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Recent Developments

Scale up of healthcare innovations for low- and middle-income countries

A strategic Collaborative Agreement to support the scaling up of healthcare innovations in low- and middle-income countries has been signed....

Posted in: Policy Discussions and International Organizations

Expectations rise for China-US health cooperation

In their 2021 annual letter themed 'the year global health went local' released by Bill Gates and Melinda Gates, they are reviewing the epidemic....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

U.S. business leaders believe 5G will aid recovery from economic impact of COVID-19

Verizon Business released findings from its “Verizon 5G Business Report” highlighting the impact 5G technology is expected to have across....

Posted in: Technology and Knowledge Diffusion

Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences Industry — Strategies for IP Protection

AI technologies including machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing can be harnessed to process vast data sets to....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

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: Patents to protect IP

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