IPPI 2026 Fall Progress Report

Joshua Kresh
Research Professor & Executive Director
IPPI: The IP Policy Institute
The University of Akron School of Law
Washington, D.C.

 

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IPPI Hosted & Co-Hosted Events

These are events either hosted or co-hosted by members of
the IPPI team and our affiliates from June through August 2026.

WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property (Online)

From June 1-12, IPPI partnered with the World Intellectual Property Organization for the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property. WIPO’s only U.S.-based Summer School, this annual program is a two-week, online course focusing on IP law in the United States and consisting of lectures, case studies, simulation exercises, and group discussions on selected IP topics, with an orientation towards the interface between IP and other disciplines. This year, we were joined by law students, professionals, and other students of IP from Brazil, Canada, China, Ghana, India, Latvia, Malawi, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Saudia Arabia, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, and the United States. Many thanks to all our instructors, students, and partners for another successful program!

 

Virtual Panel on “IP at America’s 250^th,” Co-Hosted with C4IP

America was born innovative. The Founders embedded intellectual property protection directly into the Constitution, and for 250 years the nation’s patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret laws have powered everything from the cotton gin to the smartphone, and from the first American novel to the global entertainment industry.

On June 10, IPPI and the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) co-hosted a virtual panel to mark America’s 250th anniversary by telling the story of IP from the ground up. Moderated by IPPI’s Joshua Kresh, the panel featured speakers Victoria A. Cundiff (Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Former Partner, Paul Hastings), David Gooder (Senior Advisor, The International Trademark Association (INTA); Former Commissioner for Trademarks, USPTO), the Hon. Andrei Iancu (Co-Head of Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation Group, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; Former Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, USPTO; Co-Chair, Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP)), and Karyn A. Temple (Senior Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel, Motion Picture Association (MPA); Former Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office). The panel was also a part of the 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP.

 

Virtual Panel on “The Myths and Realities of Pharmaceutical Patents”

In an exclusive June 18 webinar, IPPI scholars examined the myths and realities of pharmaceutical patents. The conversation featured IPPI’s Mark Schultz and Emily Michiko Morris and was moderated by Chris Israel, Executive Director of the Alliance of U.S. Startups & Inventors for Jobs (USIJ). In the wake of the June 4 House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Medicines and IP: Balancing Innovation and Access,” the panel unpacked prevailing narratives surrounding pharmaceutical patenting, innovation, and generic competition. Drawing on new IPPI research on so-called “patent thickets” and “evergreening,” the discussion examined how pharmaceutical patents reflect the complex, ongoing process of developing and improving medicines — and why simplistic patent counting and common critiques of pharmaceutical patenting often fail to align with real-world evidence.

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News & Speaking Engagements

These are selected news and speaking engagements for members
of the IPPI team and our affiliates from June through August 2026.

Amicus Briefs, Comments, Letters, & Testimony

• On June 26, Michael L. Doane submitted “Comments on Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Docket No. MISC-051, 91 Fed. Reg. 23190 (April 30, 2026)” to the U.S. International Trade Commission.
• On June 16, Emily Michiko Morris, Mark F. Schultz, and Joshua Kresh submitted a letter on the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (“MAPIA”) to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
• IPPI and affiliates submitted a June 24 letter to Chairman the Hon. Mike Crapo, Ranking Member the Hon. Ron Wyden, and the Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance recommending Peter-Anthony Pappas for membership in the U.S. International Trade Commission. The letter was signed by Dr. Kristina M. L. Acri, née Lybecker; Mark Cohen; Michael Doane; Dr. Bowman Heiden; Joshua Kresh; Daryl Lim; Emily Michiko Morris; Kristen Jakobsen Osenga; Dr. Alexander Raskovich; and Mark F. Schultz, as well as Dr. William Alan Doolittle (John Slaughter Chair for Semiconductors, Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Chris J. Katopis (Adjunct Professor, George Washington University Law Center).
• On June 30, IPPI Scholar Dr. Bhamati Viswanathan testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet for the hearing “A Midlife Crisis? The Internet After 40.” (View the recording of the June 30 hearing | Read Dr. Viswanathan’s written testimony | Read Copyright Alliance blog by Kevin Madigan on the hearing)
• On July 13, Emily Michiko Morris, Joshua Kresh, Kristen Osenga, and Mark F. Schultz submitted a “Comment on Proposed Rule OMB-2026-0034” to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
• On July 13, Dr. Kristina M. L. Acri, née Lybecker, Michael L. Doane, Dr. Bowman Heiden, Joshua Kresh, Emily Michiko Morris, Kristen Jakobsen Osenga, Mark F. Schultz, and Dr. Amy Semet, joined by Matthew J. Higgins (Tulane University Freeman School of Business) and David O. Taylor (SMU Dedman School of Law), submitted a “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
• On July 14, IPPI Advisory Board Member the Hon. Andrei Iancu (Co-Chair, Council for Innovation Promotion and Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO) testified at the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Full Committee Hearing “From Genes to Machines: the Patent Eligibility Debate.” Mr. Iancu’s Responses to Questions for the Record also cited IPPI Scholar Dr. Amy Semet’s research from her recent article An Empirical Study of Artificial Intelligence Patent Litigation. (Read Mr. Iancu’s Written Testimony)
• In Collision Communications, Inc., v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc.:
  • IPPI Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy and Senior Scholar Kristen Jakobsen Osenga was cited in the August 26 “Brief of Amicus Curiae Interdigital, Inc. in Support of Appellant and in Support of Reversal” in Collision Communications v. Samsung.
  • Joshua Kresh, Emily Michiko Morris, Mark F. Schultz, Kristen Jakobsen Osenga, IPPI Advisory Board Member Chief Judge Paul Michel, IPPI Senior Scholars Justin (Gus) Hurwitz and Lateef Mtima, and IPPI Scholar Michael Doane joined in signing the August 26 “Brief of Amici Curiae Patent Law Experts in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant” in Collision Communications v. Samsung.

