Patents, Vaccines, and Viruses: A conversation about the role of IP in the age of COVID-19

Director Gaby L. Longsworth, Ph.D., presented during the Derwent webinar “Patents, Vaccines, and Viruses: A conversation about the role of IP in the age of COVID-19” on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. EDT.

This webinar covered the following topics:

• How are patent gene sequences and chemical structures impacting vaccine development today versus a decade ago? What role will they play in the future?
• What impact has the current climate had on IP activity more generally across the globe, and how can patent practitioners guide organizations to create and maintain innovation momentum? ​​
• What can past responses to global pandemics teach us about the importance and management of intellectual property now?