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By Chris Borges As debates over trade balances intensify, policymakers should remember where the United States already excels: the creation, sale, and licensing of intellectual property (IP). IP rights such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks convert ideas into protected and transferable economic assets, promoting innovation and economic growth.

By Kirti Gupta and Mark Cohen As 5G cellular standards continue to connect billions of smartphones, automobiles, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs) on Fair, Reasonable and Non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing terms has emerged as a key interest of businesses and policymakers worldwide. SEPs represent tens of billions of

This article was originally published on IPWatchDog on May 1st, 2025 By Kirti Gupta and Elias Ilin AI is increasingly becoming integral to the inventive and creative process across a wide range of industries. As Generative AI (“GenAI”) tools transform our workflows, questions at the intersection of AI and