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New CPIP Policy Brief: Barnett on the End of Patent Groupthink

a hand reaching for a shining key hanging among dull keysIn a new CPIP policy brief entitled The End of Patent Groupthink, CPIP Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy Jonathan Barnett highlights some cracks that have emerged in the recent policy consensus that the U.S. patent system is “broken” and it is necessary to “fix” it. Read more

CPIP Roundup – August 29, 2019


Greetings from CPIP Executive Director Sean O’Connor

Sean O'Connor

With a new academic year beginning at Antonin Scalia Law School, the CPIP team continues to build on a productive summer of scholarship, events, and more. Our WIPO-CPIP Summer School on Intellectual Property this past June boasted 70 students from 30 countries for a two-week crash course on the law and policy of IP in order to help advance their careers. Read more

CPIP Scholars Join Comment Letter to FTC Supporting Evidence-Based Approach to IP Policymaking

a hand reaching for a hanging, shining keyOn December 21, 2018, CPIP Senior Scholars Jonathan Barnett, Chris Holman, Erika Lietzan, Adam Mossoff, Sean O’Connor, and Kristen Osenga joined a comment letter that was filed with the FTC as part of its ongoing hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. Read more