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BENGALURU, India & MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QpiAI, a leader in quantum computing and AI today announced a MoU with Finland based, Oxford University spinout QuantrolOx. The two companies will work together to provide complete quantum solutions to customers in Europe, India and Asia.

Dr Nagendra Nagaraja CEO and Founder of QpiAI, suggested, India and Finland have had a close working relationship in telecom technologies. Both countries have now worked out a detailed plan for establishment of the Indo-Finnish Virtual Network Center on Quantum Computing. The MoU between QpiAI and QuantrolOx will further add to this momentum by providing advanced quantum computing testbeds for Indian and Finnish quantum companies and research labs to test and develop their quantum technologies.

"QpiAI is also working on semiconductor-based spin qubit technology, which is highly scalable and uses the mature semiconductor fabrication process. QpiAI has software and platform products in the market. It will transition its software platforms which currently run on the GPU and CPUs to its 3-chip solution of hybrid classical-Quantum compute by providing 20x -100x performance improvements in optimization workloads.

"There is a massive market opportunity in India, Asia and Europe for quantum computing technologies including quantum processors, quantum communication, quantum cloud computing and superconductors. Central to these opportunities is a scalable quantum computing technology that has the potential to automatically tune qubits and characterize quantum processors. While QpiAI is developing hardware including control board, RF and microwave-based quantum control chip and quantum processors and software applications software platforms and quantum algorithms, QuantrolOx is working on automated tuning and characterisation software."

Vishal Chatrath CEO of QuantrolOx and Prof. Andrew Briggs Executive Chairman of QuantrolOx, Professor at University of Oxford, are joining the advisory board of QpiAI to enable strategic alignment between the two companies. QpiAI Advisory board also has industry stalwarts like Dr Madhusudan Atre - former India head and Managing Director of AMD, Applied Materials, LSI, Lucent Microelectronics; and also advisor to startups and incubators. QpiAI board also has Dr Navakant Bhat who is former Chair of CeNSE and currently Dean of IISc.

With the Indian governments commitment of $1 Billion to the Indian quantum industry, we see India as a major market. We are excited to provide QuantrolOx technology to Indias first 25-qubit quantum computing testbed. This is just the beginning of our partnership with QpiAI to develop joint products and solutions for the global marketplace, added Vishal Chatrath, CEO and co-founder of QuantrolOx.

Ultimately, the challenge going forward for the industry to scale will be to create a supply chain in which specialist companies can focus on their core strengths. Such ecosystems will lead innovation and drive down costs so that in the next 5-10 years the world will have not 10s of quantum computers but thousands and possibly even 10s of thousands of quantum computers. I am excited at the prospect of a new quantum ecosystem developing between Oxford, Finland and India, added Prof Andrew Briggs, Executive Chair of QuantrolOx.

Having Quantum technology development in India will create next generation high-technology jobs in cutting edge research and technology development. This also builds ecosystem for leading inter-disciplinary R&D. I am very glad to see QpiAI forge partnership with QuantrolOx and lay the foundation for India-Finland partnership in the area of Quantum technology. We are glad that we will be working with Dr Andrew and Vishal to make Quantum computing commercially available across India, Europe and southeast Asia for industrial sectors," Dr Atre suggested.

"When we were first discussing Quantum hardware in India in 2020, that was before pandemic, Dr Nagendra was suggesting 20 qubit setup by 2024 in Bangalore. Now with this partnership it looks like we will be having multiple 25 Qubit testbeds right here in Bangalore by the end of 2022. This should enable a thriving Quantum ecosystem. Currently 25 qubits is based on superconductors and eventually 2048 qubits based on CMOS spin qubits will be very exciting. 2048 logical qubits can enable a lot of commercial applications. We would like to use all our expertise in CMOS fabrication to make this technology breakthrough happen. That would be a major technology breakthrough from India. We would like to see Dr Nagendra and team achieve the same as soon as possible with a lot of collaboration with Quantum ecosystems including QuantrolOx , Oxford and the IISc community. QpiAI has an excellent team and building commercial grade Quantum computers right here in Bangalore is very exciting. It is great to see collaboration between India and Finland to form this thriving Quantum ecosystem. The association of QpiAI with Dr Andrew and Vishal is a major step forward in achieving this goal," added Dr Navakant.

This partnership will create revenue generation opportunities for both the companies, QpiAI has QpiAISense hardware platform for controlling qubits ready to be shipped, on which QuantrolOx will develop control software for both superconducting and semiconductor-based spin qubits.

QpiAI is building its own quantum computing lab to house cryogenic electronics and is in process to acquire land for Indias first private quantum computing lab facility. The QpiAI quantum lab will be part of bigger Qpi Technology Quantum Park, which houses the labs and manufacturing facility for its subsidiaries like super conductor based single photon detector, single photon source, HTS tapes and HTS cables for SuperQ, solid state battery prototyping facility for Qpivolta using Quantum and AI technologies and labs for Qpivolta-ET for Energy transition experiments using material discovery and carbon capture, Silicon photonics testing lab for Qpisemi for its AI20P AI processors and lab scale model Quantum data center designed by Qpicloud. Currently Qpicloud which is incubated in DSCI (Data security Council of India) NCoE (National Center of Excellence) for cybersecurity, is also working on Quantum security for data centers and cloud computing, whose lab will be enabled in Qpi Technology Quantum Park.

QpiAI is expanding in Finland to enable partnership with European quantum ecosystems. QpiAI already has a subsidiary in the US QpiAI Inc. QpiAI also intends to open an office in Japan for customer support and after sales support for Japanese customers.

With partnerships and global presence, QpiAI which is a revenue generating and profitable Quantum compute and AI company, which is vertically integrating AI and Quantum compute and has customers across the world, is scaling its business to next level to become major global player in AI and Quantum compute.

About QpiAI

QpiAI (https://www.qpiai.tech) is World leader in AI and Quantum computing. QpiAI is integrating Quantum computing and AI vertically to offer solutions to areas like manufacturing, industrial, transportation, finance, pharma and materials. It has various software platforms and products including QpiAI-pro, QpiAI-explorer, QpiAI-logistics, QpiAIopt, QpiAIsim, QpiAIML. It is building complete hardware stack based on 3 chip solutions of Trion (universal optimizer Chip), Bumblebee (scalable cryogenic control chip) and scalable spin-qubit based QPU (Quantum processing unit) , which can be scalable to 2048 logical qubits. QpiAI is currently ready with room temperature control electronics based on its hardware platform QpiAIsense. QpiAI is subsidiary of Qpi Technology (https://www.qpitech.holdings).

About QuantrolOx

QuantrolOx (https://quantrolox.com/), an Anglo-Finnish spinout from University of Oxford, is building automated machine learning based control software for quantum technologies to tune, stabilise, and optimise qubits. QuantrolOxs software is technology agnostic and applicable to all types of quantum technologies. Initially the company is targeting solid-state qubits where the team has already demonstrated substantial practical benefits.

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The U.S. and Sweden Agree to Cooperate on Quantum Technology

The U.S. and Sweden has also signed a signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST). Just a few days earlier, the U.S. had signed a similar agreement with Finland. The Joint Statement advances the shared agendas of both countries to engage in good-faith cooperation in QIST for building a global market and supply chain, and to create respectful and inclusive scientific research communities. In 2018, Sweden established the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology with several universities and industrial partners and is investing 1 billion Swedish Krona ($105M USD) to support advanced research in quantum computing, simulation, communication, and sensing. A news release announcing this signing can be accessed on the U.S. governments Quantum.gov website here.

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Whats worrying you these days? The war in Ukraine? Maybe inflation? Or is it gas prices at the pump?

All are terrible situations at the current moment. And, quite frankly, none have a clearly outlined near-term solution on the horizon.

But what if I told you that one thing one technological breakthrough that is happening right now could forever solve all those problems?

Because that one thing actually does exist.

You see theres this little thing called quantum computing, and it unequivocally represents the biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes. Forget artificial intelligence (AI). Forget the metaverse. Forget electric vehicles. Forget even the computer or the internet.

Quantum computing will change the world in more profound ways than all those technological revolutions put together.

It will even help us beat both Russia and inflation.

Yep. You read that right. Quantum computing will us beat both Russia and inflation. How? By accelerating the development of a breakthrough forever battery that is the key to helping America achieve energy independence.

Heres a deeper look.

Let me start my discussion of quantum computing by saying that the underlying physics of this technological breakthrough quantum mechanics is a big, complex topic that would require 500 pages to fully understand.

We dont have 500 pages to unpack this, but heres my best job at making a CliffsNotes version in 500 words instead.

