This post is one of a series in the #Innovate4Health policy research initiative. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over 65 million people in the developing world need an appropriate wheelchair. Over 75% of people in the developing world live in rural areas, where standard wheelchairs do not work, as they are hard to … Continue reading “Innovate4Health: GRIT Leveraged Freedom Chair Brings Mobility to Developing World”
Author: Bhamati Viswanathan
Event Recap: Great Inventors and the Patent System
On February 16, 2017, CPIP hosted a panel discussion, America as a Place of Innovation: Great Inventors and the Patent System, at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The event was co-hosted by the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Patent … Continue reading “Event Recap: Great Inventors and the Patent System”
Innovate4Health: Global Good’s “Arktek”: A Life-Saving Super-Thermos Vaccine Cooler
This post is one of a series in the #Innovate4Health policy research initiative. More than 1.5 million children die every year from diseases that existing vaccines could prevent. Why aren’t these children vaccinated? One big reason is that vaccines need to be kept cool until they reach patients, but that’s a really hard task in … Continue reading “Innovate4Health: Global Good’s “Arktek”: A Life-Saving Super-Thermos Vaccine Cooler”
Shaping Fair Use to Promote Fair Markets
How does fair use policy in copyright law affect markets for the production and distribution of creative works? As we come to the end of Fair Use Week, it’s a good time to highlight a report by the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies, titled “Fair Use in the Digital Age,” … Continue reading “Shaping Fair Use to Promote Fair Markets”
Can Copyright Help Fight Censorship in China?
Free expression in China has long been a fraught concern for the entertainment industry. Last year, Chinese regulators forbade local companies from working on foreign films that could “harm national dignity and interest of China, cause social instability, or hurt the national feeling,” striking at the rapidly expanding Chinese post-production industry for Hollywood films. A … Continue reading “Can Copyright Help Fight Censorship in China?”
The European Union Extends Copyright in Design—and Critics Balk (Yet Again)
The European Union recently decided to support the productive labors of designers by extending legal protections of their works in all areas of copyright, design, and patent law. Just as past legislation in the United States extending copyright terms was attacked with histrionic allegations that this was merely rent-seeking behavior by politically powerful corporations, the … Continue reading “The European Union Extends Copyright in Design—and Critics Balk (Yet Again)”
CPIP Scholars File Amicus Brief in Trading Technologies v. CQG
Earlier this month, CPIP Senior Scholar Adam Mossoff penned an amicus brief in Trading Technologies v. CQG, currently on appeal to the Federal Circuit. The brief was joined by nine other IP scholars, including CPIP Senior Scholars Mark Schultz and Kristen Osenga. The amici argue that Trading Technologies’ graphical user interface (GUI) constitutes patentable subject … Continue reading “CPIP Scholars File Amicus Brief in Trading Technologies v. CQG”