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Recently, some members of Congress have urged the HHS Secretary to misuse Section 1498(a) of the U.S. Code to effectively legalize patent theft, all in a bid to reduce drug prices. And in March, the Department of Justice put forward an expansive interpretation of the government’s patent infringement authority by filing a letter of interest …

Does Section 1498 Really Allow the Government to Ignore Patent Protections? Read More »

The clock is ticking on the TRIPS waiver expansion. By December 17, the World Trade Organization TRIPS Council will discuss a possible extension of the current intellectual property waiver on Covid-19 vaccines to therapeutics and diagnostics. As the governments of Mexico and Switzerland noted in a recent communication to the WTO, we simply do not …

Unpacking the Proposed TRIPS Waiver Expansion: A Conversation with Gary Locke Read More »