In CPIP’s newest policy brief, Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat examines the important role patents play in commercializing software innovation and supporting technology markets. He explains how a proper understanding of this […]
[Archived Post] Curbing the Abuses of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law: An Indictment and Reform Agenda
The following is taken from a CPIP policy brief by Professor Richard A. Epstein. A PDF of the full policy brief is available here. Curbing the Abuses of China’s Anti-Monopoly […]
[Archived Post] IP Promotes Progress by Securing the Individual Liberty of Inventors and Creators
This is the third in a series of posts summarizing CPIP’s 2014 Fall Conference, “Common Ground: How Intellectual Property Unites Creators and Innovators.” The Conference was held at George Mason […]
[Archived Post] Intellectual Property Unites Creators and Innovators
This is the first in a series of posts summarizing CPIP’s 2014 Fall Conference, “Common Ground: How Intellectual Property Unites Creators and Innovators.” The Conference was held at George Mason […]
[Archived Post] Intellectual Property, Innovation and Economic Growth: Mercatus Gets it Wrong
By Mark Schultz & Adam Mossoff A handful of increasingly noisy critics of intellectual property (IP) have emerged within free market organizations. Both the emergence and vehemence of this group […]
[Archived Post] Alice Gets the Most Important Question Right
By Matthew Barblan By far the most important takeaway from today’s Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank is the Court’s acknowledgment that “many computer-implemented claims are formally […]
[Archived Post] The Unintended Consequences of Patent “Reform”
By Steven Tjoe Much of today’s patent policy debate focuses on the dynamics of patent litigation. Sensational anecdotes of abusive demand letters, litigants strategically exploiting bad patents, and tales of […]
[Archived Post] IP as a Source of Personal and Economic Freedom
CPIP’s Mark Schultz authored an excellent essay today in TechPolicyDaily.com advocating intellectual property as a source of personal and economic freedom. The essay, “A Free Market Perspective on Intellectual Property Rights,” […]
[Archived Post] Guest Post by Richard Epstein: The Dangerous Adventurism of the United States Trade Representative – Lifting the Ban against Apple Products Unnecessarily Opens a Can of Worms in Patent Law
The Dangerous Adventurism of the United States Trade Representative: Lifting the Ban against Apple Products Unnecessarily Opens a Can of Worms in Patent Law Richard A. Epstein In ordinary times, […]