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Innovation Council Member Q&A: The African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI)

Innovation Council sat down with Patrick Tippoo, a founding member of the African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI), to learn more about...

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

New EU Regulatory Regime for SEPs Will Upend Mobile Telecommunications Sector

This article from IP scholar Adam Mossoff presents the proposed EU SEP Regulation, which is due to be released on...

Posted in: IP Management

How Europe Should Answer The US Inflation Reduction Act

In this new paper from Bruegel, the authors explain the green subsidies in the US Inflation Reduction Act and recommend...

Posted in: Policy Discussions and International Organizations

Response to European Commission Intellectual property – New Framework for Standard-Essential Patents

This paper by Jonathan Barnett and other IP experts was released back in 2022 – but the analysis is still...

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

USPTO Pilot Program Reduced Gender Disparities in Patenting 

The United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO) undertook a randomized control trial to assess the value that could be...

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

Q&A with Innovation Council Member Sawubona Mycelium

Innovation Council sat down with Neo Moloi, Co-Founder of the innovative South African SME Sawubona Mycelium, to learn more about...

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Introducing Innovation Council Member All-Weather Roads Engineering

Innovation Council’s newest member, All-Weather Roads Engineering based in South Africa, commercialises a novel asphalt–binding solution. Emmanuel Mothabi, the company’s founder, shares insights about...

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Why Voluntary Licensing is Best for Increasing Access to Medicines

The Geneva Network recently published analysis about the benefits from voluntarily licensing in the health space. The author argues that...

Posted in: IP Management

Can Stem Cell Meat Save the Planet?

Singapore allows meat grown from stem cells in laboratories to be marketed and eaten by consumers. It is the first country in the world...

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies