Get Your Story Straight: Patent Office Cracks Down on Inconsistent Statements Made Before the FDA
While it may not seem controversial to promote honesty before the USPTO, a recent Federal Register Notice goes far beyond requiring candor.

While it may not seem controversial to promote honesty before the USPTO, a recent Federal Register Notice goes far beyond requiring candor.

The promise of COVID vaccines has been unevenly realized: fault lines have emerged between those able to secure doses and those left behind.

This post explains why Moderna’s cynical attempt to take back its COVID-19 vaccine patent pledge should fail.

Has the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines been impacted by patent rights? David Gindler and Jasper L. Tran argue that the story is complicated.

Interesting empirical studies, policy analyses, and editorials on health law and policy issues from April 2022.

The proposal introduces precedents that will be used to justify further narrowing of TRIPS flexibilities.

For COVID treatments and diagnostics to be broadly available at affordable prices, their IP must be considered a global public good.

Research funding contracts can help to safeguard against inequities in global allocation and distribution of lifesaving diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines.

Science and engineering graduate students’ curricula should include cross-disciplinary studies in intellectual property (IP).
