14
June 2024
Past Event
The Evidence and Significance of Predatory Infringement of Patents

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Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

The Evidence and Significance of Predatory Infringement of Patents

Past Event
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June 14, 2024
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14
June 2024
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Speakers:
Jonathan Barnett
Jonathan Barnett

Professor of Law, Gould School of Law; and Director, Media, Entertainment, and Technology Law Program, University of Southern California

Kristen Osenga
Kristen Osenga

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Richmond School of Law

urska_petrovcic
Urška Petrovčič

Senior Fellow

Moderator:
Adam Mossoff
Adam Mossoff

Chair, Forum for Intellectual Property and Senior Fellow

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The United States’ patent system has been a driver of economic growth and a primary reason for American global technological leadership in the twenty-first century. A weakened patent system, however, has led to the rise of predatory infringement, a deliberate decision by a company to engage in patent theft because it is cheaper than obtaining permission (licensing) and paying for the use of someone else’s technological innovation.

What has caused the weakening of the US patent system? What is the evidence of predatory infringement? And what is the policy significance of predatory actors’ theft of other companies’ innovative technologies? A panel of experts will explain the legal developments in patent law, the economic impact of predatory infringement, and the evidence-based reforms that could restore the US patent system’s historical status as the global gold standard.

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