The extent to which Canadian manufacturing exports are sensitive to national differences in patent rights are examined …. The conclusion is that, overall, Canadians tend to export more to those countries where their patent rights are highly … safeguarded. Stronger patent protection induces Canadians to export relatively more to high-income countries than to low …

strong, positive impact of policy and globalization on cross-border patent flows, especially from North to South. A … counterfactual welfare analysis suggests that the increase in patent flows from North to South has benefited both regions, with South …

create substantial tensions for the patent system to assure low-cost access to patented technologies at the back end of … technology transfer needs. This article first describes the uncertain case for relying on the patent system, the tensions that … needs, and the measures that have been proposed to limit the effect of the patent system on development of and access to …

five factors describe the phenomena largely responsible for the current mass extinction event, and patent law offers … valuable assistance in combating each one. Though it cannot offer a complete solution to the biodiversity crisis, the patent … system can offer powerful tools to help save biodiversity. On first inspection, patent law might appear an unlikely ally for …

The patent law regimes of the United States and Europe are ambiguous regarding whether or not the subject matter of … defining technology; and it confounds contemporary decision-making by patent offices on the patentability of inventions and by … physical in order to be technical. Despite such ambiguity, patent law throughout the world is arguably founded on the idea that …

concern. However, the cultural impact of patent law is arguably examined with less emphasis, somewhat in contrast to the … of the "public" at stake in modern patent law …

Many scholars have wrestled with what I call the “first-order question” in patent law: What policies should we adopt to … about promoting innovation? I argue that empirical progress in patent law depends on greater policy diversity (rather than … spillovers from local policies. Instead, patent policymakers should adopt a third way between uniformity and local control …

Does U.S. patent law increase the competitiveness of U.S. firms in global markets? This Article argues that, contrary … to the beliefs of many U.S. lawmakers, U.S. patent law currently undermines the ability of U.S. firms to compete in … global markets because strong U.S. patent rights actually weaken an overlooked but critical determinant of U …