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This Month in IP: January 2026

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

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C4IP Coalition Updates: January 2026

January Highlights: Defending American IP on the Global Stage America’s intellectual property system increasingly faces challenges that come not from within the...

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Debunking common myths in the SEP patent pool debate

Patent pools are a time-tested approach to licensing standard-essential patents, also known as SEPs. These collaborative arrangements allow implementers to conveniently obtain...

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Inventor Spotlight: George de Mestral

C4IP is recognizing George de Mestral (1907-1990), whose invention of Velcro fasteners has become an integral part of products from clothing to...

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Fact Check: Debunking The Myth of “Evergreening” and “Patent Thicketing”

Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan recently appeared on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, where their discussion revived familiar tropes...

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This Month in IP: December 2025

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

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C4IP Coalition Updates: December 2025

December Highlights: Counterfeits and the Hidden Risks of Holiday Shopping For many American families, shopping is a central part of the holiday...

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Inventor Spotlight: Augustine Sackett

C4IP is recognizing Augustine Sackett (1841-1914), whose invention of gypsum wallboard, or drywall, transformed building construction across America and around the world....

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Fact Check: What Critics Get Wrong About the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act

A coalition of anti-patent groups — including the R Street Institute, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, and others — recently sent...

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C4IP Coalition Updates: November 2025

November Highlights: The Upcoming Review of the USMCA This fall marked the beginning of the first scheduled Joint Review process for the...

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This Month in IP: November 2025

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

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Fact Check: Weakening the patent system won’t lower prices for patients. It would undermine medical progress.

In a recent STAT article, I-MAK CEO Tahir Amin argues that abuses of the patent system are leading to higher drug costs....

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C4IP visits IP-dependent businesses in Los Angeles with WIPO Director General Daren Tang,

05/26/2023
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Fact Check: Senator Sanders’ Misguided Hearing,

05/23/2023
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IP Policy Transcends Partisanship,

05/18/2023
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Patents are the Key in the Race to Out-Innovate China,

05/17/2023
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Inventor Spotlight: Florence Parpart,

05/09/2023
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An Expanded TRIPS Waiver is Unnecessary,

05/03/2023
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Celebrate Women Inventors on World IP Day,

04/26/2023
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Inventor Spotlight: The Wright Brothers,

04/21/2023
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Fact Check: There Is No Patent Quality Crisis,

04/18/2023
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Inventor Spotlight: Ronald J. Harp,

04/13/2023
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Inventor Spotlight: Chester Greenwood,

04/10/2023
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Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Won’t Get off the Ground Without Strong IP Protections,

04/05/2023
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