Category Archives: Patents

Australia gets it right: going beyond just lawyers

From Australia’s Review of the National Innovation System, released last fall: [I]ntellectual property policy is being managed as a legal issue, whereas although this area like any other must operate through the legal system, intellectual property policy is most fundamentally … Continue reading

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OA at TACD IP

I previously liveblogged the sessions from Patents, Copyrights and Knowledge Governance: The Next Four Years, hosted by Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (Washington, DC, January 12-13, 2009). Now I want to go back through the notes (which are cursory and, to … Continue reading

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Liveblog: TACD IP: Innovation Inducement Prizes

The next panel is on innovation inducement prizes. [I'm posting this out of order because I couldn't get a connection during the session. I didn't format my notes then, and I'll post them in raw form here.] First is Steve … Continue reading

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Liveblog: TACD IP: Patent Reform

The next panel is on patent reform. [I'm posting this out of order because I couldn't get a connection during the session. I didn't format my notes then, and I'll post them in raw form here.] First is Josh Lerner … Continue reading

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Liveblog: TACD IP: Openness

[Kevin Donovan retrieved this post from yesterday, which I had somehow lost. Thanks much!] The next panel is on openness. First up is Konstantinos Karachalios of the European Patent Office. Civility is important. The field is very polarized. Our publication … Continue reading

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Liveblog: TACD IP: Innovation and Access for Medical Technologies

The next panel is on Innovation and Access for Medical Technologies. First is Anthony So of Duke University. Perfect storm in pharma industry: lower productivity of R&D pipeline, increased generic competition, VC funding drying up Clinical trials as a public … Continue reading

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Liveblog: TACD IP: Patents and Innovation

The next panel is on patents and innovation. First is Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University. Maintaining an innovation economy is central to America’s long run success. The financial sector relied on overly simplistic economic models, didn’t understand the role of government, … Continue reading

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Liveblog: TACD IP conference

As part of my New Years’ resolutions, I want to blog more about events that I attend. Today’s (I think — my brain isn’t working 100% yet this morning) the first event I’ve been to this year, I’ll start here. … Continue reading

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