top of page

LATEST PROJECTS

“True liberty, by protecting the exertions of talents and industry, and securing to them their justly acquired fruits, tends more powerfully than any other cause to augment the mass of national wealth.”

— Alexander Hamilton, Defense of the Funding System

COALITION LETTER
PTO Should Pull Biden-Era PTAB Cases

Conservatives urge PTO to disavow and end appealed PTAB cases where Intel, Open Sky and PQA repeatedly challenge VLSI's patents, and Biden's PTO egregiously applying the repudiated "compelling merits" standard.

COALITION LETTER
Praise for Coke Stewart's Leadership at PTO

Acting Director Stewart seeks to ensure PTO's fair treatment and giving weight to “settled expectations” of inventors and patent owners. She's restoring “quiet title” through reliable, secure patent rights.

COMMENT LETTER
No to USTR's Most Favored Nation Price Controls

MFN would embed foreign governments' socialist price controls into American law. That will punish U.S. innovators, investors and patients. Access barriers, hundreds fewer new drugs, China Rx R&D advantaged.

LETTER
No to "Most Favored Nation" Price Controls

CPR urges Senators to oppose MFN because importing foreign price controls into America’s health system wouldn't help Americans afford their medicines or end foreign freeloading.

COMMENT LETTER
CMS's Antipatent Rx Price Controls

CMS proposes imposing price controls on new, separately patented medicines the moment they reach the market simply because they are related to older drugs.

COALITION LETTER
Pro PERA-PREVAIL-RESTORE Patent Rights Act

Thirty center-right groups voiced support for bipartisan, bicameral PREVAIL, PERA, and RESTORE Patent Rights Acts.

COALITION LETTER
Support for Keeping House's HSA Reforms

CPR joined more than 30 allied groups advocating for the U.S. Senate to retain health savings account provisions in the budget reconciliation bill.

COALITION LETTER
No to MFN Drug Price Controls

CPR and allies from CASM urged Congress not to include "most favored nation" price controls in the budget reconciliation bill.

LETTER
Oppo to "Most Favored Nation" Price Controls

Related CPR's strong opposition to the Energy & Commerce Committee's including MFN price controls in Medicaid or other health reforms in budget reconciliation.

COALITION LETTER
Oppo to Any Limits on Business SALT Deduction

Conveyed strong opposition to Congress limiting the ability of businesses to deduct state and local taxes paid -- a longstanding “ordinary and necessary expense” -- in budget reconciliation.

COALITION LETTER
Tax Incentive for Independent TV Programming

Support for H.R. 2230, the Independent Programmers Tax Incentive Act, which would foster production and carriage of values-based programming content.

LETTER
Senate Reintroduction of PREVAIL Act

PREVAIL reforms the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which has been subject to abuse by patent infringers, Big Tech, Chinese national champions, and even hedge funds.

LETTER
Senate Reintroduction of PERA

The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act the would restore the breadth and certainty of what constitutes patent-eligible subject matter. CPR strongly supports PERA.

COALITION LETTER
Support Repeal of California's EV Mandate

Congressional Review Act motion to cancel EPA's waiver from Clean Air Act, which allows California's strict emissions rules to force an electric vehicle mandate on all states.

LETTER
Praise for Acting PTO Director Stewart's Actions

Told Sec. Lutnick that PTO's Acting Director Coke Stewart is showing strong leadership to restore fairness, clarity, and reliability to U.S. patents and for patent owners.

LETTER
Reckless Senate Judiciary Committee Bills

Warned about four bills that threaten to undermine vital foundational principles. Exposed misconceptions about the patent system and the innovation process. Urged not to weaken the framework behind centuries of American technological progress.

LETTER
America First Trade Policy Executive Order

Advised Commerce Secretary Lutnick of concerns regarding adverse policy options under consideration that would actually benefit China and harm American innovation and technological leadership.

COMMENT LETTER
WIPO Treaty Regarding Genetic Disclosure Rules

Responded to PTO explaining why the introduction of genetic resource disclosure requirements would cause significant legal uncertainties in the patent system.

LETTER
Rebuttal of a Witness's Misleading Testimony

Informing a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee of an inaccurate picture of drug patents a witness painted in its PBM hearing, CPR set the record straight.

