John Dubiansky

John Dubiansky is Senior Director, Intellectual Property and Standards Policy at Dolby Laboratories, where he focuses on advocacy and policy related to intellectual property, competition, and standardization. Prior to joining Dolby, John served in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, focusing on issues at the intersection of competition and intellectual property, including projects such as the 2016 report on Patent Assertion Entity Activity. Prior to this, John was a patent litigator at several law firms in the Washington, D.C. area, including Howrey and Kirkland & Ellis. He received his J.D. from the Harvard Law School and has a degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University.

Understanding the U.S. Biopharmaceutical Innovation Ecosystem

By Sujai Shivakumar, Tisyaketu Sirkar, and Jeffrey Depp Introduction The biopharmaceutical innovation system—which brings novel, life-improving, and life-saving therapies from the researcher’s bench to a patient’s bedside—is a major engine powering health improvements, economic output, and wealth creation in the United States. But while the commercial and national security competition with China has
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Explainer: Standard Essential Patents and National Security

By Christopher Borges Technology standards are a critical domain of international cooperation and competition in high technology. Standards create a common language for communication about technology and innovation, allowing firms to collaborate and develop interoperable products. At the same time, for some critical and emerging technologies such as telecommunications and artificial
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Assessing the Patent and Trademark Office’s Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions

By Alexander Kersten As new applications of artificial intelligence (AI) become more sophisticated, AI tools are increasingly used to assist in the process of invention. However, given that inventorship is limited to natural persons under U.S. law, AI’s growing utilization has raised questions around whether AI-assisted inventions should receive patents,
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