The Inevitable Consequences of Misguided Innovation Policy *

The Inevitable Consequences of Misguided Innovation Policy *

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In his recently published book, The Big Steal, Jonathan Barnett documents how the Supreme Court, Congress, and antitrust regulators significantly weakened legal protections against the unauthorized use of technological inventions and creative works. Under the popular slogan that “information wants to be free,” significant portions of the scholarly and tech communities advocated and welcomed the erosion of property rights in knowledge markets. This policy shift often relied on incomplete or premature findings that concerning the impact of robust intellectual property rights on innovation markets.

The depropertization of intellectual assets poses a risk to the U.S. and global innovation ecosystem by shifting economic value toward digital intermediaries and vertically integrated entities and away from the technology and content originators that drive the most robust knowledge economies.

This panel will discuss how a series of bad policy decisions from the Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, Congress and regulators—in the name of fostering more innovation and enhancing inventive outcomes— have led to unintended consequences and the manifestation of precisely the opposite outcome desired.

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Materials

The Big Steal Shines a Light on the Domestic Threat to U.S. IP Rights

U.S. Policy and the Threat to Innovation

Why IP Rights Expire and Why They Must Be Strong While They Last

eBay, Its Effects, and the RESTORE Patent Rights Act

Undermining Bayh-Dole Will Have Tragic Consequences for Innovation

U.S. Chamber Warns Global Wave of Anti-IP Policy Proposals May Be Slowing IP Progress