COMBINATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY

Intellectual Property Rights and International Technology Diffusion

The TRIPs agreement does not appear likely to alleviate any wealth differences arising from the existing North-South technology divide. Open-economy endogenous growth models suggest a dynamic shift towards further concentration of industrial R&D in the Northern countries. While production of goods developed as an outcome of this R&D may shift to Southern countries through the actions of multina...

Intellectual Property Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Applications

The growing capabilities and widening use of artificial intelligence applications (AI apps) in mainstream consumer devices (e.g., Siri on the iPhone 4S) are converging to poise interesting intellectual property challenges. While currently the most sophisticated of these apps are, at best, in an advanced-alpha or early-beta version, this technology is fueled by innovation moving at an exponentia...

Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights

We study the determinants of patent suits and their outcomes over the period 1978-1999 by linking detailed information from the U.S. patent office, the federal court system, and industry sources. The probability of being involved in a suit is very heterogeneous, being much higher for valuable patents and for patents owned by individuals and smaller firms. Thus the patent system generates incent...

Intellectual Property Rights

Intellectual Property Rights and International Technology Transfer to Adress Clima