Selected Non-IPPI Speaking Engagements and Media Mentions

For more IPPI and non-IPPI engagements, please section below on News and Updates by IPPI Affiliate.

• On June 12, IPPI Board Members John Kolakowski (Nokia Technology Standards), Chief Judge Paul Michel (Ret.), Corey Salsberg (Novartis), and Laurie Self (Qualcomm) joined other speakers for the Licensing Executives Society (LES) event “Intellectual Asset Licensing: The Hidden Driver of Innovation, Prosperity, and National Security – What the U.S. Must Do to Sustain It” at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.
• On June 24, Joshua Kresh and IPPI Senior Scholar Ted Sichelman spoke on the panel “Skinny Labels at the Supreme Court: Hikma v. Amarin” at the 2026 BIO International Convention in San Diego, California. At the same event, IPPI Advisory Board Member the Hon. Andrei Iancu also spoke on the June 25 panel “Patents in the Crosshairs: Confronting a Coordinated Assault on Intellectual Property.”
• IPPI Advisory Board Member Chief Judge Paul Michel (Ret.) was cited in June 24 MLex article “Drug-pricing dispute at US Supreme Court raises trade secret disclosure questions” by MLex Senior Intellectual Property Reporter Steve Scherer. (Read the author’s LinkedIn post)
• The Hon. David Kappos spoke on a panel on the U.S. patent system under the Trump administration’s second term for the June 24 AIPPI JAPAN US Patent Seminar and at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) 2026 Global Forum on Intellectual Property, held in Singapore from August 26-27. He also joined a discussion on standard essential patents and global licensing at the 2026 China-U.S. Intellectual Property Dialogue, held July 13-14 in Beijing, China, with speakers including IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar Mark Cohen, IPPI Senior Scholar John Duffy, and IPPI Senior Scholar Daryl Lim, who moderated the session. (Read about the engagement on Prof. Lim’s blog | Read Prof. Lim’s opening remarks)

Selected Academic-Writing Highlights

See also this report’s section on Scholarship & Other Writing.

• Policy Research on the Myths of “Patent Thickets” and “Evergreening”: In May, we shared new policy research by IPPI scholars that separates myth from reality in current debates over pharmaceutical patents. In this collection of short papers—“Pharmaceutical ‘Patent Thickets’ and “Pharmaceutical Patent ‘Evergreening’”—Mark F. Schultz, Douglas Park, and Jennifer Brant, IPPI Practitioner in Residence and Senior Advisor at Sidley, challenge common narratives about pharmaceutical patenting practices with real-world evidence.
• In June, Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) published a new report from Professor Jonathan Barnett entitled Idea Factories: How Intellectual Property Sustains and Cultivates Technology Ecosystems). Learn more about Professor Barnett’s research on the valuable role of IP in various sectors.
• As of July, IPPI 2026-2027 Edison Fellow David Atkinson’s new book, Our Artificial Future: What Generative AI Means for Law and Society, is now available for purchase at Cambridge University Press and on Amazon.
• This summer, IPPI Senior Scholar Jon M. Garon published his book Entertainment Law and Practice, Fourth Edition, with Carolina Academic Press.

Congratulations to IPPI Edison Fellows on Published Fellowship Papers:

• 2024-2025 Edison Fellow Matthew Sipe (Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Center for the Law of Intellectual Property and Technology, University of Baltimore School of Law) has had his fellowship trademark paper, Trademasks, published in the North Carolina Law Review. [Read the paper on UNC’s website or on SSRN | Read more about Matthew Sipe and his work]
• 2025-2026 Edison Fellow Dr. Andrew P. Vassallo (Associate Professor of Economics and Chair of the Economics Department (2013), Shippensburg University) has had his fellowship paper, The Real Option Value of Patent Infringement, published by The Criterion Journal on Innovation.

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News and Updates by IPPI Affiliate

Dr. Kristina M. L. Acri, née Lybecker

IPPI Senior Scholar; John L. Knight Chair of Economics and Professor of Economics, Colorado College

• Signed the June 24 IPPI letter in support of Peter-Anthony Pappas’s nomination to the U.S. International Trade Commission
• With other scholars, submitted a July 13 “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Sandra Aistars

Distinguished Counselor in Residence and Professor of Law, IPPI: The IP Policy Institute, The University of Akron School of Law

• On June 11, spoke with Mitch Glazier for the session “Copyright Fireside Chat Featuring Mitch Glazier, Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP

Nathanael Andrews

2026-2027 Edison Fellow; Senior Associate Counsel, Software Information Industry Association (SIIA)

• Helped prepare testimony for Chris Mohr (President, SIIA) for and attended the June 30 House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet hearing “A Midlife Crisis? The Internet After 40” (View Mr. Andrews’s LinkedIn post on the hearing | Read Mr. Mohr’s written testimony)

David Atkinson

2026-2027 Edison Fellow; Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center; Lecturer / Assistant Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin; AI Legal Strategist, Future of Life Institute (FLI)

• New book Our Artificial Future: What Generative AI Means for Law and Society (Cambridge University Press) is now available (Read more on LinkedIn | View on Amazon | View at Cambridge University Press)
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Jonathan Barnett

IPPI Senior Scholar; Torrey H. Webb Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law

• On June 1, led the lecture session “Overview and Economics of Intellectual Property” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Giorgio L. Castiglia

2026-2027 Edison Fellow; Program Manager, Research and Programs, Mercatus Center at George Mason University; Adjunct Lecturer, The Catholic University of America’s Busch School of Business

• This August, started a role as an adjunct lecturer teaching introductory level economics at The Catholic University of America’s Busch School of Business in Washington, D.C.

