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Letters and Comments

Letters and comments written, signed, and/or submitted by affiliates of IPPI

• Kristina M. L. Acri, née Lybecker, Michael L. Doane, Dr. Bowman Heiden, Matthew J. Higgins, Joshua Kresh, Emily Michiko Morris, Kristen Jakobsen Osenga, Mark F. Schultz, and Dr. Amy Semet, and David O. Taylor, “Letter of Patent Law and Innovation Scholars in Support of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)” to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (July 13, 2026)
• Emily Michiko Morris, Joshua Kresh, Kristen Osenga, and Mark F. Schultz, “Comment on Proposed Rule OMB-2026-0034” to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (July 13, 2026)
• Michael L. Doane, “Comments on Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Docket No. MISC-051, 91 Fed. Reg. 23190 (April 30, 2026)” to the U.S. International Trade Commission (June 26, 2026)
• Michael Doane, Joshua Kresh, Emily Michiko Morris, Mark F. Schultz, et al, Academic Letter in Support of Pappas Nomination June 2026, “RE: Nomination of Peter-Anthony Pappas to U.S. International Trade Commission” (June 24, 2026)
• Joshua Kresh, Emily Michiko Morris, and Mark F. Schultz, Letter to Chairman Cassidy and Ranking Member Sanders, RE: the Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act (MAPIA) (June 16, 2026)
• Dr. Alexander Raskovich (IPPI Senior Economist), Response to Request for Comments from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): “Business Collaborations: The Need for Antitrust Guidance on Licensing Negotiation Groups” (April 23, 2026)
• Dr. Amy Semet (IPPI Scholar), Response to USPTO Request for Comments on proposed rulemaking re: inter partes review/PTAB (submitted December 2, 2025)
• Dr. Alexander Raskovich (IPPI Senior Economist), “Inter Partes Review of Patent Claims: An Error Cost Analysis of USPTO’s Proposed Reforms” [also submitted as a response to the USPTO] (December 1, 2025)
• Signed by the Hon. Paul Michel (IPPI Advisory Board Member), the Hon. Andrei Iancu (IPPI Advisory Board Member), Dr. Kristina M. L. Acri, née Lybecker (IPPI Senior Scholar), Professor Jonathan M. Barnett (IPPI Senior Scholar), Mark A. Cohen (IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar), Dr. Bowman Heiden (IPPI Scholar), Professor Justin (Gus) Hurwitz (IPPI Senior Scholar), Dean Kristen Jakobsen Osenga (IPPI Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy & Senior Scholar), et al, “Response to United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Open Consultation on Standard Essential Patents” (October 7, 2025)
• Michael P. Goodyear (IPPI Scholar), Comment to the USPTO on OECD E-Commerce Guidelines (June 16, 2025)
• Mark F. Schultz, Emily Michiko Morris, & Joshua Kresh, “Re: Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients (Doc. ID BIS-2025-0022) XRIN 0694-XC120” (May 7, 2025)
• Judge Paul R. Michel (Ret.) (IPPI Advisory Board Member) & Judge Kathleen O’Malley (Ret.), Letter to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in support of PERA (September 24, 2024) [view on C4IP’s site]
• Emily Michiko Morris, Mark F. Schultz, & Joshua Kresh, “In Response to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting” (July 9, 2024)
• Emily Michiko Morris, “RE: Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights” (February 6, 2024) *Also signed by David Grossman, Joshua Kresh, Professor Kristen Jakobsen Osenga, & Professor Mark F. Schultz
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce, “Re: Request for Information Regarding the Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-In Rights, Docket No. NIST-2023-0008” (February 6, 2024) *Also signed by Joshua Kresh in his own capacity, the Hon. Paul Michel, & the Hon. Susan G. Braden (Ret.)
• Jonathan M. Barnett et al, Comments by 22 Scholars and Former Officials on Bayh-Dole Guidance Framework (February 6, 2024) *Also signed by the Hon. Susan G. Braden, Professor Daniel R. Cahoy, Professor Chris Holman, Professor Justin (Gus) Hurwitz, the Hon. Andrei Iancu, the Hon. Paul Michel, Professor Emily Michiko Morris, Professor Kristen Jakobsen Osenga, the Hon. Randall R. Rader, & Professor Ted Sichelman
• Kristen Jakobsen Osenga,  Comments: NIST March-In Framework (February 5, 2024)
• Sandra Aistars, Devlin Hartline, Joshua Kresh, Kristen Osenga, Mark Schultz, et al., Letter to the Biden Administration urging opposition to the proposed WTO waiver to the TRIPS Agreement’s IP protections (April 15, 2021)
• Christopher M. Holman, et al., Written Comments to NIST on proposed changes to Bayh-Dole Regulations (April 5, 2021)
