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Yesterday, the C4IP Board published an opinion piece in Euractiv highlighting how the European Commission’s recent proposal for standard-essential patents (SEPs) has empowered China to unilaterally set its own licensing terms, jeopardizing a longstanding model of international cooperation and threatening Europe’s own leadership in wireless technology. In the piece, the board explains how SEPs —

C4IP is highlighting the accomplishments of Ashok Gadgil from the University of California, Berkeley. His groundbreaking invention, utilizing ultraviolet light to purify water, was brought to market pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act and has since saved millions of lives across the globe. Ashok Gadgil was born in Mumbai, India, in 1950. He attended the University

Over the weekend, C4IP Co-Chairs and former USPTO Directors David Kappos and Andrei Iancu published an opinion piece in The Hill detailing how the Biden administration’s new proposal for march-in rights under the Bayh-Dole Act would decimate innovation across numerous crucial technology sectors. The administration’s unprecedented proposal, announced in December, would allow government bureaucrats to

Merrill Matthews, a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, recently published an opinion piece in RealClearHealth calling attention to the numerous attacks on intellectual property that are exacerbating ongoing shortages of prescription medicines. More than 300 drugs are currently in shortage, including 15 cancer drugs, due to falling profit margins in the drug

The Bayh-Dole Act revolutionized U.S. innovation by decentralizing the licensing process for federally funded research. By giving universities and other nonprofits the ability to license their researchers’ discoveries to the private sector, the Bayh-Dole Act incentivized them to turn their cutting-edge research into tangible products. The law’s impact has proven substantial, contributing nearly $2 trillion

Happy holidays! C4IP has been very productive this December. Here’s a roundup of what our Coalition accomplished to close out 2023. On December 20, C4IP published an issue brief on the Bayh-Dole Act and march-in rights following the Biden administration’s new – and unprecedented – proposal for government intervention in innovation and technology companies.  On December 14, C4IP

Claim: In November, senior policy analyst Joe Mullin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) published an article claiming that the reforms included in the PREVAIL Act would unfairly protect the owners of “bad,” low-quality patents at the expense of small businesses and software developers. Correction: PREVAIL allows the challenger of a patent to decide where it wants its challenge

C4IP is recognizing Lloyd Hall, whose invention of food preservatives helped to reduce global food spoilage and hunger. Born in Elgin, Illinois, in 1894, Lloyd Hall was a dedicated student. Hall earned a scholarship to Northwestern University and earned his Bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical chemistry in 1916. He next attended graduate school at the University of Chicago. As

Frank Cullen, C4IP’s executive director, recently published an opinion piece in InsideSources tracing back the origins of the legal confusion surrounding patent eligibility — and outlining how the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act would clarify patent eligibility in order to empower the researchers, scientists, and inventors who drive our innovation economy. Cullen’s piece details the numerous

On Monday, December 4, C4IP Co-Chair and former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu moderated a conversation with Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC) for the Center for Strategic & International Studies’ Renewing American Innovation Project. Rep. Ross, who serves on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and whose district encompasses North Carolina’s Research Triangle Innovation Hub, discussed

The onset of the holiday season hasn’t stopped C4IP’s hard work! Here’s what our Coalition accomplished during the month of November: On November 17, ConsumerAffairs featured C4IP Executive Director Frank Cullen in an article addressing the threats of fraud and counterfeit items ahead of the holidays. “Frank Cullen, C4IP Executive Director, Former Vice President of

Innovation requires IP. Without a strong patent system, innovation does not happen at scale. Virtually every invention of impact is patented, as exemplified by these historical examples from the month of November: 1923: On November 20, Garrett Morgan was granted a patent for a three-position traffic signal, a significant advancement over previous signals. Morgan’s innovation