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Identifying the gender of PCT inventors

This paper, by Gema Lax Martinez, Julio Raffo and Kaori Saito, analyzes the gender of inventors in international patent applications. The....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

Challenges for Women Inventors and Innovators in Using the IP System

Jozefina Cutura explains that, despite marked improvements in gender equality, gender gaps persist in patenting and in women’s ability to....

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Gender mainstreaming enhances women’s representation in inventions

In her article for the International Women's Day 2021, Carolina Torres-Sarmiento pays tribute to female inventors and their contribution to....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

How much COVID-19 vaccine will be produced this year?

Simon J. Evenett and Matt Linley have prepared fresh forecasts for COVID-19 vaccine production through the end of the year.....

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The Global Trade Secrets Protection Index (TSPI)

Mark Schultz and co-author Douglas Lippoldt created the Trade Secret Protection Index (TSPI). The TSPI is a data-driven, objective index that....

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Waiving IP Rights During Times of COVID: A ‘False Good Idea’

For Hans Sauers, it is clear that the COVID pandemic is being used as a cover narrative to argue for a quantum leap in the debate over IP....

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The European digital health revolution in the wake of COVID-19

Although European health systems have just faced the most challenging public health threat in their modern history, there have been some....

Posted in: Technology and Knowledge Diffusion

Cato Institute: Why Big Tech Likes Weak IP, by Jonathan Barnett

In his new book, Innovators, Firms, and Markets: The Organizational Logic of Intellectual Property, John Barnett draws on an intellectual....

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IP strategy is a global business strategy

Learn how to protect your intellectual property (IP) domestically and internationally at Phoenix (PHX) Startup Week. Join Wayne Stacy,....

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