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Why intellectual property rights matter for COVID-19

Ending the COVID-19 pandemic requires innovation. IP is part of the solution and drives competition. IP licensing allows the innovator to....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

The rise and fall of the first American patent thicket: The sewing machine war of the 1850s

The patent war of the 1850s may have been a long time ago, but it is still relevant. Adam Mossoff shows how the invention and incredible....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

A review of SDO IPR Policies: Do they require component level licensing?

This paper by Richard Vary (Bird & Bird) sets out a detailed analysis of the intellectual property rights policies (IPR policies) of....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

Patent grants up 5.9% at IP5 offices in 2019

Patents played an even more important role in 2019 to protect intellectual property. According to the latest IP5 Statistics Report, the world's....

Posted in: IP Management

If poor countries go unvaccinated, rich ones will pay, a study shows.

Ensuring that every country gets enough vaccines against COVID-19 should not only be done for humanitarian reasons: It is also of economic....

Posted in: Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals

Nations Sign First Agreement to Unlock Potential of Emerging Tech

Speaking at a panel organized by the World Economic Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), ministers from....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

ISO standards diluted by WiFi negative LOAs

This article discusses a partnership between IEEE and ISO to fast-track some IEEE standards through ISO. Certain IEEE standards relating to....

Posted in: Technology and Knowledge Diffusion

Webinar: Ensuring leadership on 5G

Looking ahead to 2021 and beyond, this webinar explores the future of technological leadership, with a focus on 5G and other emerging....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

Webinar: Promoting Diversity in U.S. Innovation

When the American patent system becomes more diverse, America’s innovation economy becomes stronger and more successful. Inventors who hold....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

Recent Trends in the WHO’s Essential Medicines List

While the number of patented medicines on the EML has increased in recent editions, the portion of the list currently under patent remains....

Posted in: Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals

U.S. patent chief warns against ‘drastic’ actions in light of COVID

A top U.S. official on Tuesday dismissed calls for countries to waive intellectual property protections on vaccines and other products to fight....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

E-commerce Story Pitch Contest

In this online pitch competition, three e-commerce companies from developing and least developed countries will pitch their story and will be....

Posted in: Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals