Month: November 2025

IP - From Theory to Practice

Protecting Traditional Knowledge through IP Law?

This past April, I attended the 119th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) in Washington, D.C. where Loyola’s Wing-Tat Lee Chair of International Law, Professor James Thuo Gathii, was honored with The Honorary Member Award. Heading into this meeting, I was looking forward to hearing the Grotius Lecture by former UN Special Rapporteur, E. Tendayi Achiume, on contemporary forms of racism. … Continue reading Protecting Traditional Knowledge through IP Law?

Kendall Henry
Loyola Spotlight

From Plant Genes to Patent Law: A Conversation with Amy Greywitt

  Amy Greywitt is an intellectual property attorney who began her career in science before finding her way to patent law. A Loyola University Chicago School of Law alum, she clerked for Judge Richard Linn of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Judge Ronald Whyte of the Northern District of California. She has represented major corporations in complex IP litigation and … Continue reading From Plant Genes to Patent Law: A Conversation with Amy Greywitt

Adelyn Schmidt
IP + Health

No One Should Wait for Permission to Stay Alive in the Next Pandemic

If your house was on fire, would you waste time asking for permission to borrow your neighbor’s hose? Or would you grab it with no questions asked to save your home? To me, it felt like the house was burning down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, when it came to life-saving vaccines, countries were stuck waiting for permission from patent holders, delaying access to care … Continue reading No One Should Wait for Permission to Stay Alive in the Next Pandemic

Emily Miller