Innovation Insights’ Jennifer Brant participated in this online conference hosted by CSIS, during which she presented the report Unprecedented (co-authored with Prof. Mark Schultz). Unprecedented explains the critical role that IP protection played during the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting the development and commercialization of technologies that proved essential to the pandemic response both before and during the crisis. The report drew on interviews with senior leaders in the companies that led the innovation response to the pandemic.