For centuries, scientists have developed, tested, and validated the laws of the physical world which are known as classical mechanics. These laws scientifically explain how things work. Why they work. Where they come from. So on and so forth.

But the discovery of the electron in 1897 by J.J. Thomson unveiled a new, subatomic world of super-small things that didnt obey the laws of classical mechanics at all. Instead, they obeyed their own set of rules, which have since become known as quantum mechanics.

The rules of quantum mechanics differ from the rules of classical mechanics in two weird, almost magical ways.

First, in classical mechanics, objects are in one place, at one time you are either at the store or at home.

But in quantum mechanics, subatomic particles can theoretically exist in multiple places at once (before they are observed). A single subatomic particle can exist in point A and point B at the same time until we observe it at which point it only exists at either point A or point B.

So, the true location of a subatomic particle is some combination of all its possible locations.

This is called quantum superposition.

Second, in classical mechanics, objects can only work with things that are also real. You cant use your imaginary friend to help move the couch. You need your real friend to help you.

But, in quantum mechanics, all those probabilistic states of subatomic particles are not independent theyre entangled. That is, if we know something about the probabilistic positioning of one subatomic particle, then we know something about the probabilistic positioning of another subatomic particle. Meaning that these super-complex particles can work together to create a super-complex ecosystem.

This is called quantum entanglement.

So, in short, subatomic particles can theoretically have multiple probabilistic states at once, and all those probabilistic states can work together again, all at once to accomplish a desired task.

Pretty wild, right?

It goes against everything classical mechanics had taught us about the world. It goes against common sense. But its true. And, now, for the first time ever, we are leaning how to harness this unique phenomenon to change everything about everything

Mark my words. Everything will change over the next few years because of quantum mechanics and some investors are going to make a lot of money.

The study of quantum theory has made huge advancements over the past century, especially so over the past decade, wherein scientists at leading technology companies have started to figure out how to harness the magical powers of quantum mechanics to make a new generation of super quantum computers that are infinitely faster and more powerful than even todays fastest supercomputers.

Again, the physics behind quantum computers is highly complex, but heres my CliffsNotes version

Todays computers are built on top of the laws of classical mechanics. That is, they store information on what are called bits which can store data binarily as either 1 or 0.

But what if you could harness the power of quantum mechanics to turn those classical bits into quantum bits or qubits that can leverage superpositioning to be both 1 and 0 data stores at the same time?

Taking it a step further, what if you could take those quantum bits and leverage entanglement to get all of the multi-state bits to work together to solve computationally taxing problems?

You would theoretically create a machine with so much computational power that it would make even todays most advanced supercomputers look like they are from the Stone Age.

Thats exactly what is happening today.

Google has built a quantum computer that is about 158 million times faster than the worlds fastest supercomputer.

Thats not hyperbole its a real number.

Imagine the possibilities if we could broadly create a new set of quantum computers 158 million times faster than even todays fastest computers

Wed finally have the level of AI that you see in movies. Thats because the biggest limitation to AI today is the robustness of machine learning algorithms, which are constrained by supercomputing capacity. Expand that capacity, and you get infinitely improved machine learning algos, and infinitely smarter AI.

We could eradicate disease. We already have tools like gene editing, but the effectiveness of gene editing relies of the robustness of the underlying computing capacity to identify, target, insert, cut, and repair genes. Insert quantum computing capacity, and all that happens without an error in seconds allowing for us to truly fix anything about anyone.

We could finally have that million-mile EV. We can only improve batteries if we can test them, and we can only test them in the real-world so much. Therefore, the key to unlocking a million-mile battery is through cellular simulation, and the quickness and effectiveness of cellular simulation rests upon the robustness of the underlying computing capacity. Make that capacity 158 million times bigger, and cellular simulation will happen 158 million times faster.

The economic opportunities here are truly endless.

One of the most relevant economic, political, and social opportunities that quantum computing will unlock is the ability for America to truly achieve energy independence.

Thats because stable energy independence can only be achieved through clean energies. And energy independence through clean energies can only be achieved through significant battery tech breakthroughs.

On the first point, energy independence via fossil fuels is a lie.

By the very scientific nature of fossil fuels, it is impossible for every country globally to achieve energy independence via oil and natural gas. Thats because those two energy sources are non-renewable and only exist in certain places on Earth. In some places, like Russia, fossil fuels are abundant. In other places, they are not.

