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China is winning the biotech race. Patent reform is how we catch up
12 Dec 2025 17:28 GMT
The United States is at risk of losing one of the most important technology races of the 21st century: biotechnology. A 2025 report from a bipartisan, congressionally chartered commission warns that China is closing in on a win, and the United States has …
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Report: Bipartisan support for patent reform to lower drug prices
24 Oct 2025 19:37 GMT
… showing more bipartisan support for patent reform than for government price controls … drug prices, showing they favor patent reform over government price controls (65% … targeted regulatory interventions," with patent reform standing out as a particularly …
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Life Sciences Perspective On Emerging U.S. Patent Reform Efforts
27 Aug 2025 20:56 GMT
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Though largely absent from mainstream news, proposed reforms to patent law are poised to affect everything from biotech startups to major …
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Sweden backs EU-wide patent reform to support drug innovation
07 Aug 2025 11:07 GMT
Hoping to support pharmaceutical innovation and competitiveness, Stockholm is advocating for a Unitary Patent System. Sweden is one of eleven EU Member States pushing the Danish Presidency to finalise an EU system for enhanced patent protection for …
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BIO applauds reintroduction of two bills aimed at patent reform
05 May 2025 14:15 GMT
The May 1 reintroduction of two bills designed to strengthen the certainty of U.S. patents earned praise from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO).
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA Act) would address confusing court decisions by …
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Renewed Efforts in Congress for Pharmaceutical Patent Reform
11 Feb 2025 01:10 GMT
… of USPTO Director Vidal, pharmaceutical patent reform is likely on the minds … to this political transition, pharmaceutical patent reform garnered renewed attention in the …
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Here’s what the new acting USPTO director thinks about patent reform
22 Jan 2025 18:20 GMT
Coke Stewart. Photo credit: USPTO
As a patent lawyer, Coke Morgan Stewart has mainly represented patent challengers and has previously sat down with IAM to discuss her views on Section 101 and discretionary denials
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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Advances Two Patent Reform Bills
05 Dec 2024 23:30 GMT
This post has been updated since its original publication date.
On November 15, 2024, the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property advanced the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement (IDEA) Act, one of three significant bills it …
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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Back Two Key Patent Reform Bills
21 Nov 2024 22:54 GMT
On November 15, 2024, the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property advanced the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement (IDEA) Act, one of three significant bills it considered this year to reform the patent system. The other two bills …
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IDEA Act passes US Senate Judiciary Committee but delays hit bigger patent reform bills
14 Nov 2024 20:45 GMT
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin
Senators are wrangling behind the scenes over amendments to legislation to reform patent eligibility law and repair abuses in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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