Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2024) — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) recently issued a request for comments "on ways to accelerate and incentivize the commercialization of innovation, including green, critical, and emerging technologies." Joseph P. Allen, Executive Director of the Bayh-Dole Coalition, released the following statement on the request:...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 17, 2024) -- The Biden administration may soon endorse a proposal before the World Trade Organization (WTO) that would suspend patent protections on Covid-19 treatments and tests and, in doing so, thwart existing WTO standards. This move would be enormously unpopular with American voters, according to a new poll released today by the Bayh-Dole Coalition....