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WASHINGTON (July 14, 2025) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) announced the appointment of two distinguished public servants and longtime intellectual property (IP) advocates to its Board: Governor Gary Locke and Congressman Lamar Smith. “Without strong IP protections, inventors, creators, and businesses have little incentive to risk untold time and money in pursuit

WASHINGTON (May 1, 2025) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) applauded Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) as well as Representatives Deborah Ross (D-NC) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) for reintroducing the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act. “This bill will strengthen

WASHINGTON (May 1, 2025) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) applauded Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representatives Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and Scott Peters (D-CA) for reintroducing the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA). For over a decade, a series of Supreme Court decisions have created uncertainty around patent eligibility, making

WASHINGTON (February 25, 2025) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) applauded Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), as well as Representatives Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) and Madeleine Dean (D-PA) for reintroducing the bipartisan Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive (RESTORE) Patent Rights Act. “Our nation’s economic success and national

WASHINGTON (September 30, 2024) — Today, the Sunwater Institute released a new policy report on patent quality in the United States. The report found that, while current policy dialogue often centers on an alleged epidemic of “low quality” patents, the quality of patents issued by the USPTO is actually quite high, comparing favorably to the

WASHINGTON (June 13, 2024) — Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Darrell Issa and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler recently introduced the SHOP SAFE Act of 2024, H.R.8684. Frank Cullen, executive director of the Council for Innovation Promotion, issued the following statement in support of the