Bao Kham Chau

2026-2027 Edison Fellow; Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

• Presented papers at August 13-14 AI for Law Scholars Conference 2026, hosted by the Northwestern Law and Technology Initiative in Chicago, Illinois
• This fall, began work as an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

Theo Cheng

IPPI Practitioner in Residence; President, Copyright Society; Arbitrator and Mediator, ADR Office of Theo Cheng LLC; Adjunct Professor, New York Law School

• Worked on the planning for the CSUSA 2026 Annual Meeting, hosted from June 14-16 in Louisville, Kentucky, and led June 16 session “Incoming President’s Corner” as the Copyright Society’s Incoming President

Mark A. Cohen

IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar; China IP Strategies, LLC; Senior Technology Fellow, Asia Society Northern California & Seattle

• On April 30, spoke from Seattle, Washington, at the hybrid Asia Society Seattle event “Executive Roundtable on Investment and Innovation in Chinese Pharmaceuticals” with the Hon. David Kappos (Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice; Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; former Director, USPTO) and Mark McDade (Co-Founder and Partner, Qiming Venture Partners USA)
• Gave the keynote address on Beyond Trade Disputes: Information, Infrastructure, and Intellectual Property and spoke on the Session 10: Open Innovation, Platforms, and Innovation Ecosystems panel “The Policy Perspective” at the May 16-17 Peking University School of Management’s 4^th Conference on Global Innovation and Intellectual Property (GIIP4) in Beijing, China
• In May, moderated a session on AI and Chinese experiments in IP protection for data rights and presented a paper on geopolitical aspects of China’s evolving IP environment in Beijing, China
• In May, delivered a talk at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
• On June 4, led the lecture session “Special Innovation Lecture – WTO-Related Issues and the Trump Trade War” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP
• Signed the June 24 IPPI letter in support of Peter-Anthony Pappas’s nomination to the U.S. International Trade Commission
• This summer, was listed as a top 300 Global IP Strategist by Managing IP Magazine
• Was cited in a summer Managing IP article on trade secret strategy in China
• Participated in a discussion on standard essential patents and global licensing at the 2026 China-U.S. Intellectual Property Dialogue, held July 13-14 in Beijing, China, with speakers including IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar Mark Cohen, IPPI Advisory Member the Hon. David Kappos, and IPPI Senior Scholar Daryl Lim as moderator (Read about the engagement on Prof. Lim’s blog | Read Prof. Lim’s opening remarks)
• This summer, ranked in Legal, Licensing, Technology Transfer, and Valuation by the IAM Strategy 300
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Michael L. Doane

IPPI Scholar; Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Akron School of Law; 2024-2025 Edison Fellow

• Signed the June 24 IPPI letter in support of Peter-Anthony Pappas’s nomination to the U.S. International Trade Commission
• With other scholars, submitted a July 13 “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• Joined in signing the August 26 “Brief of Amici Curiae Patent Law Experts in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant” in Collision Communications v. Samsung
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

John F. Duffy

IPPI Senior Scholar; Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law, Class of 1966 Research Professor of Law, & Director, Center on Intellectual Property Law, University of Virginia School of Law

• Congratulations to Professor Duffy on his invitation this summer to be the General Counsel of the USPTO! [Read more on LinkedIn, Patently-O, IAM]
• Participated in a discussion on standard essential patents and global licensing at the 2026 China-U.S. Intellectual Property Dialogue, held July 13-14 in Beijing, China, with speakers including IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar Mark Cohen, IPPI Advisory Member the Hon. David Kappos, and IPPI Senior Scholar Daryl Lim as moderator (Read about the engagement on Prof. Lim’s blog | Read Prof. Lim’s opening remarks)

Gillian Fenton, Esq., CLP

IPPI Practitioner in Residence; Founder and Managing Director, LST Strategies LLC

• In June, was instructor for a two-day custom course developed through the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and presented to the business development group of a multinational pharmaceutical corporation
• On June 10, led the simulation session “Transfer of Technology and Licensing” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP
• On June 12, was an invited attendee to the inaugural LES public policy forum, “Intellectual Asset Licensing: The Hidden Driver of Innovation, Prosperity, and National Security – What the U.S. Must Do to Sustain It,” held in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington. D.C.

