C-IP2 produces research, education, and service at the intersection of IP and innovation policy to better understand and shape the means of innovation as a positive force for good. We do so by promoting a diverse set of perspectives and voices to present a fuller picture than that of the dominant legal academic literature on the role of IP and other legal mechanisms to transform great ideas into useful or aesthetic artifacts and activities.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
C-IP2 Winter 2024 Progress Report (September – November 2024)
See what C-IP2 and our Friends and Affiliates have been doing, saying, and writing over the past several months!
New Policy Brief on Injunctive Relief and RESTORE
In a new policy brief, The Importance of Injunctive Relief and the RESTORE Patent Rights Act, C-IP2 Senior Scholar Kristina M.L. Acri née Lybecker (Professor of Economics and Business, Colorado College) looks at the challenges introduced to the U.S. patent system by eBay Inc. v. MercExchange LLC and how the RESTORE Patent Rights Act could “reestablish a rebuttable presumption of an injunction in favor of patent owners who prove their patents have been infringed. This would place the burden on the infringer to demonstrate that a permanent injunction is not warranted, eliminating the perverse incentives that encourage predatory infringement and encouraging preinfringement licensing negotiations.”
2025-2026 Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship: Call for Applications
Now entering its eleventh iteration (2025-2026), C-IP2’s Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship is a year-long non-resident fellowship program that brings together a group of scholars to develop research papers on innovation law and policy. The Edison Fellowship is one of the centerpieces of C-IP2’s mission to promote a better academic discussion about intellectual property rights with substantial scholarship produced from rigorous research that examines the moral and economic value of innovation.
Submission Deadline for 2025-2025:
5 PM Eastern on Wednesday, November 27, 2024
— Learn about the Fellowship and apply —
New Blog Post: “Panel on ‘SEP Current & Proposed Regulations’ at C-IP2‘s 2024 Annual Fall Conference”
A new blog post from C-IP2 Practitioner in Residence Keith Mallinson (Founder, WiseHarbor) offers an overview of the panel “SEP Current & Proposed Regulations,” held on October 18 as part of C-IP2‘s 2024 Annual Fall Conference.
New Blog Post: “Panelists at George Mason’s IP conference debate litigation funding”
A new blog post from C-IP2 Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy & Senior Scholar Kristen Osenga (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Austin E. Owen Research Scholar & Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law) gives a breakdown of the panel “Litigation Funding,” held on October 17 as part of C-IP2‘s 2024 Annual Fall Conference and co-hosted with the National Security Institute at Scalia Law School.
New Blog Post: “What the FTC Gets Wrong About the FDA’s Orange Book”
A new blog post from C-IP2 Senior Fellow for Life Sciences & Scholar Emily Michiko Morris (David L. Brennan Endowed Chair, Associate Professor, and Associate Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law & Technology, University of Akron School of Law) and Douglas Park (Visiting Research Assistant Professor (Research Fellow)University of Akron School of Law) discusses how the U.S. Federal Trade Commission “overlook[s] key legal and practical details of how generic drugs enter the market and how listing in the Orange Book actually promotes generic competition by informing manufacturers of which patents cover branded drugs.”
Copyright and Tattoos: New Amicus Brief in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg; Oct. 29 Virtual Clinic for Visual Artists
CIP2 congratulates the Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic at Scalia Law, led by Professor Sandra Aistars, and Student Advocate Natalie Nachman, and supported by Counsel of Record Matt Hersh of Mestaz Law, for filing a powerful amicus brief on behalf of three Tattoo Artists in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this week in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg! Read more about the brief.
Professor Aistars, Matt, and Natalie also discussed the case and other copyright issues with Jeff Sedlik and tattoo artist Ross Berg during a Virtual Legal Clinic entitled “Protect Your Body of Work” on Tuesday, October 29.
C-IP2 Annual Fall Conference
The Importance of Exclusive Rights
Thursday, October 17, &
Friday, October 18, 2024
Hosted in person at Mason Square Campus
in Arlington, VA
— APPROVED for 9 Hours of VA CLE —
C-IP2’s 2024 Annual Conference explored the importance of exclusive rights in the patent and copyright industries, the historical basis for those rights, and what happens to innovators and creators if the rights are not protected.
This year’s conference featured Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Kathi Vidal as our Keynote speaker on Friday, October 18.
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