Daniel Volchok

Aug 27, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Laura Powell |Thomas Saunders |Daniel Volchok

Following nearly twenty-five years of negotiations, members of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently adopted a treaty implementing the new requirement for international patent applicants to disclose in their applications any Indigenous Peoples and/or communities that provided traditional knowledge on which the applicant drew in creating the invention sought to be patented.1 The treaty was adopted at WIPO’s “Diplomatic Conference to Conclude an International Legal...

Jun 14, 2024 | mondaq.com | Seth P. Waxman |Tommy P. Beaudreau |Christopher Babbitt |Daniel Volchok

On June 6, 2024, the US Supreme Court decided Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe and Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe (Nos. 23-250 and 23-253), holding that the Indian Health Service (IHS) must reimburse Native nations, bands, and tribes that run their own healthcare systems for costs associated with program income from Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers.

Nov 2, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Laura Powell |Thomas Saunders |Daniel Volchok

On October 24, 2023, the US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), which is a component of the Department of Commerce, published two notices in the Federal Register seeking input from Tribal Nations regarding intellectual property (“IP”) protection of “genetic resources, traditional knowledge and/or traditional cultural expressions.” The First Notice explains that the USPTO is seeking comments on negotiations in advance of a meeting regarding these topics to be held at a specialized agency...

Jul 20, 2023 | lexology.com | Felicia Ellsworth |Daniel Volchok

Click here to listen the audioIn This Podcast EpisodeIn the Public Interest is pleased to continue our miniseries examining notable decisions recently issued by the United States Supreme Court. Our second episode welcomes WilmerHale Partner Daniel Volchok, who focuses his practice on appellate litigation and has an extensive Native American law practice. In this episode, Volchok joins co-host Felicia Ellsworth to discuss the Court’s decision in Haaland v.