Jon M. Garon

IPPI Senior Scholar; Associate Dean for Technology and Innovation; Director, Goodwin Program for Society, Technology, and the Law; and Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law

• On June 4, gave a presentation on “AI and IP Law: What we should be teaching students” at CALIcon 2026 at the University of Michigan Law School
• On June 11, taught the lecture session “Innovation, AI, and IP Law” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP
• Spoke on a plenary AI ethics and special CLE-credit panel at the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s 2026 Bench & Bar® Conference, hosted June 17-20 in Boca Raton, Florida
• In July, Professor Garon’s Technology and Innovation Program was recognized by Insight Into Academia as the lead program among its “2026 Excellence in Innovation: Law Schools Winners”
• In August, was included as one of the 2026 Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia by The National Law Review in a juried roster cosponsored by Wickard
• Presented “Harnessing AI through Creativity & Creative Problem Solving: A Skill-Based Approach to AI Integration for Learning and Practicing Law” at the August 13-14 AI for Law Scholars Conference 2026 at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, Illinois
• In August, was appointed to the ABA Business Law Section Content Board (2026-2027)
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Michael P. Goodyear

IPPI Scholar; Associate Professor, New York Law School

• Was quoted in May 28 CNETarticle “Perplexity AI Says ‘You Can’t Copyright Facts’ in Defense Against CNN Copyright Suit”
• Was accepted to present “Licensing and Loss” at the Eleventh Copyright Scholarship Roundtable at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School on June 9
• On June 15, presented “Licensing and Loss” at the 2026 Junior Intellectual Property Scholars Association (JIPSA) Summer Workshop at Chicago-Kent College of Law
• In June, became co-chair of JIPSA with Professor Jordana R. Goodman of Chicago-Kent College of Law
• Was accepted to present Licensing and Loss at the Forty-Fourth Annual International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) Congress at the University of São Paulo Law School in São Paolo, Brazil, on June 29. Professor Goodyear was also awarded first prize in the ATRIP 2025 Essay Competition for Young Researchers in Intellectual Property Law and presented his winning essay, Rethinking Authenticity, at ATRIP on July 1.
• Was quoted in July 15 Al Jazeera article “Authors, publishers sue Google over alleged AI copyright infringement”
• In July, presented “The Authenticity Thicket” at the SMU Tsai Center Summit
• Was quoted in July 29 Bloomberg Law article “Hochul’s Tech Safety Rules Pose Legal Questions: New York Brief”

Jim Harlan, JD/MBA

IPPI Practitioner in Residence; Senior Advisor, The Standard Strategy

• Was quoted in July 27 ManagingIP article “UK ‘open for business’ as Tesla wins Supreme Court appeal”
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Dr. Bowman Heiden

IPPI Scholar; Co-Director, Center for Intellectual Property (CIP), University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley

• Signed the June 24 IPPI letter in support of Peter-Anthony Pappas’s nomination to the U.S. International Trade Commission
• With other scholars, submitted a July 13 “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Justin (Gus) Hurwitz

IPPI Senior Scholar; Senior Fellow and Academic Director, Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

• Joined in signing the August 26 “Brief of Amici Curiae Patent Law Experts in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant” in Collision Communications v. Samsung

Dr. Aldona Kapacinskaite

2023-2024 Edison Fellow; Assistant Professor, INSEAD

• Spoke on the August 4 panel “Strategic Management of Information” at AOM 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Takeshi S. Komatami, Ph.D., LLM

IPPI Practitioner in Residence; Patent, Design and Trademark Attorney, Takashima International Patent Office; Executive Director, AIPPI-Japan; Director (Intellectual Property), Japan Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society (PBSS)

• Spring 2026 activities, presentations, and appointments
  • Spoke on the roundtable-panel “Breakthrough technologies: navigating patent thickets at the tipping point, licensing issues illustrated by the CRISPR experience” at the LESI 2026 Annual Conference: Innovation to Impact: IP as an International Growth Engine, hosted from April 26-29 in Dublin, Ireland (View the event program | View Dr. Komatani’s speaker page)
  • In April, was named Technical Advisor (専門委員) for the Intellectual Property High Court of Japan
  • In April, joined as a Member of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association Bio & Life Science Committee
  • From April, served as a Lecturer at the Keio University Graduate School of Law for 2026 Spring, speaking on “Biotech Patent and Licensing Practice: From Academia and Small Ventures to Big Biotech” for the Global Intellectual Property Management (LL.M.), Law School / Global Legal Practice, at Keio University and delivering a lecture with Professor Yuko Kimijima on “Advanced Study of Intellectual Property Law 1” for the Keio University Graduate School of Law’s Doctoral Program in Civil Law
• On June 13, presented “Challenges in Pharmaceutical Patent Enforcement” at a symposium hosted by Japan Association of Industrial Property Law (工業所有権法学会) at Osaka University
• On June 29, gave a presentation on “The Politics of Health Data Protection in Cyber-Physical Systems: Power Relations, Realpolitik, and the EU’s ‘Regulated Commons’ as a New Model for Sustainable International IP Governance” at the ATRIP 44^th Annual Congress in São Paulo, Brazil
• In June, was named Specially Appointed Professor of Kobe University’s Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Joshua A. Kresh

Research Professor & Executive Director, IPPI, The University of Akron School of Law

