It was my pleasure to participate in a panel session on “SEP Current & Proposed Regulations” last month at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) Annual Fall Conference entitled “The Importance of Exclusive Rights.” Read more
Category: Patents
Panelists at George Mason’s IP conference debate litigation funding
I recently had the pleasure of participating in a panel on third-party litigation funding (TPLF), which was part of the Annual Fall Conference at George Mason University’s Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy.
The panel included experts from both industry and academia, highlighted the growing debate around TPLF, and crystallized why this financing tool is so crucial for America’s innovators and inventors. Read more
What the FTC Gets Wrong About the FDA’s Orange Book
By Emily Michiko Morris & Douglas Park
The high cost of some pharmaceuticals is a complex issue, but the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) most recent criticism of pharmaceutical patents’ role is misguided. The FTC has criticized the listing of drug product device patents in the FDA’s “Orange Book,” a listing of patents related to various FDA-approved drug products. Read more
Pharmaceutical “Nominal Patent Life” Versus “Effective Patent Life,” Revisited
By Emily Michiko Morris and Joshua Kresh
Executive summary: Many critics of pharmaceutical companies argue that they abuse the patent system through “evergreening” or “thickets” to increase the amount of time they can avoid generic competition and keep drug prices high. 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
Professors Erika Lietzan and Kristina Acri Argue That Current Data Do Not Support Evergreening Allegations
By Jack Ring
In their forthcoming paper, Solutions Still Searching for a Problem: A Call for Relevant Data to Support “Evergreening” Allegations,[1] C-IP2 Senior Scholars Erika Lietzan of Mizzou Law and Kristina Acri of Colorado College call for relevant data to support evergreening allegations and accompanying policy proposals. Read more
Policy Brief: The TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines, and Its Potential Expansion: Assessing the Impact on Global IP Protection and Public Health
This policy brief, including the following “Introduction and Executive Summary,” comes from Eric M. Solovy.
CLICK HERE to read the brief in full.
Introduction and Executive Summary
On June 17, 2022, in the early morning hours of the final day of the World Trade Organization’s (“WTO”) 12th Ministerial Conference, the Members of the WTO adopted a waiver of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“the TRIPS Agreement”), commonly known as the “TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines” or the “TRIPS Waiver.” Read more
FTC Chair and Commissioners Weigh in on SEP Litigation at the ITC
Philips and Thales’ Standard Essential Patent Fight at the Federal Circuit, District Court, and ITC
The following post comes from Jack Ring, a rising 2L at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at C-IP2. Click here for a related post.
I. INTRODUCTION
On July 13, 2022, the Federal Circuit affirmed the denial of Thales DIS AIS Deutschland GMBH’s (Thales) motion to enjoin Koninklijke Philips N.V. Read more
Reply and Response to C-IP2’s March 4, 2021, Blogpost on UC Hastings’ Evergreen Drug Patent Search Database
C-IP2’s original post on the UC Hastings’ Evergreen Drug Patent Search Database can be read here.
Reply to Blog Post on UC Hastings’ Evergreen Drug Patent Search Database
Robin Feldman
Arthur J. Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Law
Albert Abramson ’54 Distinguished Professor of Law Chair
Director of the Center for Innovation at University of California Hastings
We would like to thank the author of the blog post for taking the time to look at our work for the Evergreen Drug Patent Database. Read more