{"id":8547,"date":"2021-06-29T18:12:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T18:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cip2.gmu.edu\/?p=8547"},"modified":"2026-02-03T20:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:11:11","slug":"cpip-second-quarter-progress-report-march-may-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/ualawip\/2021\/06\/29\/cpip-second-quarter-progress-report-march-may-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"[Archived Post] CPIP Second Quarter Progress Report (March-May 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"SeanGreetings from CPIP Executive Director Sean O\u2019Connor<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

We are cautiously optimistic as locations around the globe move towards greater control of the COVID pandemic. With luck, diligence, and generosity by public and private sectors around the world, we can all strive for vaccines to be more widely accessible and a future in which we can see other in person again.<\/p>\n

Our Second Quarter Progress Report for 2021 covers CPIP\u2019s and our affiliates\u2019 events, news, scholarship, and more\u00a0from March through May of this year<\/strong>. Our team has just wrapped up the fourth iteration of the WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property at CPIP, and we\u2019re looking forward to in-person and hybrid programming in the coming months\u2013\u2013look for details in our future progress reports and communications. We also have an exciting new name announcement coming later this week, and we\u2019re looking forward to seeing what the rest of the year brings. In the meantime, I\u2019m pleased to present this report on CPIP\u2019s output from the past few months.<\/p>\n

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CPIP Hosted & Co-Hosted Events<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

On Wednesday, March 3, Arlington Economic Development\u2019s\u00a0BizLaunch<\/a>\u00a0network co-hosted a public online\u00a0event<\/a>\u00a0entitled \u201cMason Law Clinic @BizLaunch: Which Entity is Right for Your Startup?\u201d with George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School\u2019s Innovation Law Clinic, which is led by CPIP Executive Director Sean O\u2019Connor. The virtual clinic addressed entrepreneurship and which business entities might best fit a business\u2019s needs and attract investment. The panelists were Kenneth Silverberg, Senior Counsel at Nixon Peabody, and third-year Scalia Law students Mitch Gibson and Rebecka Haynes. A video of the event is available on\u00a0CPIP\u2019s YouTube page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now in its seventh iteration, CPIP\u2019s 2021-2022\u00a0Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship<\/a>\u00a0had its first virtual meeting on Thursday, March 18, and Friday, March 19. The Edison Fellowship is a year-long non-resident fellowship program that brings together a group of scholars to develop research papers on intellectual property law and policy. The Edison Fellowship is one of the centerpieces of CPIP\u2019s mission to promote a better academic discussion about intellectual property rights with substantial scholarship produced from rigorous research that examines the moral and economic value of innovation. This year\u2019s topics include: the PTAB, patent disclosures and artificial intelligence, levels of licensing of SEPs, SEPs vs NEPs in litigation, drug repurposing and generics, regulatory exclusivities, copyright law, privacy law, and the right of publicity.<\/p>\n

From April 15-16, CPIP hosted a virtual roundtable\u00a0discussion<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Copyright and the Constitution<\/em>. This private, invitation-only roundtable explored current and historical topics in Copyright and the Constitution. Proposals to address challenges faced by authors and owners of copyrighted works are frequently met by claims from opponents that the proposals do not pass constitutional muster. Such allegations are typically baseless; however, they delay and increase the costs of pursuing legislative and other measures intended to protect and promote the creativity of authors. This roundtable investigated what has transpired in the courts and public discourse as well as how these precedents might inform current and future efforts to protect the interests of the creative community and ultimately the public.<\/p>\n

On May 4 and as part of\u00a0Arlington Forward\u2019s<\/a>\u00a020:20 Series, CPIP co-hosted a virtual\u00a0panel<\/a>,\u00a0Protecting What You Build: Intellectual Property as the Entrepreneur\u2019s Core Asset<\/em>, with CPIP Directors Professor Sean O\u2019Connor, Professor Sandra Aistars, and Joshua Kresh as the featured speakers. Great entrepreneurs execute on an innovative vision to improve the lives of others. Whether for profit or not for profit, the core of these ventures consists of particular solutions to tough problems. Such solutions in turn are combinations of information and practical methods, code\u202for devices that are legally defined as intellectual property. Patents, copyrights, trade secrets\u202fand trademarks play different roles in defining the scope, title\u202fand rights to innovative solutions. This session guided attendees through these types of intellectual property and explained how experienced entrepreneurs rely on them to implement their visions. A video of the event is available on\u00a0CPIP\u2019s YouTube page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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News & Speaking Engagements<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

On Tuesday, March 30, the U.S. News & World Report Rankings came out, and CPIP is pleased to\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0that Scalia Law placed 41 overall and that the IP program went from 30 to 26. Also, the part-time law program at Scalia Law ranked No. 4 among public and private institutions.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all the Scalia Law students who graduated on May 15! This was a challenging year with unprecedented obstacles and we appreciate the students\u2019 patience in adjusting to the online class format and doing their best. Well done and best of luck!<\/p>\n

Further, CPIP would like to congratulate The Honorable Kimberly A. Moore, who\u00a0became<\/a>\u00a0Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 22, 2021. She succeeded the Honorable Sharon Prost, who served as Chief Judge since May 31, 2014. Before joining the bench, Judge Moore was a faculty member of our George Mason University School of Law.<\/p>\n

The Innovation Law Clinic, an affiliate of CPIP, was\u00a0mentioned<\/a>\u00a0in the article \u201cNew pilot space debuts in Arlington\u201d in Mason\u2019s newsletter,\u00a0The George<\/em>, on May 27. The Clinic and other related innovation programs will temporarily be housed in a \u201cshowroom\u201d location at Vernon Smith Hall until moving into the Mason Exchange building under construction here on the Arlington campus with a scheduled opening date of May 2025.<\/p>\n

Sandra Aistars<\/strong>\u00a0(CPIP Director of Copyright Research and Policy; Founding Director, Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic; Clinical Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School)<\/p>\n