• During the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP, moderated the June 1 panel session “The Role of IP Institutions in the Global IP System,” co-led the June 2 lecture session “Enforcing Rights: U.S. Patent Litigation” with Shana Cyr of Bristol Myers Squibb, moderated the June 2 panel session “Patents in the Innovation Industries,” moderated the June 10 webinar “IP at America’s 250^th” (co-hosted by C4IP and IPPI), and participated in the June 12 session “IP Office Hours”
• On June 4, attended the 2026 Bayh-Dole Coalition Capitol Hill Meetings, including the “Faces of American Innovation” Capitol Hill Briefing in Washington, D.C.
• With Emily Michiko Morris and Mark Schultz, submitted a June 16 letter on the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (“MAPIA”) to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
• Short-form clip from October 2025 Making Medicine Podcast interview “FDA Vouchers, Orphan Cures & IP with Joshua Kresh” was shared on X on June 16 by the Incubate Coalition
• On June 24, spoke on the panel “Skinny Labels at the Supreme Court: Hikma v. Amarin” at the 2026 BIO International Convention in San Diego, California
• Signed the June 24 IPPI letter in support of Peter-Anthony Pappas’s nomination to the U.S. International Trade Commission
• With Emily Michiko Morris, Kristen Osenga, and Mark F. Schultz, submitted a July 13 “Comment on Proposed Rule OMB-2026-0034” to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
• With other scholars, submitted a July 13 “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• Was cited in July 24 MLex article “AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing” (Read author Steve Scherer’s LinkedIn post)
• Joined in signing the August 26 “Brief of Amici Curiae Patent Law Experts in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant” in Collision Communications v. Samsung
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Dr. Johnathan Liddicoat

IPPI Scholar; Senior Research Associate and Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

• On June 29, gave a talk entitled “A Missing Link? The EU’s Draft Programme for Authorising New Uses of Old Drugs” at the ATRIP 44^th Annual Congress in São Paulo, Brazil
• On July 3, gave a presentation on “Second Medical Use Patents: UPC Case Law & New Regulatory Competencies in the EU” at the Escola da Magistratura do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (the Rio de Janeiro State Judicial Academy in Brazil). The event was titled “Global Perspective on Intellectual Property Law – Public Health, Fair Competition and Artificial Intelligence.”
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Daryl Lim

IPPI Senior Scholar; H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law; Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships; Founding Director, Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Initiative, Penn State Dickinson Law; Co-Hire, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, & Affiliate, Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Penn State University

• Signed the June 24 IPPI letter in support of Peter-Anthony Pappas’s nomination to the U.S. International Trade Commission
• Moderated a discussion on standard essential patents and global licensing at the 2026 China-U.S. Intellectual Property Dialogue, held July 13-14 in Beijing, China, with speakers including IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar Mark Cohen, IPPI Senior Scholar John Duffy, and IPPI Advisory Member the Hon. David Kappos (Read about the engagement on Prof. Lim’s blog | Read Prof. Lim’s opening remarks)
• See “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Keith Mallinson

IPPI Practitioner in Residence; Founder, WiseHarbor

• See “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Irina D. Manta

IPPI Senior Scholar; Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law

• In June and July, served as a Visiting Scholar at Waseda University and with Waseda University Research Center for the Legal System of Intellectual Property (RCLIP) in Tokyo, Japan. During her visit, Professor Manta presented her forthcoming book as a June 23 lecture entitled “Swipe Left: How Dating Apps Betray Users and Protect Predators.”

Emily Michiko Morris

IPPI Associate Faculty Chair, Senior for Life Sciences, and Senior Scholar; 2021-2022 Edison Fellow; David L. Brennan Endowed Chair, Professor, and Associate Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law & Technology, The University of Akron School of Law

• Led the June 4 lecture session “IP Issues in Life Sciences R&D and Commercialization” and participated in the June 12 session “IP Office Hours” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP
• On June 29, gave a presentation on “Biopharmaceutical Patents as Political Football” at the ATRIP 44^th Annual Congress in São Paulo, Brazil
• With Mark Schultz and Joshua Kresh, submitted a June 16 letter on the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (“MAPIA”) to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
• On June 18, spoke on the webinar “The Myths and Realities of Pharmaceutical Patents” with Mark Schultz and Chris Israel
• Signed the June 24 IPPI letter in support of Peter-Anthony Pappas’s nomination to the U.S. International Trade Commission
• On June 25, moderated the panel on “Technology and Legal Education” at the SubTech Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• On June 26, participated in the Stevens Roundtable on Life Sciences conference in São Paulo, Brazil
• With Joshua Kresh, Kristen Osenga, and Mark F. Schultz, submitted a July 13 “Comment on Proposed Rule OMB-2026-0034” to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
• With other scholars, submitted a July 13 “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• Participated in the July 20-22 Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) Summer IP Institute 2026 in Beaver Creek, Colorado
• With Mark Schultz, was cited in Steve Scherer’s August 19 MLex article “As Big Pharma patents age, smaller biotechs hold the most clinical-stage assets” (Read author Steve Scherer’s LinkedIn post)
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Lateef Mtima

IPPI Senior Scholar; Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law; Founder and Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ)

• On June 11, led the lecture session “Case Study: Bringing Traditional Knowledge to Global Markets for the Benefit of Local Communities” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP
• Joined in signing the August 26 “Brief of Amici Curiae Patent Law Experts in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant” in Collision Communications v. Samsung

Loren Mulraine

IPPI Senior Scholar; Professor of Law, Director of Music and Entertainment Law Studies, Belmont University – College of Law

• Panelist on “The Key Role of IP for Creators, Inventors, and Startups” at the CPIP Summer Institute in Beaver Creek, Colorado

Kristen Jakobsen Osenga

IPPI Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy & Senior Scholar; Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Austin E. Owen Research Scholar and Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law

