Letters and Comments
Mark A. Cohen (IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property | Hearing on “The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act – Restoring Clarity, Certainty, and Predictability to the U.S. Patent System”: Written Testimony of Mark A. Cohen, Senior Technology Fellow, Asia Society of Northern California and Senior Fellow, University of Akron School of Law
October 8, 2025
Dr. Bhamati Viswanathan (IPPI Scholar) & Dr. Michael D. Smith (IPPI Senior Scholar)
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism | Hearing on “Too Big to Prosecute?: Examining the AI Industry’s Mass Ingestion of Copyrighted Works for AI Training”: Statement of Bhamati Viswanathan, Assistant Professor, New England Law | Boston & Written Testimony of Dr. Michael D. Smith, J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Information Technology and Policy, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
July 16, 2025
Michael P. Goodyear (IPPI Scholar)
Comments to the USPTO on OECD E-Commerce Guidelines
June 16, 2025
Mark A. Cohen (IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property | Hearing on “Foreign Threats to American Innovation and Economic Leadership”: Written Testimony of Mark A. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Asia Society of Northern California
May 14, 2025
Mark F. Schultz, Emily Michiko Morris, & Joshua Kresh
Comments Re: Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients (Doc. ID BIS-2025-0022) XRIN 0694-XC120
May 7, 2025
Judge Paul R. Michel (Ret.) (IPPI Advisory Board Member) & Judge Kathleen O’Malley (Ret.)
Letter to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in support of PERA
September 24, 2024
Emily Michiko Morris, Mark F. Schultz, & Joshua Kresh
In Response to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting
July 9, 2024
Emily Michiko Morris
RE: Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights
February 6, 2024
Also signed by David Grossman, Joshua Kresh, Professor Kristen Jakobsen Osenga, & Professor Mark F. Schultz
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Re: Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights, Docket No. NIST-2023-0008
February 6, 2024
Also signed by Joshua Kresh in his own capacity, the Hon. Paul Michel, & the Hon. Susan G. Braden (Ret.)
Jonathan M. Barnett et al
Comments by 22 Scholars and Former Officials on Bayh-Dole Guidance Framework
February 6, 2024
Also signed by the Hon. Susan G. Braden, Professor Daniel R. Cahoy, Professor Chris Holman, Professor Justin (Gus) Hurwitz, the Hon. Andrei Iancu, the Hon. Paul Michel, Professor Emily Michiko Morris, Professor Kristen Jakobsen Osenga, the Hon. Randall R. Rader, & Professor Ted Sichelman
Kristen Jakobsen Osenga
Comments: NIST March-In Framework
February 5, 2024
Sandra Aistars, Devlin Hartline, Joshua Kresh, Kristen Osenga, Mark Schultz, et al.
Letter to the Biden Administration urging opposition to the proposed WTO waiver to the TRIPS Agreement’s IP protections
April 15, 2021
Christopher M. Holman, et al.
Written Comments to NIST on proposed changes to Bayh-Dole Regulations
April 5, 2021
Sandra Aistars, Devlin Hartline, Joshua Kresh, Kristen Osenga, Mark Schultz, et al.
Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data, and Code Resulting from Federally Funded Research
Intellectual Property Scholars’ Response to OSTP Request for Information
May 6, 2020
Sandra Aistars, Devlin Hartline, Kevin Madigan, Mark Schultz, et al.
In re South Africa Country Practice Review Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Request for Public Comment
Comments on Behalf of Intellectual Property Law Scholars
January 17, 2020
Devlin Hartline et al.
Blue Sky Dreaming: An Open Letter to the Department of Justice & FBI from the Ad Hoc Coalition for Copyright & Digital Prosperity
September 5, 2019
Chris Holman, Kristen Osenga, & Ted Sichelman
Letter to Congress Concerning the Reform of Patent Eligibility Doctrine
July 30, 2019
Adam Mossoff & Kristen Osenga
In re Certain Mobile Electronic Devices and Radio Frequency and Processing Components Thereof
The Use and Abuse of the “Public Interest” in the International Trade Commission and in Article III Courts
February 7, 2019
Kristen Osenga et al.
