Applications are OPEN now through May 11 for the 2026 WIPO-U.S. Summer School on Intellectual Property, hosted ONLINE by IPPI from June 1-12! Learn about U.S. IP law & its real-world applications from academic, industry, & government experts ➡️ blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even... #IntellectualProperty
LAST CHANCE to register! We've extended the IPPI 2026 Winter Institute registration deadline to Thursday, February 12, 5 PM ET. ➡️ 6.25 hours Ohio CLE CONFIRMED. Learn more and register at blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even...!
#IPLaw #IP #Innovation #Patent #Copyright #IPPI2026
Early bird pricing for IPPI's 2026 Winter Institute goes through this coming Wednesday, January 14!
Check out the conference website for more details: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even...
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Early Bird Registration NOW OPEN for IPPI's 2026 Winter Institute: IP & National Success! Learn more & register: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even...
➡ Register by Jan. 3 for early bird rate (full rate begins Jan. 4)
➡ Registration Deadline: Jan. 25
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IPPI'S 2025 WINTER PROGRESS REPORT is now available! This edition details events, professional activities, writing, & more by IPPI & members of our network from Sept-Nov 2025: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/2025... #IntellectualProperty #IPLaw #IP #Patent #Copyright #Trademark #Innovation
SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED for IPPI's 2026 Winter Institute: IP and National Success in Lake Buena Vista, FL, on Feb. 26, 2026! Early bird registration coming soon; 5 hours CLE pending.
View the agenda/confirmed speakers ➡️ blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even...
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LAST CHANCE TO APPLY! Submit your 2026-2027 Edison Fellowship proposal by 5:00 PM EST Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. Open to U.S. applicants. Learn more & apply ➡️ blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/wp-c...
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Professor Kristen Osenga, IPPI’s Senior Fellow for Innovation Policy & a Senior Scholar, has written a fact sheeton the RESTORE Bill, which is Congress’s attempt to restore the exclusive rights to patent owners as intended by the Constitution. (3/3)
Although the Constitution sets forth a patent as an exclusive right, the U.S. Supreme Court decided nearly twenty years ago that the right to exclude can be denied in favor of a royalty payment. (2/3)
New IPPI Fact Sheet by Professor Kristen Jakobsen Osenga on the Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive (RESTORE) Patent Rights Act of 2025: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/wp-c...
#RESTORE #IntellectualProperty #PatentLaw #Patents (1/3)
➡ Another important brief was written by Prof. Bruce Boyden, who recently joined us as an IPPI Senior Scholar: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Prof. Boyden's brief was his solo effort, and IPPI is pleased to promote his important contribution. (3/3)
➡ IPPI supported/helped organize one brief of IP law scholars in support of respondents: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24.... Prof. Zvi Rosen was a principal author, & signers included IPPI scholars & friends Profs. Jon Garon, Eric Priest & Mark Schultz & Dr. Bhamati Viswanathan. (2/3)
Last week, IPPI affiliates submitted two amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in Cox v. Sony: mailchi.mp/uakron.edu/a....
#Copyright #IPLaw #IntellectualProperty #SCOTUS (1/3)
One month left to apply for a 2026-2027 Edison Fellowship!
Applications are due 5:00 PM EST on Sunday, November 23, 2025.
#ThomasEdison #IPLaw #IntellectualProperty #Copyright #Patent #Trademark #TradeSecrets #Economics
Check out IPWatchdog for a NEW ARTICLE on Bartz v. Anthropic by IPPI Faculty Chair Prof. Mark F. Schultz, "Anthropic Settlement Signals AI Innovation Can Thrive Within Existing Copyright Framework":
ipwatchdog.com/2025/10/15/a...
#Copyright #AI #IP #IntellectualProperty #Anthropic
“Dr. Komatani’s research focuses on bridging pharmaceutical sciences, law, and global IP policy. At IPPI, he will contribute to advancing work on data exclusivity, biotechnology innovation, and governance frameworks for the future of healthcare.”
About Dr. Komatani: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/abou...
IPPI warmly welcomes Takeshi S. Komatani, Ph.D., LL.D., LL.M, as a Practitioner in Residence!
→ Meet IPPI's Copyright Team: mailchi.mp/uakron.edu/m...
#Copyright #IPLaw #IntellectualProperty
We are pleased to announce IPPI Scholar Zvi Rosen's new role as IPPI's Copyright Fellow! Prof. Rosen is an Assoc. Prof. at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law & an expert on copyright history & AI authorship issues. He will work with IPPI on copyright events/writing, including upcoming policy briefs.
"Machines 'Copy,' Humans 'Learn'": NEW OP-ED from The Well News on copyright & AI by Sandra Aistars, Distinguished Counselor in Residence & Prof. of Law with IPPI at The University of Akron School of Law: www.thewellnews.com/opinions/mac...
#copyright #AI #generativeAI #genAI #machinelearning #law
... which Congress now has a chance to resolve with the Patent Eligibility Act of 2025 (PERA). In a new IPPI fact sheet, Professor Kristen Osenga explains PERA, what problems it solves, and why it is important for innovation and investment. (3/3)
Over a decade ago, a series of Supreme Court decisions created uncertainty around patent eligibility, particularly with regard to diagnostics and computer-related inventions. This created a number of perhaps unintended consequences, ... (2/3)
New IPPI Fact Sheet on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025 (PERA) by Prof. Kristen Jakobsen Osenga: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/wp-c...
#PERA #IntellectualProperty #PatentLaw #Patents (1/3)
The Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship program is designed to develop rigorous scholarship on IP, creativity, & innovation law & policy.
> Deadline: November 23, 2025
> Learn more about the Fellowship and application requirements: mailchi.mp/uakron.edu/c... (2/2)
Call for Applications for 2026-2027 Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowships!
IPPI invites U.S. applicants (U.S. residents/citizens currently residing in the U.S. or abroad) for a non-resident fellowship program. (1/2)
IPPI's 2025 Fall Progress Report is now available! This edition details events, professional activities, writing, & more by IPPI & members of our network from June through August: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/2025...
#IntellectualProperty #IPLaw #IP #Patent #Copyright #Trademark #Innovation
Discussants will examine the critical roles played by strong IP frameworks, efficient regulatory systems, & university tech transfer in local innovation & biomanufacturing development & economic growth.
Pre-registration is required. Learn more: itif.org/events/2025/... (2/2)
On Wed 9/24, IPPI & the Centro de Propiedad Intelectual e Innovación (CPINN) at Universidad de 'San Andrés' (UDESA) will co-host an in-person "Life Sciences Innovation Forum" in Buenos Aires on how Argentina can accelerate growth in life sciences/improve patient access to innovative meds. (1/2)
Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1WYi...
Podcast Alert: Melanie Whittington, Ph.D., Head of the Leerink Center for Pharmacoeconomics, interviews IPPI's Joshua Kresh & Prof. Emily Michiko Morris on the critical need to protect IP for biopharmaceutical innovation & their research on evergreening & patent thickets. (1/2)
