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Examining the latest topics and news related to innovation policy.

(Transcript) 2024 LeadershIP Conference Panel III: Architecting the Future: Call to Action for Innovation Policy

This transcript is from the 2024 LeadershIP Conference hosted at CSIS on April 9th, 2024. Watch the full video here. (DOWNLOAD) LeadershIP 2024 – Panel 3 Transcript Panel Description: There are several legislative proposals on the table today affecting IP, antitrust, and competition. Is more (or less) needed to
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(Transcript) 2024 LeadershIP Conference Panel II: Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence

This transcript is from the 2024 LeadershIP Conference hosted at CSIS on April 9th, 2024. Watch the full video here. (DOWNLOAD) LeadershIP 2024 – Panel 2 Transcript Panel Description: The Artificial Intelligence revolution has raised key questions that society has yet to answer, from pending litigation over training data
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(Transcript) 2024 LeadershIP Conference Panel I: National Security: Innovation, Intellectual Property, and International Competitiveness

This transcript is from the 2024 LeadershIP Conference hosted at CSIS on April 9th, 2024. Watch the full video here. (DOWNLOAD) LeadershIP 2024 – Panel 1 Transcript Panel Description: The ongoing global IP policy developments are impacting U.S. technological and economic competitiveness. From March-In rights to Standards Essential
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Securing the U.S. Biopharma Innovation System against Bad Ideas

By Jeffery Depp and Tisyaketu Sirkar The journey of Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman’s Nobel prize-winning invention of modified nucleotides—essential components of the mRNA vaccines—to their commercial application in vaccines that aided in arresting the Covid-19 pandemic illustrates the importance of a robust innovation system that is founded on secure intellectual
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When AI Helps Generate Inventions, Who Is the Inventor?

By Andrei Iancu and Rama Elluru This commentary from the CSIS-SCSP Task Force on IP in the AI Era was originally published in the Special Competitive Studies Project’s Substack on February 15, 2024. With roots in the U.S. constitution, patent rights provide an exclusive property right in new inventions like drugs,
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Standard Essential Patents and European Economic Security

By Kirti Gupta and Chris Borges On April 27, 2023, the European Commission published a draft proposal on standard essential patents (SEPs) seeking to address the perceived lack of transparency and predictability in the licensing of SEPs. The commission proposes the creation of a competence center within the European Union Intellectual
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Proposed Federal Use of March-in Rights Would Weaken American Innovation

By Sujai Shivakumar and Thomas Howell   The Biden administration is considering exercising something called “march-in rights” as a policy prescription to curb drug prices. But as with any prescription, there is a need to weigh efficacy against the side-effects. In this case, there is evidence that the vast majority of
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(Transcript) A Conversation with Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) on U.S. Intellectual Property Leadership

This transcript is from a CSIS and LeadershIP event hosted on December 12, 2023. Watch the full video here. John J. Hamre: My name is John Hamre. I’m the president here at CSIS. And I have a great privilege today to welcome one of the rising stars in the
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New Efforts to Promote U.S. Innovation: The PERA and PREVAIL Act in Context

By Christopher Borges and Alexander Kersten The United States has a long tradition of technological innovation, and U.S. inventors and innovators continue to drive the creation of new companies, jobs, and economic growth. Secure intellectual property (IP) rights are essential to spur this innovation. Critically, patents transform ideas into property
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