This chapter provides a comprehensive survey of the burgeoning literature on the law and
economics of intellectual property. It is organized around the two principal objectives of …

In recent years, business leaders, policymakers, and inventors have complained to the
media and to Congress that today's patent system stifles innovation instead of fostering it …

Any elementary school student can recite a number of canonical American invention stories.
Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb from his famous home laboratory in Menlo Park, New …

Trade secret law is a puzzle. Courts and scholars have struggled for over a century to figure
out why we protect trade secrets. The puzzle is not in understanding what trade secret law …

Patent law is crucial to encourage technological innovation. But as the patent system
currently stands, diverse industries from pharmaceuticals to software to semiconductors are …

Many have lamented the negative impact of patents on the norm of open science and the"
commercialization" of basic research as more universities seek patents. I Whether these …

The open access (commons) versus private control debate is raging. The debate takes place
in a number of fields, including the intellectual property and cyberlaw literatures, as well as …

Patent law is premised on the onward march of science and technology. Patent law
encourages cumulative innovation, both by dangling the patent before the inventor as an …

The pervasive growth of algorithmic enforcement magnifies current debates regarding the
virtues of transparency. Using codes to conduct robust online enforcement not only amplifies …

One of the most revolutionary legal changes in the past generation has been the"
propertization" of intellectual property (IP). The duration and scope of rights expand without …