SEPs Reform

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Issue Briefs
Addressing Patent Myths

Activist groups routinely accuse companies of “abusing” the patent system by engaging in practices such as “royalty stacking,” “patent evergreening,” “product hopping,”...

Letters
C4IP Letter to European Commission RE: EU IPRED Study
Council for Innovation Promotion Welcomes European Commission Decision to Drop “Soft Safe Harbour” for Licensing Negotiation Groups in New Guidelines

WASHINGTON (April 23, 2026) — The European Commission recently opted not to include a proposed “soft safe harbour” for licensing negotiation groups...

Letters
C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee RE: Hearing on China and IP Theft
Council for Innovation Promotion Releases Report on Licensing Negotiation Groups by Professor Jonathan Barnett

WASHINGTON (April 14, 2026) — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) released a new report examining the market impact of licensing...

External ResourcesReports
An Unbalanced Proposal: Licensing Negotiation Groups for Wireless Technology in the Automotive Industry
Letters
C4IP Letter to House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet RE: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Public Comments
C4IP Post-Hearing Comments RE: The 2026 Special 301 Review (USTR-2025-0243)
USTR official signals IP priority as Special 301 morphs into enforcement tool
IAM
European SEP developments spur calls to add UK, Germany and UPC to US patent watch list
IAM
U.S. government consultation: some stakeholders want UK on watch list for interim licenses, others attack UPC and Germany over SEP injunctions
IP Fray
SEP policies in EU, UK, draw US stakeholder scrutiny in Special 301 comments
MLex
Resources:

Resources:

C4IP Letter to European Commission RE: EU IPRED Study,

04/24/2026

Press Releases:

Press Releases:

Council for Innovation Promotion Welcomes European Commission Decision to Drop “Soft Safe Harbour” for Licensing Negotiation Groups in New Guidelines,

04/23/2026

Resources:

Resources:

C4IP Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee RE: Hearing on China and IP Theft,

04/21/2026

Press Releases:

Press Releases:

Council for Innovation Promotion Releases Report on Licensing Negotiation Groups by Professor Jonathan Barnett,

04/14/2026

Resources:

Resources:

An Unbalanced Proposal: Licensing Negotiation Groups for Wireless Technology in the Automotive Industry,

04/14/2026

Resources:

Resources:

C4IP Letter to House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet RE: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,

03/24/2026

Resources:

Resources:

C4IP Post-Hearing Comments RE: The 2026 Special 301 Review (USTR-2025-0243),

02/25/2026

News:

News:

USTR official signals IP priority as Special 301 morphs into enforcement tool,

02/19/2026

News:

News:

European SEP developments spur calls to add UK, Germany and UPC to US patent watch list,

02/04/2026

News:

News:

U.S. government consultation: some stakeholders want UK on watch list for interim licenses, others attack UPC and Germany over SEP injunctions,

02/04/2026

News:

News:

SEP policies in EU, UK, draw US stakeholder scrutiny in Special 301 comments,

02/03/2026

Blog:

Blog:

Debunking common myths in the SEP patent pool debate,

01/28/2026

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