Read Now: “Patents Are Property Rights, Not A ‘Bizarre Regulatory Lobby’”

POST by The Editors | View All Posts March 17, 2017

The other day, Townhall.com published an article by a friend of ARI, namely Adam Mossoff, professor of law at George Mason University and Director of Academic Programs and Senior Scholar at the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, in which he takes on policy analyst Mytheos Holt’s argument that patents are not property rights.

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Read Now: “How a Tech Geek Became One of the Nation’s Leading IP Experts”

POST by The Editors | View All Posts June 10, 2016

On June 7, 2016, Watchdog.org published an article on how a friend of ARI, Adam Mossoff, a law professor at George Mason University School of Law and the co-founder of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, became one of America’s most respected and influential intellectual property law scholars.

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The Smartphone Wars and “Patent Trolls” — What They Mean to You [Video]

POST by The Editors | View All Posts April 07, 2015

There are widespread complaints today that the “patent system is broken” and that the “smart phone wars” and “patent trolls” are killing innovation. Yet patented innovation has revolutionized our lives — tablet computers, smart phones and antiviral drugs are just a few of these modern marvels. How to make sense of this contradiction? This talk by Adam Mossoff answers that question.

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Packed House for Mossoff Briefing on Patent Reform

POST by Tom Bowden | View All Posts June 05, 2014

The largest audience ever for an Ayn Rand Institute congressional staff briefing gathered yesterday on Capitol Hill to hear Adam Mossoff, professor of law at George Mason University, discuss “The Failure of Patent Reform: Lessons for Next Year.”