Political Economy

The Political Economy of the Hatch-Waxman Amendments

Reform of the Hatch–Waxman generic drug framework is in the air. Scholars, consumer advocacy groups, regulated industry, and policymakers are engaged in heated debate about perceived shortcomings in the scheme, [...]

By Reference Library|2018-01-01T00:00:00-08:00January 1st, 2018|Intellectual Property, Patents, Political Economy, Reference, Reforms|

Follow the Money: Is the U.S. patent system is fostering investment and risk taking?

The accused infringer perspective is that this state of affairs is good, that the “sky is not falling” (to use Mark Lemley’s often repeated conference statements), and that inventors, universities, [...]

By Reference Library|2018-01-01T00:00:00-08:00January 1st, 2018|Efficiency/Growth, Intellectual Property, Patents, Political Economy, Reference|

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