• On June 1, led the lecture session “Fundamentals of U.S. Patent Law” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP
• Signed the June 24 IPPI letter in support of Peter-Anthony Pappas’s nomination to the U.S. International Trade Commission
• With Joshua Kresh, Emily Michiko Morris, and Mark F. Schultz, submitted a July 13 “Comment on Proposed Rule OMB-2026-0034” to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
• With other scholars, submitted a July 13 “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• Was cited in July 15 MLex article “Meta takes VDP license, testing Big Tech’s AV1 ‘royalty-free’ model” (Read author Steve Scherer’s LinkedIn post)
• Was cited in the August 26 “Brief of Amicus Curiae Interdigital, Inc. in Support of Appellant and in Support of Reversal” in Collision Communications, Inc., v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
• Joined in signing the August 26 “Brief of Amici Curiae Patent Law Experts in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant” in Collision Communications v. Samsung
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Sean A. Pager

IPPI Senior Scholar; Professor of Law; Associate Director, Intellectual Property, Information & Communications Law Program (IPIC), Michigan State University College of Law

• On June 29, gave a presentation on “Copyright, Corporate Power, and AI” at the ATRIP 44^th Annual Congress in São Paulo, Brazil

Douglas S. Park

IPPI Research Fellow; Research Fellow, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Technology; Visiting Research Assistant Professor, The University of Akron School of Law

• See “Scholarship & Other Writing”

Eric Priest

IPPI Senior Scholar; Associate Professor and Faculty Director, Asian Studies, Law, Law-JD, University of Oregon School of Law

• On June 9, led the lecture session “Securing & Using Copyright Protection Globally” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP

Dr. Alexander Raskovich

IPPI Senior Economist

• Signed the June 24 IPPI letter in support of Peter-Anthony Pappas’s nomination to the U.S. International Trade Commission

Michael Risch

IPPI Senior Scholar; Professor of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

• On August 7, presented Unfettered Invention at the IP Scholars Conference 2026 at Stanford Law School

Alexandra Jane Roberts

IPPI Senior Scholar; Professor of Law and Media & Faculty Director, Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC), Northeastern University School of Law

• Was quoted in June 10 Fast Company article “2 candidates, 1 logo: This Alaska Senate race just made design theft its No. 1 issue” about two political candidates running for office under the exact same name and similar logos
• In June, was quoted on the Patagonia v. Pattie Gonia dispute in Out Magazine, Heated, and in the Art of Citizenry’s podcast and Substack
• Was interviewed for a June 28 Faculti video on “The ‘Dupe’ Economy: How Social Media Trends Are Reshaping Trademark Law” (Post on LinkedIn | Clip on YouTube Shorts)
• On June 29, received the William J. Fitzgerald Exemplary Service Award for Faculty at Northeastern University School of Law
• Was quoted in July 8 Bloomberg Law article “The Onion’s Infowars Site Remains Risky Absent Trademark Rights”
• Was quoted on July 21 in Reuters article “Novo sues Lilly, claiming misleading ads in weight-loss drug battle,” article “When Does Data Expire? A Novo Nordisk Lawsuit Against Eli Lilly Is About to Find Out,” and Endpoints News article “Novo sues Lilly over ‘deceptive’ ads comparing GLP-1 drug doses”
• Was quoted in August 4 Front Office Sports article “Why the WNBA’s New Cleveland Sirens Won’t Face a Trademark Fight” about the Cleveland Sirens:
• Was quoted in August 10 Boston Globe article “Missing a discontinued perfume? This Nantucket family business can smell it back into existence” about perfume dupes (subscription may be required)

W. Keith Robinson

IPPI Senior Scholar; Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law

• Participated in August 26 podcast episode “Professors of the Round Table: Wake Forest University Faculty Debate AI Assessments” [Description: “Does Generative Artificial Intelligence open up new possibilities for assessing higher education students or are professors fighting a battle against the next wave of disruptive education technology? Listen to the conversation between Wake Forest University faculty members, Kit, Karen, Keith, and Shannon as they discuss the opportunities and pitfalls that Gen AI presents when defining the learning outcomes in their classrooms and assessing student mastery.”]

Zvi S. Rosen

IPPI Copyright Fellow & Scholar; Associate Professor; Faculty Director, Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law

• On June 2, spoke on the panel “NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) in the NCAA: Lessons for Latin America” at the 2026 ASIPI Arena: Intersection of Law Sports, and Entertainment, in Asunción, Paraguay
• Led the June 9 lecture session “Fundamentals of Copyright” and the June 10 lecture session “Copyright in the Digital World” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP
• Attended the June 14-16 Copyright Society’s 2026 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky
• On June 18, chaired the session “Law & Culture I” and presented The Copyright Office at a Crossroads: Recordkeeping and the Future of the Office at the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities (LCH) 2026 Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois
• Attended the June 25-26 Annual ISHTIP Workshop in São Paulo, Brazil
• On June 30, gave a presentation on “The Copyright Office at a Crossroads: Recordkeeping and the Future of the Office” at the ATRIP 44^th Annual Congress in São Paulo, Brazil
• On July 2, spoke at the Brazilian IP Office, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)

Mark F. Schultz

IPPI Faculty Chair & Senior Scholar; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Chair in Intellectual Property Law, The University of Akron School of Law; Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law and Technology

