{"id":16249,"date":"2026-02-20T19:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/?page_id=16249"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:06:20","slug":"cle-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/events\/ippi-2026-winter-institute\/cle-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"CLE Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CLE materials for the IPPI 2026 Winter Institute: IP and National Success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Panel 1: The U.S. as a Leader in Innovation and IP Policy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mark Cohen, \u201cThe Criminal Bias in U.S. Intellectual Property Diplomacy,\u201d The National Bureau of Asian Research (July 22, 2021), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbr.org\/publication\/the-criminal-bias-in-u-s-intellectual-property-diplomacy\/\">https:\/\/www.nbr.org\/publication\/the-criminal-bias-in-u-s-intellectual-property-diplomacy\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Cohen, \u201cThe 600 Billion Dollar China IP Echo Chamber,\u201d China IPR Blog (May 12, 2019), <a href=\"https:\/\/chinaipr.com\/2019\/05\/12\/the-600-billion-dollar-china-ip-echo-chamber\/\">https:\/\/chinaipr.com\/2019\/05\/12\/the-600-billion-dollar-china-ip-echo-chamber\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Cohen, \u201cAn Update on Data-Driven Reports on China\u2019s IP Enforcement Environment,\u201d China IPR Blog (July 13, 2020), <a href=\"https:\/\/chinaipr.com\/2020\/07\/13\/an-update-on-data-driven-reports-on-chinas-ip-enforcement-environment\/\">https:\/\/chinaipr.com\/2020\/07\/13\/an-update-on-data-driven-reports-on-chinas-ip-enforcement-environment\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark A. Cohen, \u201cTestimony of Mark A. Cohen, Senior Technology Fellow, Asia Society of Northern California and Senior Fellow, University of Akron School of Law\u201d&nbsp;(October 8, 2025), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/4539f98c-f893-95c0-3976-2519d3d06087\/2025-10-08%20-%20Testimony%20-%20Cohen1.pdf\">https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/4539f98c-f893-95c0-3976-2519d3d06087\/2025-10-08%20-%20Testimony%20-%20Cohen1.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>U.S. Chamber of Commerce, \u201cOur 2025 Special 301 Agenda: Reform, Enforcement, and Growth\u201d (January 30, 2025), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/intellectual-property\/our-2025-special-301-agenda-reform-enforcement-and-growth\">https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/intellectual-property\/our-2025-special-301-agenda-reform-enforcement-and-growth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For Panel 2: Litigation Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lionel M. Lavenue, Dr. Jochen Herr, LL.M., Daniel F. Seitz, Yi Yang, and Caitlin T. Coverstone, \u201cGlobal Patent Litigation: Strategic Insights Across U.S., Germany, and China,\u201d Finnegan (December 18, 2025), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finnegan.com\/en\/insights\/articles\/global-patent-litigation-strategic-insights-across-us-germany-and-china.html\">https:\/\/www.finnegan.com\/en\/insights\/articles\/global-patent-litigation-strategic-insights-across-us-germany-and-china.html<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dani Kass, \u201cPatent Litigation Trends To Watch In 2026,\u201d Law360 (January 2, 2026), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2423320\/patent-litigation-trends-to-watch-in-2026\">https:\/\/www.law360.com\/articles\/2423320\/patent-litigation-trends-to-watch-in-2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eileen McDermott, \u201cLooking Forward to 2026: IP Predictions and Prospects for the Year Ahead,\u201d IPWatchdog (January 1, 2026), <a href=\"https:\/\/ipwatchdog.com\/2026\/01\/01\/looking-forward-2026-ip-predictions-prospects-year-ahead\/\">https:\/\/ipwatchdog.com\/2026\/01\/01\/looking-forward-2026-ip-predictions-prospects-year-ahead\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kirti Gupta and Mark Cohen, \u201cThe New SEP Powerhouse: How China is Shaping Global Patent Disputes,\u201d LeadershIP (May 7, 2025), <a href=\"https:\/\/ipleadership.org\/the-new-sep-powerhouse-how-china-is-shaping-global-patent-disputes\/\">https:\/\/ipleadership.org\/the-new-sep-powerhouse-how-china-is-shaping-global-patent-disputes\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carlos Aboim, Gabriel Mathias, Youssef Yunes, and Ana Carolina Marques, \u201cSEPs and War in the Courts: How Anti-Suit Injunctions and Interim Licenses Influenced Global Litigation in 2025,\u201d IPWatchdog (December 30, 2025), <a href=\"https:\/\/ipwatchdog.com\/2025\/12\/30\/seps-war-courts-how-anti-suit-injunctions-interim-licenses-influenced-global-litigation-2025\/\">https:\/\/ipwatchdog.com\/2025\/12\/30\/seps-war-courts-how-anti-suit-injunctions-interim-licenses-influenced-global-litigation-2025\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Panel 3: The Future of the U.S. as a Life Sciences Innovator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Research Citation