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The Real Cost of Weakening Drug Patents

Patent protections incentivize costly and extensive research for new medicines and improved versions, and multiple patents on complex products are normal rather than unfairly blocking competitors.

Healthcare

fromAxios

1 day ago

Pharma leaders hope next FDA head calms waters

The industry seeks a stable, predictable FDA and opposes most-favored-nation pricing due to concerns about rationing and uncertainty.

Intellectual property law

fromFortune

3 days ago

America's true innovation advantage: we don't just invent technologies - we reinvent how innovation works | Fortune

The U.S. wins by building institutions that commercialize technology, and it must preserve and extend that institutional advantage for AI startups.

Intellectual property law

fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

1 month ago

Stop Telling Yourself China's Patent Boom Doesn't Matter

China's patent system is evolving into a strategic asset for industrial and technological advancement, challenging perceptions of low-quality filings.

Intellectual property law

fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

1 month ago

WIPO is Seeking a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) External Consultant

WIPO aims to enhance PCT system adoption in the USA through an external consultancy assignment for promotion and user engagement.

Intellectual property law

fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

8 years ago

What I Want and Why: An Open Letter to the Next PTO Director

New USPTO Director should believe in patents and support the professional staff to improve the patent system.

Intellectual property law

fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

1 month ago

Policymakers Are Falling for a Drug-Pricing Myth

Generics represent 90% of prescriptions in the U.S., and claims of patent abuse by drug makers are misleading.

Intellectual property law

fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

1 month ago

The Problem of Abusive Serial Challenges Using Reexaminations Needs to Be Addressed by the USPTO

Serial patent challenges undermine the patent system and create unfair advantages for larger companies over smaller competitors.

Intellectual property law

fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

12 years ago

Do Patents Truly Promote Innovation?

19th century observers credited the U.S. patent system as fundamental to American economic dominance and technological innovation leadership.

fromPatently-O

7 months ago

Promoting the Progress: Patents, Knowledge, and the Pursuit of Happiness

It is Constitution Day 2025, and I am freshly inspired by a lecture from my Colleague Dr. Carli Conklin on the "pursuit of happiness" as used in the Declaration of Independence. Her scholarship reveals the phrase is not a hedonistic right that might be implied when used today, but rather part a collective project of human flourishing rooted in virtue, knowledge, and useful improvements.

Intellectual property law

fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

11 months ago

Solutions for a Better Patent System| IPWatchdog Unleashed

The panelists on our stage for this conversation really need no introduction. All the panelists joining us this week are members of the IPWatchdog Hall of Fame.

Intellectual property law

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The Real Cost of Weakening Drug Patents

Pharma leaders hope next FDA head calms waters

America's true innovation advantage: we don't just invent technologies - we reinvent how innovation works | Fortune

Stop Telling Yourself China's Patent Boom Doesn't Matter

WIPO is Seeking a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) External Consultant

What I Want and Why: An Open Letter to the Next PTO Director

Policymakers Are Falling for a Drug-Pricing Myth

The Problem of Abusive Serial Challenges Using Reexaminations Needs to Be Addressed by the USPTO

Do Patents Truly Promote Innovation?

Promoting the Progress: Patents, Knowledge, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Solutions for a Better Patent System| IPWatchdog Unleashed

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