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Boldrin, Romer, and Roberts on intellectual property
Lynne Kiesling I’ve had a lovely morning catching up on some of Russ Roberts’ EconTalk podcasts. In particular, I listened back-to-back to Michele Boldrin discussing intellectual property and Paul...
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Honeywell International Inc. claims Nest thermostat infringes on patents in...
Michael Giberson Economist Alex Tabarrok, author of Launching the Innovation Renaissance and Marginal Revolution blogger, worries that the proliferation of patents is stifling innovation, particularly...
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Alex Tabarrok on innovation, barriers to it, and the warfare-welfare state
Lynne Kiesling I was glad Mike mentioned Alex Tabarrok’s recent Launching the Innovation Renaissance in his recent post on the Honeywell-Next patent lawsuit, because reading Alex’s new TED book was on...
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Trademark protection gone wrong, U.S. Olympic Committee edition
Lynne Kiesling The U.S. Olympic Committee is starting to beat the drum for the London 2012 Olympics, 36 days to go! But their long-standing aggressive enforcement of their “Olympic” trademark has...
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