December 20, 2012

Podcast of Debate Between Judges Posner and Michel on the Patent System

Adam Mossoff

Today, people read almost daily reports about the “broken patent system” in newspaper articles, blogs and at social media websites. Is this true?

Intellectual Property

December 18, 2012

Policy Debates On Patents Should Focus On Facts, Not Rhetoric (Forbes.com Op-Ed)

Adam Mossoff

A heavily revised and expanded verison of one of my earlier blog postings was just posted as an op-ed on Forbes.com.  This op-ed addresses how the FTC and DOJ have…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 14, 2012

The FCC’s Reign of Terror on Transaction Reviews

Geoffrey A. Manne

Now that the election is over, the Federal Communications Commission is returning to the important but painfully slow business of updating its spectrum management policies for the 21st century.

Telecommunications

December 12, 2012

The “Common Law Property” Myth in the Libertarian Critique of IP Rights (Part 2)

Adam Mossoff

In Part One, I addressed the argument by some libertarians that so-called “traditional property rights in land” are based in inductive, ground-up “common law court decisions,” but that intellectual property…

Intellectual Property

December 3, 2012

The Broken Reporting Causing the “Broken Patent System” Hokum

Adam Mossoff

It’s almost impossible to read an article or blog posting today about patents that doesn’t complain that “the patent system is broken.”  It’s especially prevalent in reports on high-tech patents,…

Intellectual Property

December 3, 2012

Standard Essential Patents and Antitrust

Adam Mossoff

Last week, I participated in a panel discussion on standard essential patents and antitrust at the Washington Legal Foundation.  The panel was entitled, “Standard Essential Patents: Where do IP Protections…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

November 21, 2012

The Case for Copyright

Adam Mossoff

Mark Schultz, law professor and specialist in copyright law, has written an excellent response to the Republican Study Committee policy brief on copyright law that has been making the rounds…

Intellectual Property

November 13, 2012

ITC Patent Cases Dramatically Drop, or Another Patent Litigation Myth Bites the Dust

Adam Mossoff

The claim that there is a “patent litigation explosion” is a myth, but there’s a related patent litigation myth that has proven cantankerously resilient in the patent policy debates —…

Intellectual Property

October 30, 2012

Richard Epstein Podcast: “Patent Rights: A Spark or Hindrance for the Economy?”

Adam Mossoff

About a week ago, I was lucky to moderate the digital equivalent of a “fireside chat” with Richard Epstein about the patent system.  The topic was “Patent Rights: A Spark…

Intellectual Property