Greetings from CPIP Executive Director Sean O’Connor As we move into another month of stay-at-home here in the DMV—and perhaps some re-openings—we here at CPIP hope that you and yours […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Welcomes Joshua Kresh as Deputy Director
CPIP is proud to welcome Joshua Kresh to our leadership team! As Deputy Director, Joshua will report to CPIP Executive Director Sean O’Connor while managing and participating in CPIP’s day-to-day […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Bids a Fond Farewell to Kevin Madigan and Seeks New Deputy Director
Longtime CPIP staff member Kevin Madigan is leaving the Center next week to become VP, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel at the Copyright Alliance. “I joined CPIP just over four […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Roundup – August 29, 2019
Greetings from CPIP Executive Director Sean O’Connor With a new academic year beginning at Antonin Scalia Law School, the CPIP team continues to build on a productive summer of scholarship, […]
[Archived Post] “No Combination Drug Patents Act” Stalls, but Threats to Innovation Remain
By Kevin Madigan & Sean O’Connor This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee was to mark up a bill limiting patent eligibility for combination drug patents—new forms, uses, and administrations of […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Scholars Join Comment Letter to FTC Supporting Evidence-Based Approach to IP Policymaking
On December 21, 2018, CPIP Senior Scholars Jonathan Barnett, Chris Holman, Erika Lietzan, Adam Mossoff, Sean O’Connor, and Kristen Osenga joined a comment letter that was filed with the FTC […]
[Archived Post] Proposed Misuse of Section 1498 Relies on the False Claim that Patents Are Not Property
By Kathleen Wills* The question whether patents are property rights is a continuing and hotly debated topic in IP law. Despite an abundance of scholarship (see here, here, here, here, […]
[Archived Post] Proposal for Drug Price Controls is Legally Unprecedented and Threatens Medical Innovation
By Adam Mossoff, Sean O’Connor, & Evan Moore* The price of the miracle drugs everyone uses today is cause for concern among people today. The President has commented on it. […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Announces Leadership Transitions
ARLINGTON, Virginia – August 22, 2018 – The Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) announced today that Matthew Barblan, CPIP’s Executive Director, will leave the center this month […]
[Archived Post] Despite What You Hear, Notice and Takedown is Failing Creators and Copyright Owners
By Kevin Madigan In a recent op-ed in the LA Times, Professors Chris Sprigman and Mark Lemley praise the notice and takedown provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) […]