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| Director: | Douglas Holtz-Eakin |
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| Author: | Keith E. Maskus, Stanford Calderwood Professor of Economics, University of Colorado |
March 2006 - November 2006
This report evaluates the effectiveness of the U.S. intellectual property regime in encouraging innovation and discusses the U.S. push to harmonize intellectual property standards with its trading partners. Professor Maskus argues that the intellectual property system is so skewed toward patent holders that it actually discourages innovation, and that the aggressive drive toward harmonization with other countries should be replaced by an emphasis on the enforcement of existing standards.
Publications
November 2006
Council Special Report No. 19
This report argues that reforms of the U.S. patent system have suceeded in limiting the competition of ideas, discouraging innovation, and ultimately reducing U.S. competitiveness.
Meetings
Council Special Report on The U.S. Intellectual Property System in a Global Perspective: Second Advisory Committee Meeting
Related Project: Council Special Report on the U.S. Intellectual Property System in a Global Perspective
| Presider: | Daniel F. Burton, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Salesforce.com |
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| Speaker: | Keith E. Maskus, Stanford Calderwood Professor of Economics, University of Colorado |
Council Special Report on The U.S. Intellectual Property System in a Global Perspective: First Advisory Committee Meeting
Related Project: Council Special Report on the U.S. Intellectual Property System in a Global Perspective
| Presider: | Daniel F. Burton, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Salesforce.com |
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| Speaker: | Keith E. Maskus, Stanford Calderwood Professor of Economics, University of Colorado |
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