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C4IP Urges Treasury to Reconsider Proposed Rule to Extend COINS Act Investment Restrictions to Biotech
C4IP President and CEO Coke Morgan Stewart said the rule should 'distinguish transactions that pose genuine security risks from those that bring valuable intellectual property into American hands.'
  • IPWatchdog
  • Eileen McDermott
A Former Patent Office Official Warns Washington Not to Trade Away IP Rights for AI Speed
As Washington debates how aggressively to support the AI industry's growth, Coke Morgan Stewart, president and CEO of the Council for Innovation Promotion and a former deputy under secretary of Commerce for intellectual property, is making the case that intellectual property protections should not become collateral damage in the race to lead on artificial intelligence.
  • Washington Morning
  • Josh Weiner
Former USPTO Official Says AI Growth Should Protect Creators’ Rights
Coke Morgan Stewart, a former deputy under secretary of commerce for intellectual property, urged the United States Oct. 27 to preserve protections for creators and small businesses as AI development expands.
  • Riza Dagoc
Drug Prices, Patents & America’s Innovation Economy w/Andrei Iancu
Andrei Iancu, former Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, and co-founder of the Council for Innovation Promotion, joins Andrew Langer on the Washington Signal Lunch Hour to discuss the importance of intellectual property rights, the future of American innovation, and the growing competition between the United States and China.
  • Lunch Hour Podcast
  • Andrew Langer
Advisory approach to UK SEP reform draws competing stakeholder reactions
Coke Morgan Stewart, the organization's new president and CEO after departing her role as deputy director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (see here), told MLex the new measures would "draw courts and government further into what should be private licensing negotiations."
  • MLex
  • Melissa Ritti
Congress floats crackdown on US patents for some Chinese companies
"C4IP shares Senator Moody’s concern about foreign adversaries and supports efforts to protect American innovation and national security. At the same time, we should proceed cautiously to ensure that well-intentioned legislation does not invite retaliation that ultimately harms American businesses," Stewart said in a statement.
  • MLex
  • Nick Robertson
Innovation Alliance Pushes for Trump Admin to Finalize Proposed PTAB Changes
The Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) likewise emphasized the importance of the Office vocally supporting the PREVAIL Act in order to ensure a solution "that is less subject to revision under successive USPTO leadership."
  • IPWatchdog
  • Eileen McDermott
Coke Morgan Stewart Tells Her Story
In this episode of Clause 8, Stewart, now President and CEO of the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), sits down with Eli Mazour to finally tell her own story, from the career path that took her from English literature and a near detour into architecture school to the acting director's chair, and to explain the how and why behind decisions she made along the way.
  • Clause 8: Voice of IP Podcast
  • Eli Mazour
Former USPTO Acting Commissioner of Patents Wallace Joins C4IP Advisory Board
On Tuesday, October 6, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) announced that Valencia Martin Wallace, formerly the Acting Commissioner of Patents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with more than three decades of experience in patent policy and administrative roles at that agency, has joined C4IP’s Advisory Board to further the organizations efforts in advancing pro-innovation policy in the United States.
  • IPWatchdog
  • Steve Brachmann
USPTO Plan To Limit AIA Reviews Is In White House’s Hands
C4IP Executive Director Frank Cullen said in a statement that the group was grateful for the opportunity to support the proposal and to "share perspectives on the positive impacts and statutory authority for the proposed rule" and for the PREVAIL Act, a pending bill that would enshrine some limits on patent reviews into law.
  • Law360
  • Ryan Davis
Ex-Patent Commissioner Joins IP Advocacy Group Board
Valencia Martin Wallace, who retired from and vacated her role April 30 as acting commissioner for patents, brings more than 30 years of expertise at the agency to her new role on the board, the group, known as C4IP, said in a Tuesday announcement.
  • Law360
  • Adam Lidgett
Albright Tells Inventors That Attys Should Talk A Lot Less
Coke Morgan Stewart shared her insights on the major changes to the PTAB that she oversaw during her time as deputy director and acting director of the agency. Stewart said while she "shouldn't be surprised when there's outrage about things to do with PTAB," the statute states that USPTO directors make institution decisions for America Invents Act patent challenges..."
  • Law360
  • Theresa Schliep
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