FTC Hearings On Competition and Consumer Protection In the 21st Century
Comments of Professors and Former Government Officials on How Antitrust Overreach is Threatening Healthcare Innovation
December 21, 2018
Jonathan Barnett, Chris Holman, Erika Lietzan, Kristen Osenga, et al.
FTC Hearings On Competition and Consumer Protection In the 21st Century
Comments of 18 Legal Academics, Economists, and Former Government Officials Supporting Evidence-Based Approach to IP Policymaking
December 21, 2018
Matthew Barblan, Kristen Osenga, Ted Sichelman, et al.
Response to the Proposed Changes to the Claim Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
July 9, 2018
Jonathan Barnett, Kristen Osenga, et al.
Letter to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Supporting the DOJ’s New Evidence-Based Approach to Intellectual Property Enforcement
February 13, 2018
Sandra Aistars & Rebecca Cusey
Section 512 Study: Request for Additional Comments
Comments on Behalf of the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
February 21, 2017
Sandra Aistars, Eric Priest, Mark Schultz, et al.
House Judiciary Committee Copyright Policy Proposal: “Reform of the U.S. Copyright Office”
Intellectual Property Scholars’ Comments in Response to Chairman Goodlatte’s and Ranking Member Conyers’ Request for Comments
January 31, 2017
Kevin Madigan
In the Matter of Expanding Consumers’ Video Navigation Choices; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices
Letter on FCC Set-Top Box Regulation Once Again Confuses the Issue
August 8, 2016
Chris Holman, Kristen Osenga, Mark Schultz, Ted Sichelman, et al.
Letter to Congress from 28 Law Professors & Economists Urging Caution on the VENUE Act
August 1, 2016
Sandra Aistars, Matthew Barblan, Devlin Hartline, Kevin Madigan, Mark Schultz, et al.
In the Matter of Expanding Consumers’ Video Navigation Choices; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices
Ex Parte Letter on Behalf of Intellectual Property Law Scholars
June 15, 2016
Sandra Aistars, Matthew Barblan, Devlin Hartline, Kevin Madigan, Mark Schultz, et al.
In the Matter of Expanding Consumers’ Video Navigation Choices; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices
Comments on Behalf of Intellectual Property Law Scholars
April 22, 2016
Sandra Aistars, Eric Priest, Mark Schultz, et al.
Open Letter of Intellectual Property Professors on the Appointment of a New Librarian of Congress and the Need for Copyright Office Modernization
April 14, 2016
Sandra Aistars, Matthew Barblan, Devlin Hartline, Kevin Madigan, Eric Priest, & Mark Schultz
Section 512 Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment
Comments on Behalf of Copyright Law Scholars
April 1, 2016
Terrica Carrington & Rebecca Cusey
Section 512 Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment
Comments on Behalf of The Arts and Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at George Mason University School of Law
April 1, 2016
Chris Holman, Kristen Osenga, Mark Schultz, Ted Sichelman, et al.
Letter to Congress by Forty Economists and Law Professors Expressing Concerns About Data Behind “Patent Reform”
March 10, 2015
Congressional Testimony
Mark A. Cohen (IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Senior Scholar)
Statement of Mark Cohen … Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet of the Committee of the Judiciary hearing: IP and Strategic Competition with China: Part IV – Patents, Standards, and Lawfare
December 18, 2024
Kristen Jakobsen Osenga (IPPI Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy & Senior Scholar)
Written Testimony of Kristen Jakobsen Osenga … Before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate: The RESTORE Patent Rights Act: Restoring America’s Status as the Global IP Leader
December 18, 2024
Michael Doane
Statement of Michael Doane … Before the Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet: U.S. House of Representatives: IP Litigation and the US International Trade Commission
July 23, 2024
Sandra Aistars
Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Testimony
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act at 22: What Is It, Why Was it Enacted, and Where Are We Now? (Feb. 11, 2020) (written statement)
Mark Schultz
Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Testimony
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act at 22: What Is It, Why Was it Enacted, and Where Are We Now? (Feb. 11, 2020) (written statement)
Erika Lietzan
House Judiciary Committee Testimony
Antitrust Concerns and the FDA Approval Process: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, 115th Cong. ___(July 27, 2017) (written statement)
Mark Schultz
House Judiciary Committee Testimony
The Scope of Copyright Protection: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, 113th Cong. 57-66 (Jan. 14, 2014) (oral testimony and written statement)