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As the America Invents Act turned 10 Thursday, two dozen independent inventors and activists gathered outside the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia, to demonstrate against one of the law's major impacts: the creation of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
A World Trade Organization committee on Thursday met to discuss the European Union's proposal aimed at boosting global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines through easing regulatory hurdles rather than suspending intellectual property protections for the vaccines.
The European Union on Friday handed over a proposal aimed at boosting global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines by easing regulatory hurdles, but it stopped short of calling on countries to suspend intellectual property protections on the vaccines.