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Coke Morgan Stewart, President and CEO of C4IP and former Acting Director and Deputy Director of the USPTO, brings similar weight. Stewart spent nearly 12 years at the agency across four administrations. Her participation reflects an expanding dialogue between national IP policy organizations and independent inventors amidst ongoing patent reform debates.
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David Kappos, former USPTO Director and now representing the Council for Innovation Promotion, made the case for long-term renewal not conditioned on policy changes. He explained that the entirely fee-funded USPTO needs flexibility to maintain reserves, modernize technology, and sustain examiner hiring through downturns and funding lapses.
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“C4IP has been supportive of efforts to both develop strong AI models and to protect creative works,” [Coke Morgan Stewart] told MLex. “We hope the White House and Department of Justice will work with Congress and the courts to ensure that creators continue to have adequate incentives to make new content, which in turn supports the high-quality AI models we need so that the U.S. outcompetes the world.”
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