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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Why do differences in clinical trial design make it hard to compare COVID-19 vaccines?

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By Lisa Larrimore Ouellette , Nicholson Price , Rachel Sachs , and Jacob S. Sherkow The number of COVID-19 vaccines is growing , with 18 vac...
Friday, June 4, 2021

What Does it Mean to Exceed Authorized Access?

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After years of debate and prosecutorial overreach, the Supreme Court has now narrowed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). In Van Buren ...
Thursday, June 3, 2021

What’s the difference between vaccine approval (BLA) and authorization (EUA)?

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By Jacob S. Sherkow , Lisa Larrimore Ouellette , Nicholson Price , and Rachel Sachs Recently, Pfizer and BioNTech and Moderna announced th...
Monday, May 17, 2021

Guy Rub: Copyright or Contract?

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Using software often means you have to sign a contract as a condition for using the software. This "end user license agreement," c...
Monday, May 3, 2021

What can policymakers learn from the UK’s RECOVERY trial to improve clinical research for COVID-19 and beyond?

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By Rachel Sachs , Jacob S. Sherkow , Lisa Larrimore Ouellette , and Nicholson Price We have written before about the challenges of making de...
Friday, April 9, 2021

How can Congress create infrastructure for the next pandemic?

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By Nicholson Price , Rachel Sachs , Jacob S. Sherkow , and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette After approximately 200 Infrastructure Weeks , policymak...
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Google v. Oracle - The Final Shoe Drops

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The Supreme Court ruled yesterday in Google v. Oracle that Google did not infringe Oracle's copyright in its APIs by virtue of fair use...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

How are COVID-19 vaccine developers and regulators responding to variants?

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By Lisa Larrimore Ouellette , Nicholson Price , Rachel Sachs , and Jacob S. Sherkow The remarkable news of record-breaking COVID-19 vaccine ...
Thursday, March 18, 2021

Advice about the patent bar for current and prospective law students

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Guest post by Professor Eric E. Johnson ( ericejohnson.com ) I recently asked fellow intellectual property professors and others about advic...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Waiting for Google

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Google v. Oracle was argued (after being reset last term for additional briefing) on October 7, during the first week of this term. We stil...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Charles Tait Graves: Idea Submission Cases, Desny Claims, and Trade Secret Law

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I thoroughly enjoyed Charles Tait Graves new article: Should California’s Film Script Cases Be Merged into Trade Secret Law?, which was re...
Thursday, March 4, 2021

Are patents the cause of—or solution to—COVID-19 vaccine innovation problems? (No!)

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By Jacob S. Sherkow , Lisa Larrimore Ouellette , Nicholson Price , and Rachel Sachs Are patents the cause of—or solution to—COVID-19 vaccine...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

How can policymakers overcome the hurdles to scaling up antibody manufacturing?

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By Rachel Sachs , Jacob S. Sherkow , Lisa Larrimore Ouellette , and Nicholson Price In our last post , we introduced some of the clinical ev...