Patent Evergreening: The Data Just Doesn’t Add Up
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Dr. Kristina Acri, Senior Scholar at C-IP2 and John L. Knight Chair of Economics and Professor of Economics at Colorado College, explains how the data just doesn’t add up to support allegations of patent “evergreening” and accompanying policy proposals by advocates pushing to weaken patent protections, the ongoing consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2006 decision in eBay v. MercExchange, the problem of counterfeit drugs, and more.
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