Today marks the 21st annual World Intellectual Property Day. The event is held each year on the 26th of April to commemorate the day the WIPO Convention, which established the […]
[Archived Post] Professor Tabrez Ebrahim on Clean and Sustainable Technological Innovation
The following post comes from Associate Professor of Law Tabrez Ebrahim of California Western School of Law in San Diego, California. By Tabrez Ebrahim What role should patent law have […]
[Archived Post] USPTO-DOJ Workshop on Promoting Innovation in the Life Science Sector: Day Two Recap
The following post comes from Austin Shaffer, a 2L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at CPIP. By Austin Shaffer This past fall, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and […]
[Archived Post] USPTO-DOJ Workshop on Promoting Innovation in the Life Science Sector: Day One Recap
The following post comes from Colin Kreutzer, a 2E at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at CPIP. By Colin Kreutzer This past fall, the United States Patent and Trademark […]
[Archived Post] Consumer Perception Wins the Day: A Case Overview of USPTO v. Booking.com
The following post comes from Ryan Reynolds, a rising 3L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at CPIP. By Ryan Reynolds Last week, the Supreme Court in USPTO v. […]
[Archived Post] New Paper Explores Possibility of Gold-Plated Patents Beyond the PTAB’s Reach
What if there is a way for a patent applicant to obtain a “gold-plated patent” that is immune to administrative cancellation before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at […]
[Archived Post] New CPIP Policy Brief: Barnett on the End of Patent Groupthink
In a new CPIP policy brief entitled The End of Patent Groupthink, CPIP Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy Jonathan Barnett highlights some cracks that have emerged in the recent policy […]
[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] Supreme Court to Assess USPTO’s Controversial Attorneys’ Fees Position
By Chris Katopis & Devlin Hartline This week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an important case concerning patent law procedures and the American legal system in general. In […]
[Archived Post] U.S. Rise in International IP Index Signals Progress in Ongoing Effort to Restore Faith in the Patent System
Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) released the seventh edition of the International IP Index for 2019, Inspiring Tomorrow. The report provides some long […]