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IPPI 2026 Fall Progress Report<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n

(June – August 2026)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n
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Navigation<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

IPPI Hosted and Co-Hosted Events<\/a><\/h4>\r\n

News & Speaking Engagements<\/a><\/h4>\r\n

Scholarship & Other Writing<\/a><\/h4>\r\n
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Greetings from IPPI Research Professor & Executive Director Joshua Kresh<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

This has been another productive summer for IPPI. We ran the 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property<\/a>, which drew participants from more than fifteen countries and included the virtual panel “IP at America’s 250th<\/sup><\/a>,\u201d co-hosted with C4IP<\/a>. We were also active in the policy space with a letter<\/a> before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA), for which IPPI Advisory Board Member the Hon. Andrei Iancu<\/strong> also testified<\/a>; in a comment<\/a> to the Office of Management and Budget; and in a letter<\/a> to the Senate HELP Committee on the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act.<\/p>\r\n

Our scholars were also active over the summer. IPPI-affiliated researchers published new work on pharmaceutical patents, AI patent litigation, FRAND licensing, trade secrets, copyright, and the evolving role of IP in technology ecosystems, including two newly published Edison Fellowship<\/a> papers by former Fellows Matthew Sipe<\/strong> and Dr. Andrew Vassallo<\/strong>, as well as current Edison Fellow David Atkinson<\/strong>‘s new book<\/a> from Cambridge University Press on generative AI and the law. Our scholars presented at leading venues around the world, from S\u00e3o Paulo to Dublin to Stanford, and were quoted widely in outlets ranging from Bloomberg Law to Al Jazeera to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\r\n

Moving into the final months of 2026, we held our second meeting of this year\u2019s Edison Fellowship<\/strong> just this past week (more to come on those papers later), and we will be announcing the next round (2027-2028) of Edison applications soon. Also, I hope you will join us for our next public event: On\u00a0Wednesday, October 7<\/strong>, we will host a webinar<\/a> on \u201cThe Future of Copyright\u2019s Substantial Similarity Doctrine: Insights from the En Banc Rehearing in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg<\/em><\/strong>,\u201d in which council and amici participating in the case will analyze the Ninth Circuit\u2019s en banc hearing<\/a> shortly after the September 29 oral argument. Registration for our October 7 webinar is open now, and I encourage you to secure your spot, submit questions in advance, and share the link<\/a> with colleagues who care about the future of creators’ rights and visual IP.<\/p>\r\n

Best regards,<\/p>\r\n

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\"HeadshotJoshua Kresh
Research Professor & Executive Director
IPPI: The IP Policy Institute
The University of Akron School of Law
Washington, D.C.<\/p>\r\n

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IPPI Hosted & Co-Hosted Events<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

These are events either hosted or co-hosted by members of
the IPPI team and our affiliates from June through August 2026.<\/p>\r\n

WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property (Online)<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n

From June 1-12, IPPI partnered with the World Intellectual Property Organization<\/a> for the virtual 2026\u00a0WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property<\/a>. WIPO\u2019s only U.S.-based Summer School, this annual program is a two-week, online course focusing on IP law in the United States and consisting of lectures, case studies, simulation exercises, and group discussions on selected IP topics, with an orientation towards the interface between IP and other disciplines. This year, we were joined by law students, professionals, and other students of IP from Brazil, Canada, China, Ghana, India, Latvia, Malawi, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Saudia Arabia, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, and the United States. Many thanks to all our instructors, students, and partners for another successful program!<\/p>\r\n

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Students and staff wrap up the virtual 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on IP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

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Virtual Panel on \u201cIP at America\u2019s 250th<\/sup>,\u201d Co-Hosted with C4IP<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n