• Led briefings for World Intellectual Property Organization and World Trade Organization staff in Geneva on biopharma intellectual property myths and realities in June, discussing recent IPPI scholarship released on the UnpackingIP.org website
• Spoke at the June Sedona Conference Global IP Litigation Conference on trade secret issues, including the European Health Data Space
• Led the June 4 lecture session “Fundamentals of Trade Secrets” and, on June 5, led the lecture session “The Real-World Value of Trade Secrets in a Global Innovation Economy” and the simulation session “Best Practices for Protecting Trade Secrets” and moderated the panel “Trade Secrets in Global Business” during the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP, as well as participating in the June 12 session “IP Office Hours”
• With Emily Michiko Morris and Joshua Kresh, submitted a June 16 letter on the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (“MAPIA”) to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
• On June 17, participated in a biopharma IP Congressional staff briefing, “Intellectual Property Is a Key Enabler of U.S. Life-sciences Innovation,” in Washington, D.C., organized by ITIF. Over forty staffers from the House and Senate attended, and IPPI’s recent scholarship on “IP and Biopharma: Separating Myth from Reality,” as on the UnpackingIP website, were featured.
• On June 18, spoke on the webinar “The Myths and Realities of Pharmaceutical Patents” with Emily Michiko Morris and Chris Israel
• Signed the June 24 IPPI letter in support of Peter-Anthony Pappas’s nomination to the U.S. International Trade Commission
• On June 25, gave a presentation on “AI and IP in Legal Education” at the SubTech Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• On June 26, participated in the Stevens Roundtable on Life Sciences conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil
• On June 29, gave a presentation on “Developing National Life Sciences Capacity Through Voluntary Technology Transfer” at the ATRIP 44^th Annual Congress in São Paulo, Brazil
• Was cited in July 8 MLex article “AI likely to fuel boom in intangible assets as investment gap grows” (author Steve Scherer’s LinkedIn post)
• With Joshua Kresh, Emily Michiko Morris, and Kristen Osenga, submitted a July 13 “Comment on Proposed Rule OMB-2026-0034” to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
• With other scholars, submitted a July 13 “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• With Emily Michiko Morris, was cited in Steve Scherer’s August 19 MLex article “As Big Pharma patents age, smaller biotechs hold the most clinical-stage assets” (Read author Steve Scherer’s LinkedIn post)
• Joined in signing the August 26 “Brief of Amici Curiae Patent Law Experts in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant” in Collision Communications v. Samsung
• In September, he presented his paper on trade secret issues in the European Health Data Space, “Disclosure First, Secrecy Later,” at the European Policy on IP Conference in Torino, Italy
• Spoke on a panel on European Life Science Innovation and Competitiveness at the annual Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance Global Summit in Warsaw, Poland in September
• Organized and signed an IP Scholars Amicus Brief, along with IPPI Copyright Scholar Zvi Rosen, in support of the plaintiffs in In re Mosaic LLM Litigation v. Databricks, Inc.
• Speaking at the Sedona Conference Trade Secret Working Group Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, in October on Protecting Trade Secrets Across Borders. Prof. Schultz is co-leading a drafting group for Sedona to prepare a Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets Across Borders.
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Dr. Amy Semet

IPPI Scholar; Associate Professor, University at Buffalo School of Law

• New research paper, An Empirical Study of Artificial Intelligence Patent Litigation, was featured in July 13 IPWatchdog article “On Eve of Eligibility Hearing, Study Shows Significantly Higher Rates of Section 101 Invalidations for AI Patents” and in August 10 Washington Examiner piece “A hidden legal glitch is undermining Trump’s AI agenda.” It was also cited by the Hon. Andrei Iancu in his written Responses to Questions for the Record as part of the July 14 U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Full Committee Hearing “From Genes to Machines: the Patent Eligibility Debate.”
• With other scholars, submitted a July 13 “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

Ted Sichelman

IPPI Senior Scholar; Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law; Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Markets; Founder & Director, Center for Computation, Mathematics, and the Law; Founder & Director, Technology Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic

• On June 24, spoke on the panel “Skinny Labels at the Supreme Court: Hikma v. Amarin” at the 2026 BIO International Convention in San Diego, California

Brenda Simon

IPPI Senior Scholar; ProFlowers Professor of Internet Studies and Professor of Law, California Western School of Law

• Recent article Salvaging Innovation from Extinction has been accepted for publication in the University of Colorado Law Review for 2027
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing”

Dr. Bhamati Viswanathan

IPPI Scholar; Visiting Assistant Professor, Suffolk University Law School; Non-Resident Fellow, Columbia Law School, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts

• On June 30, before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet for the hearing “A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40” in Washington, D.C.
• Congratulations to Dr. Viswanathan for her new position as Visiting Assistant Professor at Suffolk University Law School! She returns to teaching in Boston, Massachusetts, after an academic year spent as a Senior Visitor with the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law in Cambridge, England. She remains a Fellow (Non-Resident) at the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law School.
• See also “Scholarship & Other Writing” section below

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Scholarship & Other Writing

These are selected articles and other pieces written by members
of the IPPI team or our affiliates from June through August 2026.

General IP

• Mark A. Cohen, “China Understands the Strategic Value of Intellectual Property. Does the United States?,” China IPR: Intell. Prop. Devs. in China (July 29, 2026)
• Mark A. Cohen, “Data as Intellectual Property: China’s Experiment,” China IPR (July 28, 2026)
• Mark A. Cohen, “Following My Father One Hundred Years Later,” China IPR (August 22, 2026)
• Michael Doane, Joshua Kresh, Emily Michiko Morris, Mark F. Schultz, et al, Academic Letter in Support of Pappas Nomination June 2026, “RE: Nomination of Peter-Anthony Pappas to U.S. International Trade Commission” (June 24, 2026)
• Daryl Lim, “US-China Dialogue | Remarks,” LawDaryl.com (2026)