Therefore, a global energy infrastructure built on top of fossil fuels is one that will forever be mired in energy dependence. A select handful of countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia will forever supply the vast majority of oil and natural gas to the world. Not to mention, those fossil fuels will run out, likely before the century is out. Then what? Will our kids and grandkids just not have power?

The solution, of course, is energy independence through clean energies.

The sun does shine pretty much everywhere on Earth. The wind does blow most places, too. And both are renewable energy sources that will never run out. Therefore, a global energy infrastructure built on top of solar, wind, and hydrogen power is one that sets the stage for durable energy independence.

But that energy infrastructure will require better batteries than we have today.

Thats because clean energies are mostly intermittent. That means they need to be stored in order to be reliably accessed. To store these clean energies, we can use batteries. But todays batteries arent very good at storing clean energy. Normally, they can only store up to 4-hours-worth of energy.

Thats not much and its certainly not enough to power the world.

Therefore, to achieve true energy independence we need better batteries and quantum computing will help us do that.

Want to beat inflation? Want to beat Russia? Want to kiss those high gas prices goodbye? And cut your energy bill to zero?

For me, the answer to all those things is a resounding yes! And thats why Im such a huge proponent of quantum computing technology. At scale, it could solve each of these problems.

The reality is that batteries are built using computers. Make those computers infinitely smarter and faster, and you suddenly make batteries infinitely better.

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Yales hub for quantum research will soon entangle the campus in the best possible sense in a full week of mind-bending science, artistry, and discussion devoted to the wonders of quantum research.

Quantum Week at Yale, organized by the Yale Quantum Institute (YQI), will feature a hackathon, a lab tour, a movie screening, a record launch party, hands-on computer programming, a superconductive jewelry display, and an assortment of quantum-related library and museum exhibits.

The activities begin April 8 and run through April 14. A full list of events is available here.

Yales quantum scientists are at the very top of this field, said Florian Carle, YQI manager and coordinator for the event. We want to take some of the excitement we see in the labs and at YQI and share it with the rest of the campus.

Quantum science delves into the physical properties that explain the behavior of subatomic particles, atoms, and molecules. Over the past century, quantum research has transformed disciplines as diverse as physics, engineering, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, and materials science.

Over the past 20 years, Yale researchers have propelled quantum research, particularly in quantum information science and quantum computing, with a series of groundbreaking discoveries including the first demonstration of two-qubit algorithms with a superconducting quantum processor.

Yales research has led to unprecedented control over individual quantum objects, whether those objects are naturally occurring microscopic systems such as atoms, or macroscopic, human-made systems with engineered properties. Researchers say these advances may soon enable them to perform otherwise intractable computations, ensure privacy in communications, better understand and design novel states of matter, and develop new types of sensors and measurement devices.

This is the time when computer scientists, mathematicians, physicists, and engineers are all coming together, said Yongshan Ding, assistant professor of computer science, who will lead a programming workshop on April 14 that shows visitors including those without any experience with quantum computing how to play with quantum interference patterns.

People can just code away, Ding said. My vision is that by exposing people to these activities, we can build a quantum-native programming language. This is a new paradigm of computation, so were going to need new ways to program for it.

YQI has partnered with 18 Yale departments and centers to create 23 events for Quantum Week at Yale. One of the challenges in organizing the week, Carle explained, was developing an engaging mix of activities suited for both experienced researchers and quantum science novices.

To that end, the week is organized around four components: Understanding Quantum, Art & Quantum, Career and Entrepreneurship, and For Researchers.

The hands-on programming event, for example, comes under the Understanding Quantum banner. Other include an April 9-10 Quantum Coalition Hack, hosted by the Yale Undergraduate Quantum Computer Club; an April 11 tour of superconducting qubit laboratories; and a quantum-related exhibit of rare books at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library on April 11.

Were always looking for ways that our libraries can engage with the academic work going on at Yale, said Andrew Shimp, who consulted on Quantum Week events at Yale libraries. Shimp is Yales librarian for engineering, applied science, chemistry, and mathematics. One of the unique things a Yale library can offer is the chance to view rare collections that arent necessarily digitized yet.

