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S.1546 / H.R.3152 – Patent Eligibility Restoration Act

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News
AI adds urgency to patent debate
Axios
Ashley Gold
News
From AI to Amgen, Here’s Everything IP that Mattered in 2023

Another year of IP is behind us, and it is time to reflect on what mattered most—what decisions will affect practice for...

IPWatchdog
Eileen McDermott
BlogOp-Eds
Innovators Need Patent Reform Now

Frank Cullen, C4IP’s executive director, recently published an opinion piece in InsideSources tracing back the origins of the legal confusion surrounding patent...

InsideSources
Frank Cullen
BlogOp-Eds
Congress’ latest patent legislation a big win for entrepreneurs, small businesses

Over the weekend, Karen Kerrigan, president of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, published an opinion piece in the Duluth News Tribune...

Duluth News Tribune
Karen Kerrigan
BlogOp-Eds
Help American inventors bolster national security

Yesterday, Andrei Iancu — C4IP co-chair and former USPTO director and undersecretary of Commerce for intellectual property — published an opinion piece...

The Hill
Andrei Iancu
BlogOp-Eds
Congress must fix U.S. patent system

Former Georgia Congressman Doug Collins recently published an opinion piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on how 11 years of ill-informed Supreme Court...

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Doug Collins
BlogOp-Eds
The U.S. is losing its technological edge. Congress must intervene to take it back.

Walter Copan, Ph.D. — vice president for research and technology transfer at the Colorado School of Mines, senior advisor with the Center...

DailyCamera
Walter Copan
Op-Eds
Passing PERA Assures Patent Eligibility for All Useful Inventions
IPWatchdog
Paul Michel
BlogOp-Eds
Supreme Court has weakened U.S. patents, cue Congress

Over the weekend, former DNC Chair and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean published an opinion piece in the Boston Herald encouraging Congress to...

Boston Herald
Howard Dean
BlogFact Checks
Fact Check: The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act Does Not Allow Patenting of Naturally-Occurring Genes

Claim: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) published a statement announcing that it would oppose the recently reintroduced Patent Eligibility Restoration Act...

Council for Innovation Promotion
News
US patent bills: Will they live up to their promises?
WIPR
Sarah Speight
Resources
Letters
C4IP Letter to Senator Thom Tillis RE: Support of PERA
Council for Innovation Promotion
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Former Trump, Biden officials: America’s security depends on startups. Weak patent policy is undermining them,

10/20/2026
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Coke Morgan Stewart Tells Her Story,

10/13/2026
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IP Protections for Scientific Discoveries and Innovations Critical for America’s Economic Success,

09/29/2026
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C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property RE: Hearing on USPTO Oversight,

09/23/2026
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PERA-phrasing the Judicially Created Patent Eligibility Doctrine: Pros and Cons of Rewriting Section 101,

08/11/2026
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Fact Check: Debunking Myths About Section 101 and PERA,

08/06/2026
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Senate Judiciary Committee hears varying opinions on patent-eligibility rules,

07/16/2026
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Patent reform in the 119th Congress: crunch time for PTAB, injunction, Section 101 bills,

07/15/2026
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Human gene patent eligibility scrutinized at US Senate hearing,

07/14/2026
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How China Is Winning the Global Intellectual Property Race,

07/13/2026
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C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee RE: Hearing on Patent Eligibility,

07/13/2026
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Congress Should Pass PERA to Fix What the Supreme Court Unintentionally Broke,

07/06/2026
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