The Founding Fathers as Economic Innovators

Adam Mossoff, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, describes how the Founding Fathers viewed a patent system based on property rights as crucial to the creation and preservation of a flourishing innovation economy.

Differing Views:

• Fourth Branch Video: “Enforcing Patents for Bunch O Balloons”
• Fourth Branch Video: “Innovation in the US Patent System”
• RTP Paper: “Crippling the Innovation Economy: Regulatory Overreach at the Patent Office”
• “The Supreme Court Tackles Patent Reform” by Richard A. Epstein”