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We are committed to innovative solutions to address this crisis, and urge the adoption of the Open COVID Pledge, Open COVID License, and other similar solutions in support of this goal.</span></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ad8c11a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="ad8c11a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Co-Chairs</h2> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-element elementor-element-f83d465 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section" data-id="f83d465" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-row"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7eb946f elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column" data-id="7eb946f" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-75b8387 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="75b8387" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image"> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/dianecreativecommons-org/"> <img class="lazy lazy-hidden" src="//opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Screen-Shot-2020-04-26-at-23.20.16-oon79jmiulbw54l8ez356yvg4eaktr8c1okdc9bozk.png" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.20.16" alt="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.20.16" /><noscript><img src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Screen-Shot-2020-04-26-at-23.20.16-oon79jmiulbw54l8ez356yvg4eaktr8c1okdc9bozk.png" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.20.16" alt="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.20.16" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4549d00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="4549d00" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Jorge L. Contreras, JD</span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px; font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"> </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b23fd82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="b23fd82" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Presidential Scholar and Professor, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law; Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Research Fellow, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d650b0c elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column" data-id="d650b0c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-be00ffd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="be00ffd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image"> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/dianecreativecommons-org/"> <img class="lazy lazy-hidden" src="//opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Screen-Shot-2020-04-26-at-23.20.07-oon79kkd1fd6gqjv9hhrrgmwps5y1gc2dt7utjaatc.png" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.20.07" alt="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.20.07" /><noscript><img src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Screen-Shot-2020-04-26-at-23.20.07-oon79kkd1fd6gqjv9hhrrgmwps5y1gc2dt7utjaatc.png" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.20.07" alt="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.20.07" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-551e627 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="551e627" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Diane M. Peters, JD</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px; font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"> </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-32c1cdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="32c1cdb" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Senior Fellow, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f0cba4b elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column" data-id="f0cba4b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-98145d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="98145d0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image"> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/author/dianecreativecommons-org/"> <img class="lazy lazy-hidden" src="//opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Jacob300x300-p5thpv1lnqj5ihd0069tlm5jobb3ertr5tgawffcjk.jpg" title="Jacob300x300" alt="Meredith Jacob" /><noscript><img src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Jacob300x300-p5thpv1lnqj5ihd0069tlm5jobb3ertr5tgawffcjk.jpg" title="Jacob300x300" alt="Meredith Jacob" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e607e0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="e607e0c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Meredith Jacob, JD</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-31e5cc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="31e5cc9" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Project Director, Copyright and Open Licensing, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-967fcce elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider" data-id="967fcce" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="divider.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-divider"> <span class="elementor-divider-separator"> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-af348a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="af348a8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Members</h2> </div> </div> <section class="elementor-element elementor-element-fd2d52a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section" data-id="fd2d52a" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-row"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5ae0dd1 elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column" data-id="5ae0dd1" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-486ac9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="486ac9e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image"> <a href="https://faculty.utah.edu/u0989706-JORGE_L_CONTRERAS/hm/index.hml"> <img class="lazy lazy-hidden" src="//opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Screen-Shot-2020-04-26-at-23.27.37-oon7nxjlgb0vu9oxeoykuu6ffpdtmzcfow0wrpzrr4.png" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.27.37" alt="Eric Steuer" /><noscript><img src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Screen-Shot-2020-04-26-at-23.27.37-oon7nxjlgb0vu9oxeoykuu6ffpdtmzcfow0wrpzrr4.png" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.27.37" alt="Eric Steuer" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0a09a81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="0a09a81" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Eric Steuer, JD </h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-386f5c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="386f5c6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;">Creative Director and Communications Director, Creative Commons</span><br></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-55abb0a elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column" data-id="55abb0a" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-48b2595 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="48b2595" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image"> <a href="http://www.eisenlab.org/"> <img class="lazy lazy-hidden" src="//opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Screen-Shot-2020-04-26-at-23.27.26-oon7nyhfn5265vnk97d7fbxw1396uog610oe8zydkw.png" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.27.26" alt="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.27.26" /><noscript><img src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Screen-Shot-2020-04-26-at-23.27.26-oon7nyhfn5265vnk97d7fbxw1396uog610oe8zydkw.png" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.27.26" alt="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.27.26" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a81dc2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="a81dc2d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Michael Eisen, PhD<br></span></h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3d16b2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="3d16b2d" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.6667px;">Professor and HHMI Investigator, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Editor-in-Chief, eLife.</span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-element elementor-element-dc58ce0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section" data-id="dc58ce0" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-row"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-463385f elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column" data-id="463385f" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c0e5db0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="c0e5db0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image"> <a href="https://profiles.stanford.edu/ariel-ganz?tab=publications"> <img class="lazy lazy-hidden" src="//opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IMG_3951-scaled-owvh4aeg1cby3pnsyfvojaeiifddcsgv4euux82q0w.jpg" title="IMG_3951" alt="IMG_3951" /><noscript><img src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IMG_3951-scaled-owvh4aeg1cby3pnsyfvojaeiifddcsgv4euux82q0w.jpg" title="IMG_3951" alt="IMG_3951" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2c0950b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="2c0950b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Ariel Ganz, PhD</h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6416c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="6416c1b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.6667px;">Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine.</span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-deb0c13 elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column" data-id="deb0c13" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9752779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="9752779" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image"> <a href="https://law.stanford.edu/directory/mark-a-lemley/" class="broken_link"> <img class="lazy lazy-hidden" src="//opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Screen-Shot-2020-04-26-at-23.19.57-oon79li789egscii3zwebyedb61b95fspxvcat8wn4.png" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.19.57" alt="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.19.57" /><noscript><img src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Screen-Shot-2020-04-26-at-23.19.57-oon79li789egscii3zwebyedb61b95fspxvcat8wn4.png" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.19.57" alt="Screen Shot 2020-04-26 at 23.19.57" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-31989df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="31989df" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Mark Lemley, JD</h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-77a58a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="77a58a4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="font-size: 10.6667px; color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">William H. Neukom Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and the Director of the Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science & Technology.</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-element elementor-element-dec1ab7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section" data-id="dec1ab7" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-row"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-bffe13d elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column" data-id="bffe13d" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-04ef4fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="04ef4fa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image"> <a href="https://openbioeconomy.org/"> <img class="lazy lazy-hidden" src="//opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif" data-lazy-type="image" data-src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/lF1g-ckV-oopcma9aatfg87llhoz378z4honz04ge8v4jhod2yo.jpg" title="lF1g-ckV" alt="lF1g-ckV" /><noscript><img src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/lF1g-ckV-oopcma9aatfg87llhoz378z4honz04ge8v4jhod2yo.jpg" title="lF1g-ckV" alt="lF1g-ckV" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4fd9e73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="4fd9e73" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Jenny Molloy, PhD</h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e6d6aa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="e6d6aa6" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="color: #000000; 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font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.6667px;">Lecturer in Technology and Innovation Management, Department of Engineering, Innovation and IP Management (IIPM) Lab, University of Cambridge</span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1182777 elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider" data-id="1182777" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="divider.