Links<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fschaeffer.usc.edu%2Fresearch%2Fthe-elasticity-of-pharmaceutical-innovation-how-much-does-revenue-drive-new-drug-development%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmdurel%40uakron.edu%7Ce533f007c15e43f5fbac08de7402323b%7Ce8575dedd7f94ecea4aa0b32991aeedd%7C0%7C0%7C639075750139874768%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7%2BYd0zisD4svVOkSWy0o8NIR4IlmAhr%2B1oWK%2Fv0G9s0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USC Schaeffer Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Fhealthaffairsscholar%2Farticle%2F3%2F8%2Fqxaf152%2F8242719&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmdurel%40uakron.edu%7Ce533f007c15e43f5fbac08de7402323b%7Ce8575dedd7f94ecea4aa0b32991aeedd%7C0%7C0%7C639075750140096050%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=42EdEbrO%2BPrQa6byHhvRzLWoMM1jT7ztROwIxV9Zoto%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Post-approval RCT decline<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fc4ip.org%2Fdebunking-patent-disinformation-insights-from-the-usptos-drug-patent-and-exclusivity-study%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmdurel%40uakron.edu%7Ce533f007c15e43f5fbac08de7402323b%7Ce8575dedd7f94ecea4aa0b32991aeedd%7C0%7C0%7C639075750140125480%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eg7wd8dzo1PFLy0rr4Lup%2BTNJmsIePUwhUJf1MC8t6w%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USPTO 2024 Study<\/a>\u00a0(C4IP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com%2Fvoices.uchicago.edu%2Fdist%2Fd%2F3128%2Ffiles%2F2023%2F10%2FSmall-Molecule-Paper-Final-Oct-5-2023.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmdurel%40uakron.edu%7Ce533f007c15e43f5fbac08de7402323b%7Ce8575dedd7f94ecea4aa0b32991aeedd%7C0%7C0%7C639075750140143928%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5Ik3AQNgtMDvGkn5NKpR%2Fosd%2B0etQVUekr%2F066tDLgk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thinkbrg.com%2Finsights%2Fpublications%2Fthe-pharmaceutical-supply-chain-2013-2023%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmdurel%40uakron.edu%7Ce533f007c15e43f5fbac08de7402323b%7Ce8575dedd7f94ecea4aa0b32991aeedd%7C0%7C0%7C639075750140161469%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UmYmbz9o3elZ%2BA8BVJqaUlnMn%2FKdXc9cV0nEjapxEa4%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PhRMA\/BRG Study<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scientificamerican.com%2Farticle%2Fcost-to-develop-new-pharmaceutical-drug-now-exceeds-2-5b%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmdurel%40uakron.edu%7Ce533f007c15e43f5fbac08de7402323b%7Ce8575dedd7f94ecea4aa0b32991aeedd%7C0%7C0%7C639075750140178867%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UDNvzp0UZdOuRWLFJZpqSyAqnJ48C7afm3Dgxskmnkk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tufts University<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ficer.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F09%2FICER_Obesity_Draft-Report_For-Publication_090925.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmdurel%40uakron.edu%7Ce533f007c15e43f5fbac08de7402323b%7Ce8575dedd7f94ecea4aa0b32991aeedd%7C0%7C0%7C639075750140196782%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3pbSDpFZgj%2FXSL1r5XlBRThQwuzK%2BEpfKxm%2BrkloGQ0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICER<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fschaeffer.usc.edu%2Fresearch%2Fa-value-based-price-for-anti-obesity-medications%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmdurel%40uakron.edu%7Ce533f007c15e43f5fbac08de7402323b%7Ce8575dedd7f94ecea4aa0b32991aeedd%7C0%7C0%7C639075750140214816%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=20xvCsl6s3sz8TgzfkafBcEw9B3vK2WVirlrNNTu8tU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USC Schaeffer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Panel 4: IP and the Startup Economy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alliance of U.S. Startups &amp; Inventors for Jobs (USIJ), \u201cUSIJ Comments re NPRM \u2013 Dkt. No. PTO-P-2025-0025\u201d (December 2, 2025), <a href=\"https:\/\/usij.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USIJ-Response-Request-for-Comment-on-NPRM-12.2.25.pdf\">https:\/\/usij.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USIJ-Response-Request-for-Comment-on-NPRM-12.2.25.pdf<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provided by Robert P. Taylor. Paper filed in response to the USPTO\u2019s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking dated October 17, 2025, related to proposed procedures for dealing with petitions for IPR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zvi S. Rosen, <em>Examining Copyright<\/em>, 69 J. Copyright Society, 481, (2022), <a href=\"https:\/\/copyrightsociety.org\/journal-entries\/examining-copyright\/\">https:\/\/copyrightsociety.org\/journal-entries\/examining-copyright\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark F. Schultz, \u201cDeclining Patent Reliability and Venture Capital Reallocation,\u201d Forthcoming in <em>Bringing Medicines to Life: How Intellectual Property Enables Innovation in the Life Sciences<\/em>, eds. Jonathan M. Barnett and Bowman Heiden, Cambridge University Press 2026, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1670\/2026\/02\/Schultz-Declining-Patent-Reliability-and-Venture-Capital-Reallocation.pdf\">http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1670\/2026\/02\/Schultz-Declining-Patent-Reliability-and-Venture-Capital-Reallocation.