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The Trophy-Sharing Cartel: How Europe's Digital Markets Act Turns Google's IP Into a Public Utility
In IPWatchdog, we argued that the EU's Digital Markets Act turns Google's intellectual property into a utility for its rivals.
Jeffrey Depp
Jul 26


A Patent, a Blood Test, and 20 Years of Waiting
In Truth on the Market, we argued that a brain-injury blood test's 20-year road to patients shows why Congress must fix patent eligibility law.
Jeffrey Depp
Jul 16


Statement Regarding Chatrie v. United States Decision
In a statement on Chatrie v. United States, we argued that the Fourth Amendment doesn't vanish because records sit on a company's servers.
Ashley Baker
Jun 29


Webinar Video: When Should We Recognize Something as a Property Right?
Jeffrey Depp joins a Federalist Society panel with Alden Abbott, Jane Bambauer and Satya Marar on intellectual property, AI training and fair use.
Ashley Baker
May 11


The Supreme Court Picks the Wrong Patent Fight in Hikma v. Amarin
In IPWatchdog, we argued that by taking Hikma v. Amarin, the Supreme Court chose a narrow drug-pricing fight over the patent questions that matter.
Jeffrey Depp
Apr 20


Protecting Property, Not Regulating Markets: Why Reining In Proxy Advisors Is Essential
In The National Law Review, we argued that reining in dominant proxy advisory firms protects shareholders' property rights.
Ashley Baker
Feb 19


CFJ Weighs In on How to Restore America’s Scientific and Innovation Leadership
American technological leadership results from secure property rights driving risk taking not from centralized planning or regulatory micromanagement.
Jeffrey Depp
Dec 29, 2025


Re: Revision to the Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
These proposed reforms—particularly the restrictions on serial and parallel inter partes review (“IPR”) challenges and the requirement that petitioners stipulate to litigating validity in only one forum—represent an urgently needed course-correction to restore reliability to U.S. patent rights, strengthen American innovation, and fortify the nation’s technological leadership against foreign adversaries, especially the People’s Republic of China.
Jeffrey Depp
Dec 1, 2025


The NIH 'Access Plan' Mandate: Central Planning by Another Name
In Truth on the Market, we argued that NIH's 'access plan' mandate for patent licenses is central planning that threatens biomedical innovation.
Jeffrey Depp
Oct 17, 2025
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