IPSC session 2

Session 2: IP History and Theory, Stephanie Bair, IP InequalityArtists and innovators are not equally distributed. Rich people are more likely to acquire IP rights than poor people; whites than minorities in the US; males than females.  Theoretical lens: income inequality. Children from high-income families are 10x more likely to apply for a patent than children from low income families, even controlling for educational achievement. Only 18% of inventors were women. Brauneis/Oliar on ©.  Income inequality has similar race/gender aspects, and both IP and income inequality contribute to concentration of wealth in the hands of a few. Some people think income inequality is good b/c it encourages risk-taking.  Is the same true of IP inequality?  No, it doesn’t hold water b/c IP is already structured as an optional incentive system. If you want financial and status benefits, you can create something; what’s not required to serve this incentive…

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