Polluting Words: Is There a Coasean Case to Regulate Offensive Speech?
Introduction Economist Ronald Coase devoted an article in the 1974 edition of the American Economic Review to an idea he had observed to be common . . .
Europe’s New SEP Regulation: All Quiet on the Patent Front?
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The antitrust landscape changed dramatically in the last decade. Within the last two years alone, the Department of Justice has held hearings on the appropriate scope of Section 2 of the Sherman Act and has issued, then repudiated, a comprehensive Report.
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Fairness and Ambiguity in EU Competition Policy
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A Patent and a Prize
This paper examines a simple and old question: should innovators receive a patent or a prize? The answer I provide is equally simple: they . . .
Adam Mossoff on the Value of Patents
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A Few Questions (and Even Fewer Answers) About What Artificial Intelligence Will Mean for Copyright
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Patent Pools, Innovation, and Antitrust Policy
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