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Worried About Egg Prices and Bird Flu? You Should Be Worried About IP

In a new piece for U.S. News & World Report, former Chair of the Democratic National Committee and Governor of Vermont Howard...

U.S. News & World Report
Stop Geneva from transferring US wealth abroad

Former USPTO Director and C4IP Co-Chair David Kappos is sounding the alarm on an emerging international threat to American innovation: the growing...

IAM
WTO Conference Ends Without COVID IP Waiver Expansion

The World Trade Organization did not reach an agreement at a conference last week on a proposal to expand a waiver on...

Law360
Members of Congress Blast Biden on March-In Proposal and Pandemic Accord

A bipartisan group of 28 members of congress, including Senate IP Subcommittee Chair Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member Thom Tillis (R-NC) and...

IPWatchdog
WTO appears close to rejecting a proposed waiver on patents for Covid diagnostics and therapies

After more than a year of deliberation, the World Trade Organization appears close to rejecting a waiver on intellectual property protection for...

STAT
The Biden administration should not support a WTO petition to strip IP protections from Covid-19 treatments

The Biden administration may soon double down on one of its gravest mistakes. In 2022, it supported a petition before the World...

STAT
Waiving COVID-19 IP Protections Would Harm US Industry

In the next few weeks, the Biden administration could greenlight a World Trade Organization proposal to waive crucial intellectual property protections behind...

Law360
From AI to Amgen, Here’s Everything IP that Mattered in 2023

Another year of IP is behind us, and it is time to reflect on what mattered most—what decisions will affect practice for...

IPWatchdog
Ex-USPTO Directors Rally Against WTO IP Waiver

Former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office directors and several prominent patent lawyers are among those telling the Biden administration not to side...

Law360
Council for Innovation Promotion Urges Biden Admin to Oppose IP Waiver
Yesterday, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) and nearly 50 former government officials and intellectual property experts sent a letter to President...
C4IP and IP Celebrities Tell Biden to Pass on Extension of TRIPS Waiver

Nearly 50 former government officials and other well-known figures in the IP space signed onto a letter today penned by the Council...

IPWatchdog
Ex-Patent, Commerce Officials Ask Biden to Skip Covid IP Waiver

Former Department of Commerce and US Patent and Trademark Office officials urged President Joe Biden to oppose a World Trade Organization proposal...

Bloomberg Law
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Worried About Egg Prices and Bird Flu? You Should Be Worried About IP,

05/12/2025

Op-Eds:

Blog, Op-Eds:

Stop Geneva from transferring US wealth abroad,

05/03/2025

News:

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WTO Conference Ends Without COVID IP Waiver Expansion,

03/04/2024

News:

News:

Members of Congress Blast Biden on March-In Proposal and Pandemic Accord,

02/22/2024

News:

News:

WTO appears close to rejecting a proposed waiver on patents for Covid diagnostics and therapies,

01/31/2024

Op-Eds:

Op-Eds:

The Biden administration should not support a WTO petition to strip IP protections from Covid-19 treatments,

01/31/2024

Op-Eds:

Op-Eds:

Waiving COVID-19 IP Protections Would Harm US Industry,

01/04/2024

News:

News:

From AI to Amgen, Here’s Everything IP that Mattered in 2023,

12/24/2023

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Ex-USPTO Directors Rally Against WTO IP Waiver,

12/06/2023

Press Releases:

Press Releases:

Council for Innovation Promotion Urges Biden Admin to Oppose IP Waiver,

12/05/2023

News:

News:

C4IP and IP Celebrities Tell Biden to Pass on Extension of TRIPS Waiver,

12/05/2023

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Ex-Patent, Commerce Officials Ask Biden to Skip Covid IP Waiver,

12/05/2023

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