All That You Ever Wanted To Know About Psychedelic Patents and IP
A Conversation with Graham Pechenik and Chris Byrnes
Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 from 12:00-1:30pm PST
The protection of intellectual property (IP) inside the burgeoning market for psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapy is prompting important debate and discussion. How are companies patenting medicines that have been used for millennia? Does copyright of guidelines for psychedelic-assisted therapy prohibit people from using those guidelines without a license? What role can trademarks, appellations of origin, and geographical indicators play in creating certifications for guides and products? Can IP be used to improve access to knowledge, access to medicine, and reciprocity with historically marginalized communities? Join a discussion and ask-me-anything (AMA) forum with IP attorneys Graham Pechenik and Chris Byrnes. The discussion will address the legal and economic rationales for the existence of different types of IP, provide an overview of innovative uses of IP in the psychedelics market, and contemplate the ways in which web3 technology can be used to create a psychedelic IP commons. Along the way, we’ll invite questions from attendees and endeavor to answer all that you ever wanted to know about psychedelic patents and IP.
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