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Joined March 2025
Register now to join IPPI Institutional Partner @IPSocialJustice on Nov. 6-7 for the 12th Annual IP Mosaic Conference! This hybrid event is free & open to the public. Learn more & reserve your spot today: iipsj.org/programs/annual-mo… #IPLaw #IntellectualProperty #SocialJustice
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Last chance to register! This Wednesday, join us for a timely discussion with experts on #copyright case Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg. The webinar will NOT be recorded, so please plan to tune in to the live event.
Join us on Oct. 7 for a webinar on "The Future of Copyright's Substantial Similarity Doctrine: Insights from the En Banc Rehearing in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg" ✅ Learn more, register, & submit questions: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/eve… #Copyright #IP #Sedlik #Photography #Tattoo #Art
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 2027-2028 Thomas Edison Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship Program – IPPI at @AkronLaw invites applications from U.S applicants for the non-resident Edison Fellowship, designed to develop rigorous scholarship on IP, creativity, & innovation law and policy.
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➡️ Learn more about the Fellowship and application requirements: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/edi… 🗓️ Submission Deadline: Monday, Nov. 30, 2026 #IPLaw #Patent #Copyright #Technology #Creativity #Innovation #Trademark #AI #Fellowship
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IPPI's 2026 FALL PROGRESS REPORT is now available! This issue features events, professional activities, writing, and more by IPPI and members of our network from June through August 2026. Link in comments #IPLaw #IP #Patent #Copyright #Trademark #Innovation
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The oral argument in Ninth Circuit's en banc rehearing of Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg is TODAY 9/29 4:30 PM ET: ca9.uscourts.gov/cases/strea…. Please join us WED 10/7 for a timely webinar on "The Future of Copyright's Similarity Doctrine" in light of this case: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/eve…
Join us on Oct. 7 for a webinar on "The Future of Copyright's Substantial Similarity Doctrine: Insights from the En Banc Rehearing in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg" ✅ Learn more, register, & submit questions: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/eve… #Copyright #IP #Sedlik #Photography #Tattoo #Art
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Join us on Oct. 7 for a webinar on "The Future of Copyright's Substantial Similarity Doctrine: Insights from the En Banc Rehearing in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg" ✅ Learn more, register, & submit questions: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/eve… #Copyright #IP #Sedlik #Photography #Tattoo #Art
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As the U.S. gov’s Office of Management and Budget considers the USPTO's NPRM (regulations.gov/document/PTO…), it should look at what the impact of IPRs has been, where there are obvious problems with overuse, & how the NPRM would be helpful. (1/2)
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For examples, see December 2025 responses to the USPTO by IPPI Senior Economist Dr. Alex Raskovich (regulations.gov/comment/PTO-…) and by law professor and IPPI Scholar Dr. Amy Semet (regulations.gov/comment/PTO-…). (2/2)
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IPPI's 2026 SUMMER PROGRESS REPORT is now available! This issue features events, professional activities, writing, & more by IPPI & members of our network from March through May 2026: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/202… #IPLaw #IP #Patent #Copyright #Trademark #Innovation
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Many thanks to Victoria Cundiff, David Gooder, the Hon. Andrei Iancu, Karyn Temple, & Joshua Kresh for speaking on "IP at America's 250th," co-hosted by @Council4IP & IPPI as part of the @WIPO -U.S. Summer School on IP! ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=14JbsXa8… #America250 #IPLaw #Innovation
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Please join us this Thursday, June 18, for an exclusive webinar with IPPI scholars examining the myths and realities of pharmaceutical patents, featuring IPPI's Mark Schultz & Emily Michiko Morris & moderator Chris Israel (Alliance of U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs)!
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➡️ Register to attend the webinar: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… ➡️ New IPPI research on IP and Biopharma: Separating Myth from Reality: unpackingip.org/ipandbiophar… #IPLaw #IntellectualProperty #Innovation #Patent #Pharmaceuticals
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IPPI: The IP Policy Institute retweeted
Today, IP is more essential to life sciences and drug research and development than ever. As Joshua Kresh of @IPPolicyInst put it, "without IP, you really wouldn't have a biotech industry at all." Watch: youtube.com/shorts/70IjNU6K7…
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IPPI welcomes Jim Harlan, JD/MBA as a Practitioner in Residence! Senior Advisor at The Standard Strategy, Mr. Harlan specializes in guiding clients through intricate innovation, IP, & regulation challenges. (1/4)
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Says Mr. Harlan, “I read standards licensing commitments as binding promises under the contract law that actually governs them, then follow that reading through injunctions, holdout, and the rights of the firms that fund the underlying research. ... (3/4)
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"... IPPI's evidence-first posture is the right home for that work, and that’s why I’m honored to be working with IPPI.” (4/4)
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