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A Patent System for a New Innovation Ecosystem

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The most common intellectual property form for scientific and technological innovations is a patent. There is a prevailing sentiment that the U.S. patent system is not operating in a way that optimizes innovation and productivity in today's technological and economic environment, and there is ongoing debate about whether patents are essential for technology development and commercialization in certain industries but an innovation inhibitor in others. This meeting explored these dynamics and they influence America's new innovation ecosystem.

Meeting

GUIRR Meeting: A Patent System for a New Innovation Ecosystem

  • February 11 - 12, 2013
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  • Past

A meeting to consider the dynamics of the U.S. patent system, and to investigate whether patents are essential for technology development and commercialization in certain industries but an innovation...

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