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C-IP2 Winter 2024 Progress Report (September-November 2024)


Warmest wishes for this holiday seasons and a Happy New Year from the C-IP2 team!

Headshot of Joshua KreshGreetings from C-IP2 Interim Executive Director Joshua A. Kresh

Reflecting on this vibrant winter season at the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy, I am filled with gratitude and excitement. As you can read in the report linked below, which covers this past September through November, we have been active and productive, hosting public and private events and supporting academic writing, including an amicus brief to the 9th Circuit submitted by Professor Sandra Aistars and Matthew Hersh, policy briefs on pending legislation (particularly a brief on RESTORE by Dr. Read more

C-IP2 Fall 2024 Progress Report (June-August 2024)


Headshot of Joshua KreshGreetings from C-IP2 Interim Executive Director Joshua A. Kresh

As we transition into the fall season, I am delighted to share that we have had a productive summer and are looking forward to an eventful fall and winter. The past months have been marked by significant achievements and exciting developments, building upon the robust foundation we laid earlier this year. Read more

C-IP2 Summer 2024 Progress Report (March-May 2024)


Headshot of Joshua KreshGreetings from C-IP2 Interim Executive Director Joshua A. Kresh

I am pleased to report that we have had a productive spring and are working on several items for this summer and fall. Since our last report, we published several policy briefs on pending legislation, held our launch event for our 5G book, welcomed our new Edison Fellows for their first meeting (and saw several publications from earlier Fellows), and ran the 2024 WIPO-U.S. Read more

C-IP2 Celebrates the Release of Book 5G and Beyond: Intellectual Property and Competition Policy in the Internet of Things[1]

The following post comes from Jack Ring, a 3L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2.

 On April 15, 2024, C-IP2 scholars and contributors to 5G and Beyond: Intellectual Property and Competition Policy in the Internet of Things met for a live-streamed book launch event. Read more

C-IP2 Winter 2023 Progress Report (September-November 2023)


Headshot of Joshua KreshGreetings from C-IP2 Interim Executive Director Joshua A. Kresh

I am pleased to report a successful quarter and fall semester and am looking forward to several upcoming events this winter.

We hosted the second meeting of our 2023-2024 Edison Fellowship in September and are looking forward to our third meeting in January and to paper publication in 2024. Read more

Panel Discussion: Vaccines, Intellectual Property, and Global Equity

scientist looking through a microscopeThe following post comes from Colin Kreutzer, a 2E at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2

The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a spotlight on the role of intellectual property in modern medicine and on the complex social questions surrounding a system that grants exclusive rights over life-or-death products. Read more

CPIP Second Quarter Progress Report (March-May 2021)

Sean O'ConnorGreetings from CPIP Executive Director Sean O’Connor

We are cautiously optimistic as locations around the globe move towards greater control of the COVID pandemic. With luck, diligence, and generosity by public and private sectors around the world, we can all strive for vaccines to be more widely accessible and a future in which we can see other in person again. Read more