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-divider"> <span class="elementor-divider-separator"> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-element elementor-element-fc86189 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section" data-id="fc86189" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-row"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-58a0e0d elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column" data-id="58a0e0d" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-955ca33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="955ca33" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Reading and Resources </h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-37b2d6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="37b2d6e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Books</b></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Jorge L. Contreras & Meredith Jacob, eds., Patent Pledges: Global Perspectives On Patent Law’s Private Ordering Frontier (Edward Elgar, 2017) (IPKat’s Best Patent Law Book of 2018), <a href="https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/patent-pledges-9781785362484.html">https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/patent-pledges-9781785362484.html</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Articles (in chronological order)</b></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Diane M. Peters, General Counsel, Open Source Development Labs, Understanding Patent Pledges: an Overview of Legal Considerations. <a href="https://patentcommons.org/publications/OSDL_Whitepaper_Final_final_4-12-06.pdf">https://patentcommons.org/publications/OSDL_Whitepaper_Final_final_4-12-06.pdf </a>(2006)</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Lydia Pallas Loren, Building a Reliable Semicommons of Creative Works: Enforcement of Creative Commons Licenses and Limited Abandonment of Copyright, 14 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 271 (2007), <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=957939">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=957939</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Jorge L. Contreras, Patent Pledges, 47(3) Ariz. St. L.J. 543-608 (2015), <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2525947">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2525947</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Jorge L. Contreras, A Market Reliance Theory for FRAND Commitments and Other Patent Pledges, 2015(2) Utah L. Rev. 479-558 (2015), <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2309023">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2309023</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Marta Belcher and John Casey, Hacking the Patent System: A Guide to Alternative Patent Licensing for Innovators, Juelsgaard Intellectual Property & Innovation Clinic at Stanford Law School (January 2016), <a href="https://www.eff.org/document/hacking-patent-system-2016">https://www.eff.org/document/hacking-patent-system-2016</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Jesse L. Reynolds, Jorge L. Contreras & Joshua D. Sarnoff, Solar Climate Engineering and Intellectual Property: Toward a Research Commons, 18 Minn. J. L. Sci. & Tech. 1-110 (2017), <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2753833">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2753833</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Jorge L. Contreras, The Evolving Patent Pledge Landscape, CIGI Papers No. 166, Apr. 3, 2018, <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3157572">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3157572</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Jorge L. Contreras, Bronwyn H. Hall & Christian Helmers, Pledging Patents for the Public Good: Rise and Fall of the Eco-Patent Commons, 57 Houston L. Rev. 61-109 (2019), </span><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3466156">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3466156</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Jonas Fabian Ehrnsperger & Frank Tietze, Patent pledges, open IP, or patent pools? Developing taxonomies in the thicket of terminologies. PLoS ONE 14(8): e0221411 (2019), </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221411">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221411</a></p> <p><font color="#000000">F. Tietze, P. Vimalnath, L. Aristodemou and J. Molloy, “Crisis-Critical Intellectual Property: Findings From the COVID-19 Pandemic,” in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, doi: 10.1109/TEM.2020.2996982. </font><a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9120047">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9120047</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(2020)</span><br></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><b>Web sites</b></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Creative Commons, CC0 “No Rights Reserved”, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/">https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">American University Washington College of Law – Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Standards-Essential Patents and FRAND Licensing, <a href="https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/impact/patent/">https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/impact/patent/</a></span></p> <p></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer itemtype="https://schema.org/WPFooter" itemscope="itemscope" id="colophon" role="contentinfo"> <div class='footer-width-fixer'> <div data-elementor-type="wp-post" data-elementor-id="2093" class="elementor elementor-2093" data-elementor-settings="[]"> <div class="elementor-inner"> <div class="elementor-section-wrap"> <section class="elementor-element elementor-element-5e7a009 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section" data-id="5e7a009" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"stretch_section":"section-stretched","background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-row"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f04f263 elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column" data-id="f04f263" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9675c67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="9675c67" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-image"> <img width="219" height="145" src="https://opencovidpledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo.png" class="attachment-large size-large" alt="" loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-92eea55 elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column" data-id="92eea55" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-19b91e8 elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column" data-id="19b91e8" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6888cbc elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column" data-id="6888cbc" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-aec743b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="aec743b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2b71e29d elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column" data-id="2b71e29d" data-element_type="column"><div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"><div class="elementor-widget-wrap"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-349c2672 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="349c2672" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"><div class="elementor-widget-container"><div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://opencovidpledge.org/"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; 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