• Sandra Aistars, Devlin Hartline, Joshua Kresh, Kristen Osenga, Mark Schultz, et al., “Intellectual Property Scholars’ Response to OSTP Request for Information FR Doc. 2020-06622, Regarding ‘Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data, and Code Resulting from Federally Funded Research’” (May 6, 2020)
• Sandra Aistars, Devlin Hartline, Kevin Madigan, Mark Schultz, et al., In re South Africa Country Practice Review Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Request for Public Comment, “Comments on Behalf of Intellectual Property Law Scholars” (January 17, 2020)
• Devlin Hartline et al., “Blue Sky Dreaming: An Open Letter to the Department of Justice & FBI from the Ad Hoc Coalition for Copyright & Digital Prosperity“ (September 5, 2019)
• Chris Holman, Kristen Osenga, & Ted Sichelman, et al. (signatories), “Letter to Congress Concerning the Reform of Patent Eligibility Doctrine” (July 30, 2019) [FileManager link] [view on Patently-O’s site]
• Adam Mossoff & Kristen Osenga, In re Certain Mobile Electronic Devices and Radio Frequency and Processing Components Thereof, The Use and Abuse of the “Public Interest” in the International Trade Commission and in Article III Courts (February 7, 2019)
• Kristen Osenga et al., FTC Hearings On Competition and Consumer Protection In the 21st Century, Comments of Professors and Former Government Officials on How Antitrust Overreach is Threatening Healthcare Innovation (December 21, 2018)
• Jonathan Barnett, Chris Holman, Erika Lietzan, Kristen Osenga, et al., FTC Hearings On Competition and Consumer Protection In the 21st Century, Comments of 18 Legal Academics, Economists, and Former Government Officials Supporting Evidence-Based Approach to IP Policymaking (December 21, 2018)
• Matthew Barblan, Kristen Osenga, Ted Sichelman, et al., “Response to the Proposed Changes to the Claim Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board” (July 9, 2018)
• Jonathan Barnett, Kristen Osenga, et al., Letter to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Supporting the DOJ’s New Evidence-Based Approach to Intellectual Property Enforcement (February 13, 2018)
• Sandra Aistars & Rebecca Cusey, Section 512 Study: Request for Additional Comments, “Comments on Behalf of the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University” (February 21, 2017)
• Sandra Aistars, Eric Priest, Mark Schultz, et al., Intellectual Property Scholars’ Comments in Response to Chairman Goodlatte’s and Ranking Member Conyers’ Request for Comments on the House Judiciary Committee’s First Copyright Policy Proposal: ‘Reform of the U.S. Copyright Office’” (January 31, 2017)
• Kevin Madigan, In the Matter of Expanding Consumers’ Video Navigation Choices; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, Letter on FCC Set-Top Box Regulation Once Again Confuses the Issue (August 8, 2016)
• Chris Holman, Kristen Osenga, Mark Schultz, Ted Sichelman, et al., “Letter to Congress from 28 Law Professors & Economists Urging Caution on the VENUE Act” (August 1, 2016)
• Sandra Aistars, Matthew Barblan, Devlin Hartline, Kevin Madigan, Mark Schultz, et al., In the Matter of Expanding Consumers’ Video Navigation Choices; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, Ex Parte Letter on Behalf of Intellectual Property Law Scholars (June 15, 2016)
• Sandra Aistars, Matthew Barblan, Devlin Hartline, Kevin Madigan, Mark Schultz, et al., In the Matter of Expanding Consumers’ Video Navigation Choices; Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices, “Comments on Behalf of Intellectual Property Law Scholars” (April 22, 2016)
• Sandra Aistars, Eric Priest, Mark Schultz, et al., “Open Letter of Intellectual Property Professors on the Appointment of a New Librarian of Congress and the Need for Copyright Office Modernization” (April 14, 2016)
• Sandra Aistars, Matthew Barblan, Devlin Hartline, Kevin Madigan, Eric Priest, & Mark Schultz, Section 512 Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment, “Comments on Behalf of Copyright Law Scholars” (April 1, 2016)
• Terrica Carrington & Rebecca Cusey, Section 512 Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment, “Comments on Behalf of The Arts and Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at George Mason University School of Law” (April 1, 2016)
• Chris Holman, Kristen Osenga, Mark Schultz, Ted Sichelman, et al., Letter to Congress by Forty Economists and Law Professors Expressing Concerns About Data Behind “Patent Reform” (March 10, 2015)

