Patents & the Public Interest Speaker Series
Zain Rizvi, Public Citizen, and Matt Lane, Insight, PA
November 2, 2022 | 12:00pm ET | 16:00pm UTC | Virtual
Hosted by Charles Duan
ABOUT THE SERIES
Patent policy is a small but fast-moving and exciting field of public interest law, spanning artificial intelligence, health care, human genetics, telecommunications, and more. In this speaker series, patent policy practitioners at public-interest nonprofits will discuss the big issues in patent policy conversations today, as well as career path options in this unique field. These conversations will be of interest to seasoned patent practitioners looking to learn about key developments in law and policy, as well as students and young lawyers interested in less-traveled career paths in patents.
About the presenter
Zain Rizvi
Zain Rizvi is a research director at Public Citizen. He has provided technical assistance to state and national governments, coordinated civil society coalitions, and published on intellectual property, access to medicines, and global health. He was previously a Gruber Fellow at SECTION27, a Johannesburg-based public interest organization. Rizvi obtained a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was student director of the Yale Global Health Justice Partnership.
Matt Lane is a senior director at InSight Public Affairs and the executive director of the Coalition Against Patent Abuse, which promotes patent reform for lowering drug prices. He is an expert on antitrust and intellectual property policy and has considerable experience in multilayered legal matters that touch the lives of U.S. consumers. Matt has a J.D. from the University of Florida Levin School of Law.
About the host
Charles Duan, is a senior policy fellow with American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He is also a member of the Patent Public Advisory Committee of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is a senior fellow with the R Street Institute, a D.C. think tank, and was formerly the Director of the Patent Reform Project at Public Knowledge. His work and research focuses on intellectual property policy and its effects on the public interest in a variety of technology fields. Charles has a J.D. from Harvard Law School.