"Economic growth has traditionally been attributed to the increase in national production arising from technological innovation. Nevertheless, the relationship between patents and economic growth remains uncertain. This relationship, which forms the focus of this book, is examined by means of a...

This article presents liberal feminist, essentialist feminist, communitarian feminist, and humanist feminist critiques of the gendered scope of United States intellectual property protection. Different feminist perspectives lead to different conclusions regarding intellectual property. However,...

Do stronger intellectual property rights incentivize female participation in innovation? We provide new evidence on this question using a unique database of artificial intelligence patents publicly shared by the USPTO. Our identification strategy leverages China's WTO TRIPs accession, which led...