The quantum exhibit at the Beinecke Library, for example, includes materials from quantum science pioneers such as Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Planck. There is also an astronomy textbook, published in 1511, that includes the word quantum in its title. The title is Textus de Sphera Johannis de Sacrobosco: cum additione (quantum necessarium est) adiecta / Nouo commentario nuper edito ad vtilitate[m] studentiu[m] philosophice Parisien[em]. A brief English translation would be Sphere of Sacrobosco.

Under the Art & Quantum heading, there will be an April 8 screening of the 2013 indie thriller Coherence; a visual arts competition called Visualize Science hosted by Wright Lab on April 13; a launch party for Quantum Sound (a record project begun at YQI in 2018) on April 13; a display of Superconductive Jewelry throughout the week at YQI; a Quantum and the Arts exhibit all week at the Arts Library; an April 13 event hosted by the Yale Schwarzman Center devoted to historical preservation of technology ephemera, called Dumpster Diving: Historical Memory and Quantum Physics at Yale; and a new exhibit at the New Haven Museum, The Quantum Revolution, that opens April 13 and features drawings by former YQI artist in residence Martha Willette Lewis.

Carle is curator for the New Haven Museum exhibit. We wanted to show the evolution of quantum science at Yale, he said. It will take people from some of the first qubits in 1998 to Badger, the dilution refrigerator that ran the first two-qubit algorithms with a superconducting quantum processor in 2009.

Quantum computers require extremely cold temperatures near absolute zero in order to reduce operational errors.

The weeks Career and Entrepreneurship component will include a discussion of quantum startups hosted by The Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) on April 12; a conversation with IBMs Mark Ritter on the global implications of quantum research, hosted by the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs on April 12; a session on how to access market research for major industry analysts, hosted by the Yale University Library, on April 12; and a series of panel discussions on how to join the quantum workforce.

Finally, the For Researchers component of Quantum Week at Yale will feature a quantum sensing workshop at Wright Lab on April 8; and an April 14 lecture by quantum researcher Nathan Wiebe of the University of Washington.

The final day for Quantum Week at Yale, April 14, also happens to be World Quantum Day, Carle said. Our hope is that by then, students all over campus will be aware of quantum work being done here and want to explore it themselves in some way.

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This week in Washington IP news, both houses of Congress remain relatively silent during their scheduled work periods. On Thursday, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation partners with George Washington Universitys Regulatory Studies Center to host an all-day conference exploring the potential for the dynamic innovation views espoused by Joseph Schumpeter to make a bigger impact on the current wave of antitrust enforcement against Big Tech. Elsewhere, the American Enterprise Institute discusses the future of Section 230 limited liability provisions protecting online platform operators, and the Center for Strategic & International Studies takes a look at efforts among national governments to establish networks devoted to improving research and development into quantum computing.

American Enterprise Institute

The Future of Online Speech and Regulation: Section 230 and Beyond

At 9:30 on Monday, online video webinar.

The market power of online platforms operated by Big Tech companies has drawn the focus of lawmakers in recent years looking to hold those companies accountable for over-censorship of political viewpoints and the ability of malicious account owners to sell counterfeit items or foment misinformation campaigns. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides a shield for online platforms against legal liability for third-party posted content, has been a favorite target of legislators on either side of the political aisle, and anti-censorship laws have also been passed at the state level. This event will discuss balancing content moderation concerns with safeguards preserving an open Internet with a panel including Chris Cox, Member of the Board of Directors, NetChoice; Daniel Lyons, Nonresident Senior Fellow, AEI; Jeffrey A. Rosen, Nonresident Fellow, AEI; Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; and moderated by Shane Tews, Nonresident Senior Fellow, AEI.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Trademark Basics Boot Camp, Module 2: Registration Process Overview

At 2:00 PM on Tuesday, online video webinar.

This workshop, the second module in the USPTOs eight-part Trademark Basics Boot Camp, is designed to give small business owners and entrepreneurs an overview of the trademark registration process from filing through registration. Topics covered during this workshop include application workflow, timeline overview and post-registration timeline overview.

New America

The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Technologists, and Philanthropists Can Build an Equitable World

At 12:00 PM on Wednesday, online video webinar.

The recently published book The Tech That Comes Next explores the world of technological innovation, from the companies funding that development to the end users impacted by consumer technologies, and suggests models for equitable technological development that benefits a larger swath of society. This event features a conversation with the authors of that book: Afua Bruce, Adjunct Faculty, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy; and Amy Sample Ward, CEO, NTEN. That conversation will be moderated by Dr. Latanya Sweeney, Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and Dr. Charlton McIlwain, Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development, NYU.

