🔎 The #nationaltreatment principle requires that foreign patentees receive the same legal treatment as domestic ones. But is that the case? 🤔 Not really. Read what the evidence says on the new post on #ThePatentist: www.thepatentist.com/p/national-t...

📢 I am hiring! 🎓 Looking for a bright Ph.D. student in the economics of innovation. Anyone with a quantitative background is welcome to apply. ➡️ Details at www.epfl.ch/labs/stip/op...

🔎 Patent citations are everywhere in innovation research. But do they really trace how ideas spill over between inventors—or are we mistaking legal paperwork for knowledge flows? 🧐 New on #ThePatentist: www.thepatentist.com/p/patent-cit... #patents #innovation #spillovers

🔎 Do more #patent citations mean better inventions? A widely used metric in #innovation studies—but not always well understood. My new post on #ThePatentist reviews the evidence, from expert ratings and market prices to auction data and hybrid corn yields. 👉 www.thepatentist.com/p/patent-cit...

🗞️ International trade and intellectual property The latest post on #ThePatentist discusses how #IPRs shape global commerce. Spoiler: #trade is not only about #tariffs 😉 www.thepatentist.com/p/internatio... #patent #innovation

🔍 The “Strength” of Patent Systems The latest post on #ThePatentist dives into indices of the strength of #patent systems and discusses “twin patent” studies that reveal who's really setting the highest bar. Spoiler: Stronger ≠ better. open.substack.com/pub/thepaten...

📢 The next #REGIS seminar will occur this Friday, May 9, 2025, at 12.30 PM CET. 🤓 Jing Zhao (Mälardalen University 🇸🇪) will present the paper by Erik Brynjolfsson, Danielle Li, and Lindsey Raymond, titled "Generative AI at Work," published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2025).