IP Explained: How patents support innovation throughout the biopharmaceutical lifecycle

Patents are unique in that they are a form of IP protection established in the U.S. Constitution that grants inventors the right to their inventions without others being able to make, use or sell...
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IP Explained: Understanding biopharmaceutical innovation

Over the past 25 years, prescription medicines have transformed the trajectory of many debilitating diseases and conditions, including heart disease, HIV/AIDS, cancer and hepatitis C, resulting in...
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IP Explained: What is Section 101 and why reforms are needed

In today’s IP Explained post, we’re taking a closer look at Section 101 of the United States Patent Act and how proposed reforms could both level the playing field for innovators across all...
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IP Explained: Myth vs. fact about strong patent protections in the biopharmaceutical industry

Strong patent protections are fundamental to the creation of new treatments and cures that extend and improve patients’ lives. In recent years, critics of the biopharmaceutical industry have...
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IP Explained: Why patents are so critical to biopharmaceutical innovation

Today, we are excited to launch our new IP Explained Catalyst series, where each week we’ll break down critical components of the intellectual property (IP) system and the important role it plays...
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Special 301 submission calls for a level playing field for American innovators

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)’s 2019 Special 301 Report – scheduled to be released this spring – brings critical attention to overseas intellectual property (IP) and market...
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Celebrating U.S. innovation as USPTO issues the 10 millionth patent

The U.S. patent system has supported innovation and discovery dating back to the founding of our nation and the signing of the U.S. Constitution, encouraging Americans to continue to search for...
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Supreme Court decisions in two cases pave way for IPR reforms

At the end of April, the Supreme Court decided two cases concerning the inter partes review (IPR) proceedings enacted as part of the 2011 America Invents Act (AIA). While distinct cases, together...
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What is inter partes review and why does it matter?

For more than three decades Hatch-Waxman (the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984) has encouraged innovation in biopharmaceutical development while at the same time...
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ICYMI: Ubl weighs in on how fair trade protects US biopharmaceutical innovation

America’s biopharmaceutical leadership is a result of a robust medical innovation ecosystem driven by several factors: a free-market economy that rewards innovation, strong intellectual property...
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