Op-Ed
Protect the value of American invention
November 12, 2022
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America is the world’s most innovative country. Or at least it was. By many measures, that title now belongs to China. The authoritarian powerhouse issued more patents than the United States for the first time in 2019, and it has left us in the dust ever since.
Biden’s cancer moonshot will miss without intellectual property
November 9, 2022
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President Biden recently set a goal of slashing cancer death rates by at least 50 percent in the next 25 years — and announced billions of dollars in new research funding to make it a reality. It’s a plan with sky-high ambitions, a real “cancer moonshot,” as the president has branded it.
Scapegoating Patents Won’t Lower Drug Prices
October 17, 2022
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In their quest to lower drug prices, some US leaders have identified a convenient scapegoat: patents.
The Law is Clear: There’s No Legal Authority to Control Prices Via Bayh-Dole
August 2, 2022
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On the question of taking action to lower prescription drug prices, progressive lawmakers are of two minds. Some argue that Congress should simply pass legislation to allow the government to set the price for prescription medications. That approach, whether wise on policy grounds or not, at least has the virtue of fidelity to our constitutional
Removing patent rights to lower drug costs is dangerous precedent
April 6, 2022
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Walter G. Copan Opinion: Removing patent rights to lower drug costs is dangerous precedent The Denver Post
U.S. patent system weakens: Protect IP to keep American tech at the top
March 17, 2022
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Paul R. Michel U.S. patent system weakens: Protect IP to keep American tech at the top VentureBeat
China’s formidable technology challenge
March 17, 2022
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Paul R. Michel https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/16/chinas-formidable-technology-challenge/ The International Business Times
The U.S. must fix its innovation engine: the patent system
March 8, 2022
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Adam Mossoff The U.S. must fix its innovation engine: the patent system STAT
US Economy 2022: Diversity And Inclusion For The Heartland
March 6, 2022
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Paul R. Michel https://www.ibtimes.com/us-economy-2022-diversity-inclusion-heartland-3425396 The International Business Times
Lawmakers want to weaken U.S. patents that made new anti-COVID pills possible. We should do everything to protect them
March 4, 2022
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Andrei Iancu, David Kappos, and Paul R. Michel https://fortune.com/2022/03/04/new-covid-pills-patents-pfizer-merk-ip-pandemic-pharma-health-iancu-kappos-michel/ Fortune