Impact Survey—Biotech, Pharma, and Disease
One of the most popular impact areas on this topic has to do with innovation by pharmaceutical companies. This file will help you navigate the impact level of those debates.
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Impact Survey—Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is one of the most common impact areas on this year’s IP topic. The attached file will give you a jumping off point to respond to any AI-related argument; the post will provide a brief overview of core disagreements in the area.
Impact Debating Beyond The Label
Let’s talk about how we can do impact debating better.
Leveling Up Your Debate Software
In this post, we will go over nine pieces of customized software that you can use to simplify and speed up various elements of your debate workflow.
The Mailbox—#2
Answers to your questions about counter-advocacies, competition, and burdens of proof.
Permutations from A to Z—Perm: Do the CP, Part 2
In this post, we will practice putting a perm: do the CP strategy into action by reviewing some speech documents from the most talented, intelligent, and hard-working debate teams in the country.
Intro to IPR, Part 3—Holdup, Holdout
How might the strength or weakness of protection affect the incentive-based arguments for and against IP? To better understand this, we will look briefly at the history of patent protection in the United States, and explore two critical concepts in depth: patent holdup and patent holdout.
Case Brief—ClearCorrect v. ITC
In this entry, we'll cover ClearCorrect v. ITC - a case on IP enforcement that might be fertile ground for aff-writing.
Permutations from A to Z—Perm: Do the CP, Part 1
In part 1, we learned how competition arguments work when dealing with CP strategies that put their disagreement with the 1AC relatively front-and-center. In this part, we'll learn what to do when the differences aren't so obvious.
The Mailbox—#1
Responding to submissions from the mailbox.