Monday, March 30, 2020
Open COVID Pledge
Several academics, including Professors Jorge Contreras (University of Utah College of Law) and Mark Lemley (Stanford Law School), have proposed a system whereby owners of patents and copyrights can "pledge to make [their] intellectual property available for use in ending the COVID-19 pandemic and minimizing the impact of the disease, free of charge and without encumbrances." The Open COVID License itself may be found here.
