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The National Academy of Sciences has released Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Employing America for a Brighter Future, a report recommending measures to maintain U.S. leadership in science and technology.
A quick overview of the report reveals a market-friendly bent--with discussion of tort reform, a mention of broadband deregulation and spectrum policy, the need for flexible capital markets, and a review of Ireland's economic reformation. But then there is also considerable emphasis on government-funded research.
The report's four highlighted choices for changes to the patent system follow the earlier NAS report, as one might expect:
1) Better funding for the patent office.
2) Adopting first-to-file.
3) Shielding research uses of patented inventions from liability.
4) Changing laws that act as barriers to innovation in specific industries such as pharmaceuticals.
Continue reading NAS on the Innovation Economy . . .
posted by Solveig Singleton @ 10:00 AM | Big Tent , General , International , Patents , Spectrum
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