Estimating The Cost Of Delayed Generic Drug Entry To Medicaid
Delays in market entry of generic drugs are common. This study sought to identify the prevalence of delayed entry, the reasons for the delays, and the delays’ effects on Medicaid [...]
Gilead’s Gall
The best critiques of the patent system--both in theory and as it exists in practice--can be boiled down to a simple point: there is a world of difference between capturing [...]
The National Emergency Library is Dead and Controlled Digital Lending May be Next
Tuesday was supposed to be the last day of the National Emergency Library’s operation. But after claims of copyright infringement filed by the publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and [...]
When Patents Suppress Innovation
Last week, Niskanen hosted a webinar on drug patents and COVID-19, where Brink Lindsey, Kodiak Hill-Davis, and I discussed the role of the patent system and its effects on potential [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, June 23rd
Rent Check As an author whose works appeared on the National Emergency Library, Brink Lindsey explains why he's happy his books are available for all to read. You can watch [...]
An Author’s Perspective on the National Emergency Library
This week, the Internet Archive shut down its National Emergency Library, created in March to expand on IA’s Open Library Project. This early closure is prompted by a lawsuit filed by four [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, June 16th
News and Commentary Another one bites the dust. MIT announced that it will end its contract negotiations with the publisher Elsevier, as "Elsevier was not able to present a proposal [...]
This Week in Intellectual Property, June 9th
News and Commentary In Inside Sources, I make the case that substantive patent reform should be part of the recovery agenda. This includes not only tightening patent eligibility and protecting [...]
Copyright in the Texts of the Law: Historical Perspectives
Recently, state governments have begun to claim a copyright interest in their official published codes of law, in particular arguing that ancillary materials such as annotations to the statutory text [...]
The Economics of Crowdfunding
An entrepreneur finances her project via crowdfunding. She chooses a funding mechanism (fixed or flexible), a price, and a funding goal. Under fixed funding, money is refunded if the goal [...]