COALITION LETTER
CASM Support for the EPIC Act

Conservatives Against Socialized Medicine told Senate and House leaders it favors eliminating the "pill penalty" in the budget reconciliation bill.

STATEMENT
CPR Favors the RESTORE Patent Rights Act

The RESTORE Patent Rights Act would return access to injunctions to patent owners who've proven patent validity and infringement, as it was before the courts wrongfully denied it.

COALITION LETTER
Groups Voice Support for Death Tax Repeal

About 200 organizations wrote Congress expressing their support for eliminating the estate tax.

COALITION LETTER
USTR Must Reverse Biden's Weak-IP Special 301

CPR tells Congress the clear message in Special 301 reports must be the United States defends its citizens' IP rights abroad.

COALITION LETTER
Halt 11th Hour Biden-IRA Drug Price-Setting

Conservatives Against Socialized Medicine urges Trump to stop Biden's IRA price controls from triggering the next stage of CMS dictating drug prices in Medicare.

COALITION LETTER
Beneficial Tax Rate

As Congress begins work on tax legislation, this letter points out the benefits of the 2017 corporate tax rate of 21% for American competitiveness and average Americans.

COALITION LETTER
PBM Reforms

Conservatives asked House leaders to bring up PBM reforms helping patient access to medicines and lower out-of-pocket costs.

COALITION LETTER
Outrunning China

Conservative leaders offer Trump team ways to win innovation leadership by outcompeting China, the EU and others.

LETTER
FDA-PTO Disclosure Bill


The Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act is well-intentioned, but would hinder innovation and  expose valuable U.S. trade secrets.

COALITION LETTER
PREVAIL and PERA Markup in Senate Judiciary

Conservative leaders voice support to Senators for patent bills. PREVAIL removes bias at PTAB, and PERA cancels judicial exceptions to matter that’s patent-eligible.

COALITION LETTER
Maintaining U.S. Tech Leadership

We urge Congress to protect U.S. national security by shoring up the policy underpinnings that will protect our country’s innovation leadership in key technologies.

STATEMENT
Patent Eligibility Restoration Act

CPR supports PERA because it shifts from the unworkable ‘Alice-Mayo Framework’ to clear, broad standards for determining what subject matter is patent-eligible.

STATEMENT
RESTORE Patent Rights Act

This bipartisan, bicameral bill restores access to injunctions in cases where patents are proven infringed. The RESTORE Act corrects a judicially created error of injustice.

LETTER
ITC and IP Hearing

The ITC’s evidence-based process protects U.S. innovators. Congress shouldn’t reward IP infringers and Chinese manufacturers by weakening it.

COMMENT LETTER
PTO Terminal Disclaimer

CPR agrees with bipartisan, former top PTO officials that this must be immediately withdrawn. (If there’s room, include: Its far-reaching lengths are contrary to statute.)

STATEMENT
Report on Patent Litigation

Marcum's new study of patent litigation shows that civil litigation now holds less promise of delivering justice to inventors and patent owners.

COALITION LETTER
Anti-USITC Bill

H.R. 3535 adds hurdles to the U.S. International Trade Commission’s ability to keep IP-infringing products out, enabling infringers to keep supply chains in China.

LETTER
RALIA

The Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act would strengthen private intellectual property rights. RALIA would reverse the antipatent onslaught of recent years.

LETTER
Sunset Act

The Sunset Act reins in the Administrative State's rules, regulations, and guidance. They would no longer remain in force in perpetuity.

GRAPHIC
What They’re Saying

These excerpt public comments that oppose the Biden draft guidance for Bayh-Dole march-in to forcibly relicense patents if an agency disagrees with the product price.

LETTER
Defense of Property Rights Act

H.R. 6758 enables property owners to hold the federal government accountable for takings. Its more efficient, uniform process secures Fifth Amendment rights.

IMG_0969.jpeg

CPAC panel on patent property rights with, L-R, CPR Executive Director Jim Edwards, CPR member-Tea Party Patriots' Jenny Beth Martin and USPTO Director Andrei Iancu.

Statements of Principles

All rights reserved, © 2025 Conservatives for Property Rights

bottom of page