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

George Washington Universitys Regulatory Studies Center

Joint Conference on Dynamic Competition and Public Policy: Reflecting on the Path Forward for Schumpeterian Antitrust

At 8:30 AM on Thursday at ITIF, 700 K Street NW, Suite 600.

Twenty years after the publication of Jerry Elligs book Dynamic Competition and Public Policy, a landmark work examining the intersection of antitrust and innovation, D.C. are working harder than ever to pass legislation increasing antitrust enforcement against Big Tech. This all-day conference, jointly hosted by ITIFs Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy and George Washington Universitys Regulatory Studies Center, will focus on the issues raised by Elligs work and how the views on dynamic innovation espoused in the early 20th century by German-Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter should be incorporated into the growing wave of antitrust regulation. An opening keynote address at this conference will be given by Patty Brink, Senior Counsel, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice. The conference will also feature several panels discussing topics including dynamic competition and the U.S. Federal Trade Commissions rulemaking authority, a dynamic approach to mergers, precautionary antitrust versus dynamic antitrust, and innovation, IP and antitrust tools reconsidered. This event will close with a keynote address given by Mark Meador, Deputy Chief Counsel for Antitrust and Competition Policy, Senate Judiciary Committee.

Center for Strategic & International Studies

The Future of Quantum A Closer Look at Global Collaboration

At 10:00 AM on Thursday, online video webinar.

The importance of quantum computing technologies to national security, especially due to quantums potential to transform encryption technologies, has made that sector of innovation a priority among international security alliances. Recently, the AUKUS trilateral security pact between Australia, the UK and the U.S. established working groups focused on improving R&D in quantum computing. Over in Europe, many EU member countries also participate in the International Cooperation on Quantum Technologies network to facilitate a collaborative environment for developing quantum technologies. This event will feature a discussion on opportunities for global collaboration in quantum innovation with a panel including Zaira Nazario, Quantum Theorist, IBM Research; Andrew Houck, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University; Travis Humble, Interim Director, U.S. Department of Energy Quantum Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and James Andrew Lewis, Senior Vice President and Director, Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Trade Secret Protection in the United States

At 12:00 PM on Thursday, online video webinar.

This USPTO workshop offers a presentation on the state of trade secret protections under U.S. law, with an emphasis on how the enforcement of trade secret rights can aid small- and medium-sized businesses. This presentation will be given by Jennifer Blank, Attorney Advisor, Office of Policy and International Affairs, USPTO.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

The Path to a Patent, Part II: Drafting Provisional Patent Applications

At 2:00 PM on Thursday, online video webinar.

This workshop, the second in the USPTOs eight-part Path to a Patent series, is designed to teach prospective patent applicants the basics about drafting provisional patent applications. Topics covered during this workshop include key differences between provisional and nonprovisional patent applications, filing requirements for provisional patent applications and filing fees.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

What You Need to Sell Your Arts and Crafts Online: An E-Commerce Primer for Native American Visual Artists and Craftspeople

At 3:00 PM on Thursday, online video webinar.

The availability of physical and online markets offers economic opportunity to arts and crafts designers from Native American tribes. However, a heavy shift to online sales and away from live trade shows during the COVID-19 pandemic has created unique challenges making business success difficult for those creating works from traditional materials and art techniques. This workshop, hosted by the USPTO in partnership with the Indian Arts and Crafts Board and Indian Dispute Resolution Services, will discuss various online channels that Native American craftspeople have for marketing their goods, including online auction sites, artisan e-commerce sites and social networks like Facebook.

Hudson Institute

Drug Patents and Evidence-Based Policymaking in Patent Law

At 10:00 AM on Friday, online video webinar.

The potential impact of drug patents on healthcare prices has been a favored punching bag among D.C. lawmakers looking for ways to reduce the cost of medical care. Many of those conversations have been informed by data reported from the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), which has been criticized for a lack of transparency in its datasets along with factual discrepancies in data that I-MAK has published. On April 1, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) renewed requests to the directors of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to examine the claimed discrepancies. This event will feature a discussion on Congress policy debate over drug patents with a panel including David Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, USPTO; Erika Lietzan, William H. Pittman Professor of Law and Timothy J. Heinz Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law; Adam Mossoff, Chair, Forum for Intellectual Property and Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, and Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University; and moderated by Urka Petrov?i?, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute.

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