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Making Licensing Harder Doesn’t Boost U.S. Manufacturing

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Despite the name and its good intentions, it condemns promising federally funded inventions to waste away without doing a thing to build our domestic manufacturing base. Vance’s (R-OH) “Invent It Here, Make It Here” bill. It’s scheduled to be considered this Thursday in the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.

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NIH Makes Deal with WHO to Share Key COVID Technologies

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The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) signed a deal today with the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) that allows manufacturers greater access to key COVID-19 technologies owned by NIH.

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USPTO Analysis of Patent Filings Finds No Single Company is Leading 5G Technology Development

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Earlier this week, the USPTO released a report canvassing the current state of 5G technology attempting to “attain an informed understanding of the global competitiveness and economic vulnerabilities of United States 5G manufacturers and suppliers.”

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BIO and Vaccine Manufacturers Group Sign on to Berlin Declaration on Vaccine Access

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Two major trade organizations representing global vaccine manufacturers are officially backing a proposal submitted to the G20 and G7 countries in July that they claim offers practical solutions for future pandemics to avoid the inequities that have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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This Week in Washington IP: USPTO Hears from Women Excelling in the Technology Industry; Germany and the United States’ Innovation Future; and the Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in the Prescription Drug Supply Chain

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Also, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) discusses the future of manufacturing innovation in Germany and the United States. Elsewhere, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosts the third event of the 2023 Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium.

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Importers Beware! Burden Shifting in Patent Infringement Cases

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A large portion of the technology that we rely on daily—cell phones, computers, and the sensors and infrastructure that connect them, as well as an increasing percentage of drugs—is manufactured outside the United States, and in particular China.

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New USPTO Director Quickly Focuses on Much Needed Protection of Virtual Designs

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Only two days after being sworn in, Director Kathi Vidal announced the release of the USPTO’s Summary of public views on the article of manufacture requirement of 35 U.S.C. § manufacturers. manufacturers. This report summarized public comments received in response to a December 2020 request by the USPTO.