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In a recent paper, Professors Daniel Spulber, Northwestern University, and Pere Arque´-Castells, University of Groningen, show that some of the external benefits of R&D are transmitted through markets for technology.

The Case for Patents, a new book by Northwestern University business and law professor Daniel Spulber, emphasizes the importance of incentives for invention, innovation, and technology adoption.

Two papers by Professor Daniel Spulber look at the interplay of the economic benefit of patents and the public policies that impact the development of innovation.

Professor Daniel Spulber, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, examines two pieces of patent legislation, The Innovation Act (H.R.9) and the STRONG Patents Act (S.632). Professor Spulber shows that one threatens to weaken the patent system while the other one could strengthen it.

Professor Daniel Spulber, Northwestern University, states that if the “INNOVATION ACT” (H.R. 9) is enacted, “by weakening patents’ enforceability, the proposed legislation will harm income, employment, and economic growth.”

Professor Daniel Spulber discussed his new book, The Innovative Entrepreneur, in a podcast interview with The Entrepreneur’s Library.

In his new book, The Innovative Entrepreneur, Professor Daniel Spulber introduces economic analysis that helps to explain the activities of innovative entrepreneurs.

This Thursday and Friday, the Third Annual Conference on Internet Search and Innovation will provide a forum where economists and legal scholars can discuss high-quality research relevant to Internet search and innovation, as well as examine related public policy issues in antitrust, regulation, and intellectual property. Several TAP scholars will be participating in the conference sessions.

Intellectual property (IP) protection, innovation, and entrepreneurship are the focus of a Searle Center conference this Thursday and Friday (June 14-15). Professors Spulber, Kieff, and Ziedonis will participate in the conference sessions.

With co-authors Richard A. Epstein and F. Scott Kieff, Professor Dan Spulber addresses concerns about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent report, “The Evolving IP Marketplace.” In their article, “The FTC, IP, and SSOs: Government Hold-Up Replacing Private Coordination,” these TAP scholars outline the adverse effects implementation of the FTC proposal would have on the intellectual property marketplace.