 2025
February Highlights: Debunking Patent Myths With Our New Video Series In recent months, anti-patent activists have continued to spread false narratives about patent rights, claiming that companies abuse the patent system to stifle competition. To counter these common myths, C4IP launched a Patent Myth Video Series to provide brief and accessible explanations of how patents
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Fact Check: The U.S. Patent System Upholds High Standards of Quality
Opponents of patent rights continue to propagate the false narrative that large numbers of “bad patents” pose an existential threat to inventors and the future of our innovation ecosystem. The 2024 “Year in Review” article published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a notable example of this. It claims that to combat a glut
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