Wayne T. Brough
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America’s Patent Office Measures IP’s Footprint, Not Its Payoff - R Street Institute (opens the original)
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published the fourth edition of its assessment of intellectual property (IP) in the U.S. economy, “Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy in 2024.” The study does a careful job measuring the use of IP across American industries. It does not measure, and does not claim to measure, how much of the nation’s economic output is generated by IP. While this distinction is important, it is easy to overlook, as seen in comments about the report. J
How the Terminal Disclaimer Went from Limiting Monopolies to Blocking Generics - R Street Institute (opens the original)
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In the 1960s, federal courts turned to terminal disclaimers to keep patent holders from using follow-on patents to extend a monopoly beyond its original term. Today, that same tool reduces competition in the pharmaceutical sector by increasing the number of patents a company must challenge to manufacture a lower-cost generic version of a traditional small-molecule drug or a biosimilar version of one of today’s more complex biologic drugs. Understanding the history of terminal disclaimers provide
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