🤖 Can AI be an inventor? That’s the legal question.
The #economic question is admittedly harder: if AI makes invention cheaper and scalable, should #patents still protect machine-generated inventions?
We explore this question in #ThePatentist
https://www.thepatentist.com/p/patents-after-the-invention-machine
#Standards (Wi-Fi, 5G…) make products interoperable—but they can also create lock-in. That’s where #SEP & #FRAND come in: bargaining shifts from ex-ante competition to ex-post leverage.
👉 New on The Patentist https://www.thepatentist.com/p/when-standards-meet-patents-the-economics
🔎 The #nationaltreatment principle requires that foreign patentees receive the same legal treatment as domestic ones. But is that the case? 🤔
Not really.
Read what the evidence says on the new post on #ThePatentist: https://www.thepatentist.com/p/national-treatment-principle-or-practice
🔎 Patent citations are everywhere in innovation research. But do they really trace how ideas spill over between inventors—or are we mistaking legal paperwork for knowledge flows? 🧐
New on #ThePatentist: https://www.thepatentist.com/p/patent-citations-tracing-spillovers
🔎 Do more #patent citations mean better inventions?
A widely used metric in #innovation studies—but not always well understood. The latest post on #ThePatentist reviews the evidence, from expert ratings and market prices to auction data and hybrid corn yields.
Read it here 👉https://open.substack.com/pub/thepatentist/p/patent-citations-and-patent-importance
🗞️ International trade and intellectual property
The latest post on #ThePatentist discusses how #IPRs shape global commerce.
Spoiler: #trade is not only about #tariffs 😉
https://www.thepatentist.com/p/international-trade-and-intellectual
🔍 The “Strength” of Patent Systems
The latest post on #ThePatentist dives into indices of the strength of #patent systems and discusses “twin patent” studies that reveal who’s really setting the highest bar.
Spoiler: Stronger ≠ better.
Read it here 👉 https://open.substack.com/pub/thepatentist/p/the-strength-of-patent-systems
Gaétan de Rassenfosse