The cover story of this influential British magazine is “Set Innovation Free!”* The subtitle says what they really mean: Time to fix the patent system. In this blog, I’ve argued that the current patent regime retards overall innovation. It’s not aligned with empirical studies of creativity research. Patents are awarded to a single entity, as if… Read More The Economist Shouts: “Set Innovation Free!”
The intellectual property issues just keep coming up! (See my previous posts on IP issues.) Maybe I should go back to law school… This morning, I was interviewed by a team of researchers at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden; they are studying collaborative innovation networks and how they can contribute to transformational change towards… Read More Idea Sharing in Nonprofits
The answer, according to a new study, is NO. There’s a lot of evidence that property rights in general lead to more successful economies: countries that have laws to protect individual property owners experience more rapid economic growth. Some economists have argued that this should hold true for strong patents, too–after all, a patent is… Read More Do Patents Increase Innovation?
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