Counterfeit Drugs: Losing Weight Rather than Losing Your Life (Audio: Podcast)
Counterfeit drugs has always been a serious problem, and a problem we’ve worked on here at IPI for many years. And it’s a topic that is back for a return engagement as demand for “miracle” weight loss drugs is creating opportunity for counterfeiters. IPI’s Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews guides us on the problems with counterfeit drugs and why you should be cautious about deals on drugs that seem too good to be true.
IPI Policy Basics: Exaggerating the Public Domain (Audio: Podcast)
There was a rash of stories in the early days of 2024 about how, finally, Mickey Mouse had entered the public domain, and that this was somehow a triumph for the general public. Sounds like time for an explainer about the public domain, and why, for the most part, consumers are better off when creativity, distribution and promotion of creative works is incentivized. IPI President Tom Giovanetti with IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
When the Biden Administration Goes Marching In (Audio: Podcast)
Today the Biden administration announced a proposal to aggressively use federal “march in” rights to seize patents from pharmaceutical companies and “other inventions.” IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains what march in rights are, and why what the Biden administration is proposing is very, very bad. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
Thoughts and Experiences with Chat GPT and AI (Audio: Podcast)
As a think tank that follows tech policy closely, we’ve been aware of the issues and the debate around AI, but finally this week found time to try to use it as a tool, and the results were pretty jaw dropping. IPI President Tom Giovanetti shares anecdotes with IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, and they discuss whether we should be excited, afraid, or some combination of both. And Tom has another chance to talk about permissionless innovation vs. the precautionary principle.
IPI Policy Basics: What Is Intellectual Property, Why Is it Important, and Why Is it Controversial? (Audio: Podcast)
In recognition of World IP Day, the Institute for Policy Innovation, an accredited Non-Governmental Organization affiliated with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), discusses the importance of intellectual property protection. With IPI Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland and IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
How the Biden Administration is Putting Prescription Drug Innovation at Risk (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, who has spent significant time researching and understanding prescription drug and health care innovation, describes how the Biden administration is abusing the “march in rights” permitted under the Bayh-Dole legislation in order to supposedly reduce prescription drug prices. He then explains how the Biden administration is also in danger of allowing the international TRIPs waiver provisions to further weaken patent protection. IPI Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland relates these issues to the same kinds of tech transfer issues encountered in the tech industry, and IPI President Tom Giovanetti interjects thoughts of questionable value.
IPI Policy Basics: Permissionless Innovation vs. the Precautionary Principle (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland guides a discussion with IPI President Tom Giovanetti about the importance of permissionless innovation, and the problems with its opposite—the precautionary principle.
Judicial Supremacy and the Mask Mandate (Audio: Interview)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti and 660AM The Answer's Mark Davis tackle a number of topics including: World Intellectual Property Day, intellectual consistency regarding judicial supremacy and the place of religion in the Republican Party.
Innovation and the Paradigm Shift Right Before Our Eyes (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland, and IPI President Tom Giovanetti discuss incremental innovation, critical mass and paradigm shifts in vaccine technology, smart phones, private space launch and other technologies.
IPI Policy Basics: 'Right to Repair' Is a Trojan Horse and a Threat to American Innovation (Audio: Podcast)
“Right to Repair” initiatives in the states seem reasonable but are actually Trojan Horse proposals designed to undermine intellectual property protection, but were they to succeed American innovation would be undermined and consumer safety would be compromised. With the assistance of IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.
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