#OpenCovidPledge

More initiatives around the world show multinational companies declaring open, cooperative innovation to combat COVID-19.

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Patents 4 Partnerships is a USPTO-sponsored exchange site that matches licensors with health-technology inventors. It lists current COVID-19-related patent-holders in an online marketplace. The aim is to get these new technologies licensed and put to work combatting the current pandemic. According to the USPTO, the partnership,  also known as the IP Marketplace Platform, is a …

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The Open COVID Pledge.

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Organizations are pledging to make their intellectual property available free of charge for use in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. These organizations include Amazon, Intel, Facebook, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HBE), IBM, Microsoft, and Sandia National Laboratories. According to opencovidpledge.org, “Immediate action is required to halt the COVID-19 Pandemic and treat those it has affected. It is …

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