The COVID-19 pandemic has us in search of that elusive answer to the question: What went wrong? To start, it certainly was not a lack of warning signs. Five years ago, Bill Gates started shouting from the… Read More »
In a talk Tuesday with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director, ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young extolled the agency as the bedrock of American democracy, saying anyone who loves the United States has to support the patent system. Young,… Read More »
To ensure that coronavirus vaccines and treatments are “available at a price affordable to all people,” Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and several other House Democrats recently proposed a radical solution to the coronavirus pandemic — commandeer any lifesaving, yet-to-be-created drug… Read More »
Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers, and Charles Goodyear are some of America’s best-known innovators. Instead of just making and selling the final products, they obtained patents and licensed their innovations to manufacturers. American companies like IBM, Qualcomm,… Read More »
Under the U.S. Constitution, a patent conveys an “exclusive right” to inventors so they can prevent others from stealing their inventions. And since the enactment of the Patent Act of 1790, the law has deemed patents to… Read More »
The country may not know it yet, but the U.S. is already embroiled in a new cold war — this time not over territory but over technological dominance. The winner will gain prosperity and security. The contest pits… Read More »
It’s never been more important for Americans to stay connected, informed, and entertained. It’s easy to feel isolated in these times of stay-at-home orders and social distancing as we try to slow the spread of COVID-19. Fortunately, as more and more people are watching movies and doing their work from home, America’s networks have been… Read More »
Who would have supposed that after several prior serious viral outbreaks, including SARS, MERS and the swine flu, the United States would find itself so short of the diagnostic tests needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic? Yet,… Read More »
The coronavirus has sufficiently disrupted life that it has our closest attention. And the private sector’s response — initiative, innovation and intrepidity — is inspirational. Private-sector medical research-and-development innovators, such as biopharmaceutical companies and clinical labs, are… Read More »
At government, university, and private-sector research labs across the country, scientists are working around the clock to better understand the coronavirus. The resulting lab breakthroughs could soon become experimental treatments and vaccines. According to the Milken Institute… Read More »
