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Fact Check: The ETHIC Act Targets a Problem That Doesn’t Exist

Congress is considering a bill, the Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act, that would undermine innovation by preventing patent owners from...

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C4IP Coalition Updates: March 2026

March Highlights: Countering Chinese Threats to IP In March, China released its 15th Five-Year Plan — an economic policy roadmap that envisages...

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This Month in IP: March 2026

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

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Op-Ed from former USPTO Director David Kappos: The Nobel Prize winners have a lesson for us all

In a piece published by Fortune, C4IP Co-Chair and former USPTO Director David Kappos explains how the work of three Nobel Prize-winning...

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Continued Innovation is the Key to Maintaining U.S. National Security

The New York Times Editorial Board recently released a multi-part series, “Overmatched,” exploring the ways in which “the U.S. military is ill...

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New Op-Ed from Ambassador Jeffrey Gerrish and former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu: Foreign nations profited off of us — now Trump is striking back

Ambassador Jeffrey Gerrish, former deputy U.S. Trade Representative, and Andrei Iancu, C4IP co-chair and former USPTO director, recently published an opinion piece...

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Fact Check: Limiting Injunctive Relief Harms, Not Helps, Inventors

Among the most consequential foreign policy developments is the European Union’s (EU’s) consideration of policies that could limit access to injunctive relief....

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Inventor Spotlight: James West and Gerhard Sessler

C4IP is recognizing James West (born 1931) and Gerhard Sessler (born 1931), whose invention of the electret microphone transformed the way the...

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This Month in IP: February 2026

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

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C4IP Coalition Updates: February 2026

February Highlights: Defending American Inventors Through the Special 301 Report In just a few months, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will release...

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Fact Check: The NO FAKES Act Won’t Stifle Innovation — It Will Protect It

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has given creators and inventors new technological tools to enhance their work — but it has...

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Inventor Spotlight: Stephanie Kwolek

C4IP is recognizing Stephanie Kwolek (1923-2014), a pioneering chemist who revolutionized materials science and saved lives through her invention of Kevlar. Kwolek...

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Continued Innovation is the Key to Maintaining U.S. National Security,

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New Op-Ed from Ambassador Jeffrey Gerrish and former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu: Foreign nations profited off of us — now Trump is striking back,

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Fact Check: Limiting Injunctive Relief Harms, Not Helps, Inventors,

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Inventor Spotlight: James West and Gerhard Sessler,

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This Month in IP: February 2026,

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C4IP Coalition Updates: February 2026,

03/06/2026

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Fact Check: The NO FAKES Act Won’t Stifle Innovation — It Will Protect It,

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Inventor Spotlight: Stephanie Kwolek,

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