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Idea Factories: The Engine Behind America’s Innovation Economy

The strength of America’s innovation economy comes from its ability to transform ideas into technologies, companies, and even entire industries. But how...

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Fact Check: What the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act Gets Wrong About the Patent System

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee recently voted to advance the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (S. 2658),...

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Inventor Spotlight: Joseph Lee

C4IP is recognizing Joseph Lee (1849-1908), who helped transform baking from a labor-intensive craft into an efficient national industry. Born into slavery...

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This Month in IP: July 2026

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

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C4IP Coalition Updates: July 2026

July Highlights: Protecting American IP in the Internet Era The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet...

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Fact Check: Debunking Myths About Section 101 and PERA

Policymakers at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are working to bring greater clarity to one of the most confusing areas of...

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Why More Americans Should Consider Careers at WIPO

Few countries have contributed more to global innovation than the United States. That success has relied, in no small part, on a...

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Fact Check: House Judiciary Subcommittee on the ETHIC Act

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet recently held a hearing titled “Medicines and IP: Balancing...

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Inventor Spotlight: Frederick McKinley Jones

C4IP is recognizing Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961), whose invention of mobile refrigeration revolutionized how the world transports food and medicine. Orphaned at...

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Op-ed In Brief: How China Is Winning the Global Intellectual Property Race

In a new article for The National Interest, C4IP Co-Chair and former USPTO Director David Kappos and China intellectual property (IP) policy...

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This Month in IP: June 2026

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

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C4IP Coalition Updates: June 2026

June Highlights: Celebrating 250 Years of American Innovation As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary this month, it is worth remembering...

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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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Inventor Spotlight: Bob Born, the “Father of Peeps”,

03/15/2023
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Digital Piracy Throws Creative Ecosystem into Disarray,

03/08/2023
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Fact Check: Proposed FTC Rule to Ban Non-Competes Will Hamper Innovation,

03/03/2023
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C4IP Co-Sponsors 118th Congress Welcome Reception, featuring the Creative Rights Caucus,

03/02/2023
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Strong IP Rights are Needed to Protect the Next Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige,

02/06/2023
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America’s patent system isn’t broken — so it doesn’t need “fixing”,

02/06/2023
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New Letter from Congress Threatens Innovation Ecosystem,

01/23/2023
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The counterfeiters who steal Christmas,

12/15/2022
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