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This month's edition highlights a few upcoming #IP-related events, outlines the latest updates in the world of IP #policy, spotlights the #inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, fact checks assumptions underlying the #ETHICAct, and much more.

Council for Innovation Promotion Urges Congress to Oppose the ETHIC Act WASHINGTON (August 5, 2025) — Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) recently introduced the Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act, S. 2276, in…

📜 Why do we oppose the #ETHICAct?

The bill would limit the number of related #patents that can be asserted in #infringement cases, even when those patents cover distinct, non-overlapping aspects of the same disclosure.

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Council for Innovation Promotion Urges Congress to Oppose the ETHIC Act

The #ETHICAct targets a problem that does not exist: so-called "patent thickets."

"This bill would impose an arbitrary, unnecessary burden on American #inventors when no significant problem of delayed generic entry exists."

Learn more from C4IP's recent statement on the #bill:

Ex-USPTO Heads, Judges Oppose Anti-Patent Thicket Bill A pro-innovation group composed of former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officials and former Federal Circuit judges on Tuesday asked Congress to oppose a bill introduced last month that would…

📰 #ICYMI: Law360 covered C4IP's statement on the #ETHICAct.

"'...as confirmed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the number of #patents is not correlated to the timing of generic entry. Rather, these patents are essential to adequately protect complex #inventions.'"

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C4IP Slams ETHIC Act Targeting Patent Thickets as Destabilizing to Innovation Ecosystem The Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) today issued a statement taking Congress to task for supporting a bill introduced in July that would limit the ability of patent owners to assert more than…

📰 IPWatchdog highlighted #C4IP's statement on the #ETHICAct in a recent article:

"'Prohibiting the enforcement of validly issued U.S. #patents destabilizes the entire #innovation ecosystem,' said C4IP's Executive Director Frank Cullen."

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Council for Innovation Promotion Urges Congress to Oppose the ETHIC Act - Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) WASHINGTON (August 5, 2025) — Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) recently introduced the Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act, S. 2276, in…

📣 Today, Frank Cullen, #C4IP executive director, issued the following statement urging Congress to reject the #ETHICAct in its entirety:

“Prohibiting the enforcement of validly issued U.S. #patents destabilizes the entire #innovation ecosystem..."

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