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Panel 5: Copyright, AI, and National Competitiveness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>J\u00e9ssica Dutra and Robert Stoner of Secretariat, <em>Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy: The 2024 Report<\/em>, prepared for the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) (December 2024), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iipa.org\/files\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IIPA-Copyright-Industries-in-the-U.S.-Economy-Report-2024_ONLINE_FINAL.pdf\">https:\/\/www.iipa.org\/files\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IIPA-Copyright-Industries-in-the-U.S.-Economy-Report-2024_ONLINE_FINAL.pdf<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Available on <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iipa.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckpietro%40uakron.edu%7Cca62f30d690f4e1052fd08de6a56697e%7Ce8575dedd7f94ecea4aa0b32991aeedd%7C0%7C0%7C639065116518405134%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4o%2BfnwMKQqVgs6CFD64N1kKiZKLmPS2Sl0eXE%2FfEt2I%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.iipa.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2023, the value added by the core copyright industries to U.S. GDP reached more than $2 trillion dollars ($2,096.31 billion), accounting for 7.66% of the U.S. economy.&nbsp; In 2023, the value added by the total copyright industries to GDP4 exceeded $3.3 trillion ($3,369.08 billion), accounting for 12.31% of the U.S. economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graham Allison, \u201cThe National Insecurity of AI,\u201d <em>Aspen Strategy Group<\/em> (October 16, 2024), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/research-analysis\/national-insecurity-ai\">https:\/\/www.belfercenter.org\/research-analysis\/national-insecurity-ai<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cFor the first decade after the explosion of atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki forcing Japan to surrender in WWII, the smartest scientists and strategists in the world grappled with the question of what this meant for strategy, statecraft, and the future of international order. Read what they said and wrote, and examine what they actually did.\u201d (Accessed 2\/10\/26)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maria Pallante, Mary Rasenberger, and Danielle Coffey, \u201cGenerative AI is generating astronomical profits by trampling authors and publishers,\u201d <em>The Hill<\/em> (April 26, 2024), <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/4624330-generative-ai-is-generating-astronomical-profits-by-trampling-authors-and-publishers\/\">https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/4624330-generative-ai-is-generating-astronomical-profits-by-trampling-authors-and-publishers\/<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cAs Congress well knows, copyright is a fundamentally important right authorized explicitly by the U.S. Constitution, not a minor inconvenience that can be disregarded by downstream inventors or investors. Copyright is the means by which authors and publishers are incentivized to write, publish, inspire and inform\u2014 crucial roles that are more essential than ever in the face of numerous, serious threats to democracy.\u201d (Accessed 2\/11\/26)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c[T]he AI Perspectives of U.S Publishers,\u201d Association of American Publishers (March 15, 2025), <a href=\"https:\/\/publishers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/White-House-AI-Action-Plan-Association-of-American-Publishers.pdf\">https:\/\/publishers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/White-House-AI-Action-Plan-Association-of-American-Publishers.pdf<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cGlobal AI leadership goes hand in hand with global copyright leadership. Several countries have framed copyright protection as an impediment to AI development. These countries do not have the IP markets of the United States. By upholding U.S. intellectual property\u2014including the copyright laws that protect and incentivize the ongoing investments of publishers and authors\u2014 the United States can signal to other nations that they must not weaken their own copyright laws&#8230;At stake are the livelihoods of all creators who have helped to make the United States the leading voice on intellectual property in the digital age and who are integral to the future success of lawful AI products.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLE materials for the IPPI 2026 Winter Institute: IP and National Success For Panel 1: The U.S. as a Leader in Innovation and IP Policy For Panel 2: Litigation Leadership For Panel 3: The Future of the U.S. as a Life Sciences Innovator Key Research Citation Links For Panel 4: IP and the Startup Economy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4851,"featured_media":0,"parent":14922,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16249","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16249"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16270,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16249\/revisions\/16270"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}