This Article presents the results from the first detailed empirical study of consumer arbitration as administered by the American Arbitration Association. Primarily using a sample of 301 AAA consumer arbitrations that resulted in an award between April and December 2007, it considers such issues...

This report updates and expands the paper, patent, and company datasets collected for Zyontz and Pomeroy-Carter (2021) through 2022. Particular attention is paid to worldwide CRISPR activity in plant applications. The results from the databases updated for this report reveal a number of...

The Supreme Court upended the patent world in the past decade with a series of decisions restricting the scope of patent-eligible subject matter. The culmination of those cases – Alice v. CLS Bank -- has been at the center of a firestorm of controversy in the five years since it was decided....

CRISPR, a breakthrough technology that can modify or screen DNA in almost any organism, has profoundly influenced innovation in a range of applications. Recognizing the importance of CRISPR, the 2020 Nobel Prize winning technology, the EFI commissioned this project to map the research,...

Patent infringement litigation has not only increased dramatically in frequency over the past few decades, but also has also seen striking growth in both stakes and cost. Although a relatively rich literature has added much to our understanding of the nature, causes, and consequences of patent...

Since the mid-1990s the changing electricity generation technology mix has resulted in carbon dioxide emissions from generation that are 32 percent lower than their 2005 levels. What role have wholesale power markets played in enabling this decarbonization? We examine this question using annual...