IPPI has submitted formal comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding its Section 232 investigation of pharmaceutical imports, cautioning against imposing tariffs on medicines and their ingredients. In our […]
[Archived Post] Panel Discussion: Vaccines, Intellectual Property, and Global Equity
The following post comes from Colin Kreutzer, a 2E at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2. The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a spotlight on the role of intellectual […]
[Archived Post] A View from Both Sides: COVID-19, the TRIPS Waiver, IP Rights, and How to Increase the Supply of Vaccines
Issue The United States and other wealthy nations have access to plenty of COVID-19 vaccine doses and thus are beginning to get the pandemic under control, while less affluent countries […]
[Archived Post] Hudson Institute Panel Focuses on Patent Litigation in China
The following post comes from Wade Cribbs, a 2L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at CPIP. By Wade Cribbs Questions about how Chinese patent protection operates in the […]
[Archived Post] Will the EU Finally Hold Internet Giants Accountable?
On July 5th, the European Parliament will vote on a draft of the Copyright Directive for the Digital Single Market that has major implications for the future of copyright law […]
[Archived Post] European Union Draws a Line on Infringing Hyperlinks
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Last week, the European Court of Justice—the judicial authority of the European Union—issued an anticipated decision in the Sanoma hyperlinking case, declaring that commercial linking with […]
[Archived Post] The European Union Extends Copyright in Design—and Critics Balk (Yet Again)
By Bhamati Viswanathan The European Union recently decided to support the productive labors of designers by extending legal protections of their works in all areas of copyright, design, and patent […]
[Archived Post] Google Image Search and the Misappropriation of Copyrighted Images
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Last week, American visual communications and stock photography agency Getty Images filed a formal complaint in support of the European Union’s investigation into Google’s […]
[Archived Post] Digital Goods and the ITC: The Most Important Case That Nobody is Talking About
By Devlin Hartline & Matthew Barblan In its ClearCorrect opinion from early 2014, the International Trade Commission (ITC) issued cease and desist orders preventing the importation of infringing digital goods […]
[Archived Post] Curbing the Abuses of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law: An Indictment and Reform Agenda
The following is taken from a CPIP policy brief by Professor Richard A. Epstein. A PDF of the full policy brief is available here. Curbing the Abuses of China’s Anti-Monopoly […]