Patents – Technology & Life Sciences

• Dr. Kristina M. L. Acri, née Lybecker, Michael L. Doane, Dr. Bowman Heiden, Matthew J. Higgins, Joshua Kresh, Emily Michiko Morris, Kristen Jakobsen Osenga, Mark F. Schultz, and Dr. Amy Semet, and David O. Taylor, “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (July 13, 2026)
• Jonathan Barnett, Idea Factories: How Intellectual Property Sustains and Cultivates Technology Ecosystems, C4IP (June 2026) [Learn more]
• Mark A. Cohen, “Measuring FRAND Value in ZTE v. Samsung,” China IPR (June 17, 2026)
• Mark A. Cohen, “Using and Misusing Chinese Patent Data,” China IPR (June 10, 2026)
• Michael Doane, “Nominations to the U.S. International Trade Commission – A Complete Slate of Commissioners (Almost),” IPPI Blog (June 30, 2026)
• Michael Doane, “Proposed Litigation Funding Disclosure Rules at the U.S. International Trade Commission,” IPPI Blog (July 20, 2026)
• Michael L. Doane, “Comments on Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Docket No. MISC-051, 91 Fed. Reg. 23190 (April 30, 2026)” to the U.S. International Trade Commission (June 26, 2026)
• Jim Harlan, “US Courts Test DOJ’s New SEP Remedies Playbook,” IAM (July 15, 2026)
• Takeshi S. Komatani, “Opinion of the Japanese Group on the Study Questions for the AIPPI World Congress in Hamburg (2026) (1): Study Question 297 (Patents) — Divisional Applications and Double Patenting,” I.P.P.I. (Monthly Journal, AIPPI JAPAN), Vol. 71, No. 6 (June 2026)
• Takeshi S. Komatani, “‘IP and an Exciting Future’: A Comprehensive Proposal for Designing the Pharmaceutical IP System of the Near Future — An Integrated Seven-Element Approach to Overcoming the Barriers of Pandemics, AMR, and Rare Diseases” (PDF: 「知財と、ワクワクする未来」：近未来の医薬知財制度設計に向けた包括的提言―パンデミック・AMR・希少疾患の壁を越える7要素の統合的アプローチ―), Patento (パテント), Vol. 79, No. 5 (2026)
• Takeshi S. Komatani, “The Strategic Map of Cosmetics IP” (PDF: 化粧品知財の戦略地図), Cosmetic Science, new 12-part monthly series, Part 1 (July 2026 issue)
• Joshua Kresh, Emily Michiko Morris, and Mark F. Schultz, Letter to Chairman Cassidy and Ranking Member Sanders, RE: the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (MAPIA) (June 16, 2026)
• Johnathan Liddicoat, James Parish, and Mateo Aboy, “The Republic of Translational Medicine,” The Cambridge Law Journal (2026)
• Keith Mallinson, Are patent pool royalty rated FRAND?, WiseHarbor, for IP Finance (June 2, 2026) [related IP Finance blog post]
• Keith Mallinson, FRAND commitments include no right to a platform licence, WiseHarbor, for IP Finance (June 16, 2026) [related IP Finance blog post]
• Keith Mallinson, FRAND Licensing Needs a Taxonomy: Valuation Absent Context is Misvaluation (July 28, 2026)
• Mark Schultz and Jennifer Brant, “Congress Should Demand Evidence on Drug Patents, Not Metaphors,” RealClearHealth (June 2, 2026)
• Mark F. Schultz, Douglas S. Park, and Jennifer Brant, Short Papers on “IP and Biopharma: Separating Myth from Reality,” UnpackingIP (May 2026)
• Amy Semet, An Empirical Study of Artificial Intelligence Patent Litigation (July 07, 2026)
• Brenda M. Simon, Salvaging Innovation From Extinction (July 05, 2026). 98 University of Colorado Law Review (forthcoming 2027)
• Melanie Whittington and Joshua Kresh, “GLP-1 market shows how Americans can get lower drug prices,” Washington Examiner (June 1, 2026)
• Andrew P. Vassallo, The Real Option Value of Patent Infringement, 8 Criterion J. on Innovation 57 (2026)
  • *The research and writing of this paper were partially supported by IPPI’s Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship.

Copyright

• David Atkinson, Our Artificial Future: What Generative AI Means for Law and Society, Cambridge University Press (24 July 2026) [View and purchase at Cambridge University Press or on Amazon]
• Jon M. Garon, Entertainment Law and Practice, Fourth Edition (Carolina Academic Press)
• Bhamati Viswanathan, House Judiciary Committee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, Hearing on “A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”: Written Witness Testimony of Professor Bhamati Viswanathan(June 30, 2026)

Trademark

• Mark A. Cohen, “QBPC, RDPAC and Distinct Foreign Voices in China’s IP System,” China IPR (June 19, 2026)
• Matthew Sipe, Trademasks, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 719 (2026) [Trademasks in the North Carolina Law Review | Trademasks on SSRN]
  • *The research and writing of this paper were partially supported by IPPI’s Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship.

Other Related Topics

• Jim Harlan, “Case Study: A Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Left a University Holding More Leverage Than It Had,” Standards at Risk (July 27, 2026)
• Keith Mallinson, The Economics of AI Infrastructure. Demand Growth, Cost Decline, and Capital Recovery in a Gigawatt-Scale AI Industry. Lessons from Fiber, Mobile Broadband, Software Platforms, and the Chunnel (August 13, 2026)
• Emily Michiko Morris, Joshua Kresh, Kristen Osenga, and Mark F. Schultz, “Comment on Proposed Rule OMB-2026-0034” to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (July 13, 2026) [related IP Finance blog post]