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51 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Supreme Court to Examine Liability of Internet Service Providers for Their Users’ Copyright Infringement
2025-08-25 · Posts · LSB11350 · HTML available · PDF available
Copyright in Standards Incorporated by Reference into Law and the Pro Codes Act
2025-08-08 · Reports · R47656 · HTML available · PDF available
Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes: Generic Entry for Small-Molecule Drugs Under the Hatch-Waxman Act
2025-06-12 · Resources · IF13028 · HTML available · PDF available
Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes: Biosimilar Entry Under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA)
2025-06-12 · Resources · IF13029 · HTML available · PDF available
Compensation for COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries
2025-04-16 · Reports · R46982 · HTML available · PDF available
Science and Technology Issues for the 119th Congress
2025-04-03 · Reports · R48482 · HTML available · PDF available
On the Radio: Public Performance Rights in Sound Recordings
2025-03-31 · Reports · R47642 · HTML available · PDF available
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Reform: Background and Issues for Congress
2025-03-31 · Reports · R45918 · HTML available · PDF available
Terminal Disclaimers of Patent Rights: Background and Issues for Congress
2025-02-24 · Posts · LSB11209 · HTML available · PDF available
The PREP Act and COVID-19, Part 2: The PREP Act Declaration for COVID-19 Countermeasures
2025-01-03 · Posts · LSB10730 · HTML available · PDF available
Patent Listing in FDA’s Orange Book
2024-12-27 · Resources · IF12644 · HTML available · PDF available
“Skinny Labels” for Generic Drugs Under Hatch-Waxman
2024-12-27 · Resources · IF12700 · HTML available · PDF available
Artificial Intelligence and Patent Law
2024-12-12 · Posts · LSB11251 · HTML available
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Reform: An Overview
2024-12-04 · Resources · IF12563 · HTML available · PDF available
Pricing and March-In Rights Under the Bayh-Dole Act
2024-12-03 · Resources · IF12582 · HTML available · PDF available
Science and Technology Issues for the 118th Congress
2024-10-15 · Reports · R47373 · HTML available · PDF available
Copyright and Uses of Music by Political Campaigns
2024-10-02 · Resources · IF12775 · HTML available · PDF available
Patent Law: An Introduction and Issues for Congress
2024-08-15 · Resources · IF12744 · HTML available · PDF available
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Inter Partes Review
2024-05-28 · Reports · R48016 · HTML available · PDF available
The Role of Patents and Regulatory Exclusivities in Drug Pricing
2024-01-30 · Reports · R46679 · HTML available · PDF available
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Under the Inflation Reduction Act: Industry Responses and Potential Effects
2023-12-08 · Reports · R47872 · HTML available
D.C. Circuit Finds Mandatory Copyright Deposit Requirement an Unconstitutional Taking
2023-09-18 · Posts · LSB11043 · HTML available · PDF available
Amgen v. Sanofi: Supreme Court Holds Patents Claiming Antibody Genus Invalid as Not Enabled
2023-06-01 · Posts · LSB10971 · HTML available · PDF available
Regulating Reproductive Health Services After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
2023-04-17 · Resources · IF12269 · HTML available · PDF available
Copyright Law: An Introduction and Issues for Congress
2023-03-07 · Resources · IF12339 · HTML available · PDF available
Selected Issues in Pharmaceutical Drug Pricing
2023-03-01 · Resources · IF12272 · HTML available · PDF available
Federalism-Based Limitations on Congressional Power: An Overview
2023-01-31 · Reports · R45323 · HTML available · PDF available
Intellectual Property: Forms of Federal IP Protection
2022-07-28 · Infographics · IG10033 · HTML available · PDF available
Congressional Authority to Regulate Abortion
2022-07-08 · Posts · LSB10787 · HTML available · PDF available
Intellectual Property Law: A Brief Introduction
2022-04-13 · Resources · IF10986 · HTML available · PDF available
The PREP Act and COVID-19, Part 1: Statutory Authority to Limit Liability for Medical Countermeasures
2022-04-13 · Posts · LSB10443 · HTML available · PDF available
The Supreme Court’s October 2020 Term: A Review of Selected Major Rulings
2021-09-14 · Reports · R46910 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Preserves Patent Trial and Appeal Board, but with Greater Executive Oversight
2021-06-29 · Posts · LSB10615 · HTML available · PDF available
Google v. Oracle: Supreme Court Rules for Google in Landmark Software Copyright Case
2021-05-10 · Posts · LSB10597 · HTML available · PDF available
Science and Technology Issues in the 117th Congress
2021-05-05 · Reports · R46787 · HTML available · PDF available
Drug Pricing and Intellectual Property: The Legislative Landscape for the 117th Congress
2021-03-31 · Reports · R46741 · HTML available · PDF available
Legal Issues in COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Deployment
2020-11-25 · Reports · R46399 · HTML available · PDF available
Intellectual Property Violations and China: Legal Remedies
2020-09-17 · Reports · R46532 · HTML available · PDF available
Patent Law: A Handbook for Congress
2020-09-16 · Reports · R46525 · HTML available · PDF available
Pharmaceutical Patenting Practices: A Legal Overview
2020-06-01 · Resources · IF11561 · HTML available · PDF available
Copyright and State Sovereign Immunity: The Allen v. Cooper Decision
2020-05-15 · Posts · LSB10465 · HTML available · PDF available
COVID-19 and Libraries: E-Books and Intellectual Property Issues
2020-04-28 · Posts · LSB10453 · HTML available · PDF available
No Judicial Review of Certain Patent Office Decisions, Supreme Court Holds
2020-04-28 · Posts · LSB10454 · HTML available · PDF available
Webcasting in the Time of COVID-19: Copyright Implications of Remote Worship & Distance Learning
2020-04-03 · Posts · LSB10440 · HTML available · PDF available
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Safe Harbor Provisions for Online Service Providers: A Legal Overview
2020-03-30 · Resources · IF11478 · HTML available · PDF available
Judges Urge Congress to Revise What Can Be Patented
2020-03-23 · Posts · LSB10344 · HTML available · PDF available
COVID-19 Medical Countermeasures: Intellectual Property and Affordability
2020-03-18 · Posts · LSB10422 · HTML available · PDF available
Music Licensing: The ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees
2020-03-17 · Resources · IF11463 · HTML available · PDF available
The CASE Act of 2019: Establishing a Small-Claims Process for Copyright Disputes
2019-11-27 · Posts · LSB10367 · HTML available · PDF available
Drug Pricing and the Law: Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes
2019-05-17 · Resources · IF11214 · HTML available · PDF available