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Congressional Testimony

Congressional testimony by affiliates of IPPI

• Dr. Bhamati Viswanathan (IPPI Scholar), House Judiciary Committee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, Hearing on “A Midlife Crisis? IP and the Internet After 40”: Written Witness Testimony of Professor Bhamati Viswanathan (June 30, 2026)
• Mark A. Cohen (IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar), Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee Hearing on “Stealth Stealing: China’s Ongoing Theft of U.S. Innovation”: “Oral Statement of Mark A. Cohen . . . on ‘Practical Proposals to Address Intellectual Property Misappropriation from China’” (April 22, 2026)
• Mark A. Cohen (IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar), Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property | Hearing on “The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act – Restoring Clarity, Certainty, and Predictability to the U.S. Patent System”: “Testimony of Mark A. Cohen, Senior Technology Fellow, Asia Society of Northern California and Senior Fellow, University of Akron School of Law” (October 8, 2025)
• Mark A. Cohen (IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Scholar), Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property | Hearing on “Foreign Threats to American Innovation and Economic Leadership”: “Written Testimony of Mark A. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Asia Society of Northern California” (May 14, 2025)
• Dr. Michael D. Smith (IPPI Senior Scholar), U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism | Hearing on “Too Big to Prosecute?: Examining the AI Industry’s Mass Ingestion of Copyrighted Works for AI Training”: “Written Testimony of Dr. Michael D. Smith, J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Information Technology and Policy, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University” (July 16, 2025)
• Dr. Bhamati Viswanathan (IPPI Scholar), U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism | Hearing on “Too Big to Prosecute?: Examining the AI Industry’s Mass Ingestion of Copyrighted Works for AI Training”: “Statement of Bhamati Viswanathan, Assistant Professor, New England Law | Boston” (July 16, 2025)
• Mark A. Cohen (IPPI Senior Fellow for China IP & Senior Scholar), “Statement of Mark Cohen … Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet of the Committee of the Judiciary hearing: IP and Strategic Competition with China: Part IV – Patents, Standards, and Lawfare” (December 18, 2024)
• Kristen Jakobsen Osenga (IPPI Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy & Senior Scholar), “Written Testimony of Kristen Jakobsen Osenga … Before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate: The RESTORE Patent Rights Act: Restoring America’s Status as the Global IP Leader” (December 18, 2024)
• Michael Doane, “Statement of Michael Doane … Before the Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet: U.S. House of Representatives: IP Litigation and the US International Trade Commission” (July 23, 2024)
• Sandra Aistars, Testimony of Professor Sandra Aistars: House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet’s hearing ‘Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Part III – IP Protection for AI-Assisted Inventions and Creative Works.’ (April 2024) (SSRN | House Judiciary Committee Website)
• Sandra Aistars, Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Testimony: “The Digital Millennium Copyright Act at 22: What Is It, Why Was it Enacted, and Where Are We Now?“ (Feb. 11, 2020) (written statement)
• Mark Schultz, Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Testimony, “The Digital Millennium Copyright Act at 22: What Is It, Why Was it Enacted, and Where Are We Now?“ (Feb. 11, 2020) (written statement)
• Erika Lietzan, House Judiciary Committee Testimony, “Antitrust Concerns and the FDA Approval Process: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law,” 115th Cong. ___(July 27, 2017) (written statement)
• Mark Schultz, House Judiciary Committee Testimony, “The Scope of Copyright Protection: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet,” 113th Cong. 57-66 (Jan. 14, 2014) (oral testimony and written statement)