Over the past ten years, the United States patent system has been transformed by new legislation, regulatory actions, and numerous decisions by the Supreme Court addressing nearly every area of […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Publishes Prof. John F. Witherspoon’s Tribute to the Late Judge Giles S. Rich
CPIP has published a tribute to Judge Giles S. Rich by Professor John F. Witherspoon. Prof. Witherspoon is Director Emeritus, Intellectual Property Program, Antonin Scalia Law School. Prof. Witherspoon’s career […]
[Archived Post] CPIP & ITIF Launch “Innovate4Health” Policy Research Initiative
In celebration of World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, 2017, the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) today joined with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) […]
[Archived Post] The Drug Innovation Paradox: Matching Incentives to Market Realities
The hardest things are often the most important things. That’s one of the implicit justifications for the intellectual property system. If we want people to do the hard and important […]
[Archived Post] Innovate4Health: Meeting the Needs of Rural Africa with Fyodor’s Point-of-Care Testing for Malaria
This post is one of a series in the #Innovate4Health policy research initiative. By Jaci Arthur Every year, more than 200 million cases of malaria are reported worldwide. It can […]
[Archived Post] The Lawless Body – “Prior Judicial Opinions Did Not Bind the PTAB”
No just and coherent legal system would permit an administrative body to invalidate a property right that a court had previously upheld. Unfortunately, exactly that result was just endorsed by […]