Council for Innovation Promotion

Today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative urged the World Trade Organization to postpone making a decision on expanding the TRIPS waiver. Citing the need for more information, USTR plans to ask the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate the “market dynamics” for Covid-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. But after five months of consultations with […]

This week, the Senate took a major step toward bolstering America’s innovative ecosystem with the unanimous passage of the Patents for Humanity Act of 2022.  The bipartisan legislation — sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) — codifies the USPTO’s Patents for Humanity Program, which recognizes U.S. innovators who leverage their patented

The holidays are just around the corner, and many Americans have already started searching for the perfect gifts. And while they may not know it, shoppers have intellectual property protections to thank for almost every product that they’ll put in their carts in the coming weeks. It’s nearly impossible to think of a best-selling kid’s

Chinese President Xi Jinping recently made his strategic priorities abundantly clear as he stacked the highest levels of government with experts in biotechnology, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence. Officials with science and technological expertise now account for almost 40% of the party’s Central Committee — a feat not previously reached in three decades. President Xi’s deliberate promotion of these “technocrats”