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Supreme Court Turns Again to Patent Cases, Against the Backdrop of a Decline in American Patent Protection that Threatens Future U.S. Innovation and International Competitiveness

On November 27, the U.S. Supreme Court will turn once again to patent law, hearing cases addressing the constitutionality of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) “inter partes” review (Oil States Energy v. Greene), and whether PTAB must issue a final written decision as to every claim challenged by the petitioner in an inter partes ... Supreme Court Turns Again to Patent Cases, Against the Backdrop of a Decline in American Patent Protection that Threatens Future U.S. Innovation and International Competitiveness

2018 Edition of the Heritage Foundationโ€™s Index of Economic Freedom: Freedom to Trade Is a Key to Prosperity

The latest rankings of trade freedom around the world will be set forth and assessed in the 24th annual edition of the Heritage Foundation annual Index of Economic Freedom (Index), which will be published in January 2018.  Today Heritage published a sneak preview of the 2018 Index’s analysis of freedom to trade, which merits public ... 2018 Edition of the Heritage Foundationโ€™s Index of Economic Freedom: Freedom to Trade Is a Key to Prosperity

Some Good News (Maybe?) from DOJ’s Antitrust Division

I remain deeply skeptical of any antitrust challenge to the AT&T/Time Warner merger.  Vertical mergers like this one between a content producer and a distributor are usually efficiency-enhancing.  The theories of anticompetitive harm here rely on a number of implausible assumptions — e.g., that the combined company would raise content prices (currently set at profit-maximizing ... Some Good News (Maybe?) from DOJ’s Antitrust Division

Just in Time for Christmas: How to Regulate

My new book, How to Regulate: A Guide for Policymakers, is now available on Amazon.  Inform Santa! The book, published by Cambridge University Press, attempts to fill what I think is a huge hole in legal education:  It focuses on the substance of regulation and sets forth principles for designing regulatory approaches that will maximize social ... Just in Time for Christmas: How to Regulate

New Report: Canadian Interchange Fee Caps Would Hurt Consumers

Canada’s large merchants have called on the government to impose price controls on interchange fees, claiming this would benefit not only merchants but also consumers. But experience elsewhere contradicts this claim. In a recently released Macdonald Laurier Institute report, Julian Morris, Geoffrey A. Manne, Ian Lee, and Todd J. Zywicki detail how price controls on ... New Report: Canadian Interchange Fee Caps Would Hurt Consumers

A Well-Reasoned Antitrust Division Boost for the Legitimate Exploitation of Patent Rights

On November 10, at the University of Southern California Law School, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Makan Delrahim delivered an extremely important policy address on the antitrust treatment of standard setting organizations (SSOs).  Delrahim’s remarks outlined a dramatic shift in the Antitrust Division’s approach to controversies concerning the licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs, patents ... A Well-Reasoned Antitrust Division Boost for the Legitimate Exploitation of Patent Rights

Thom Lambert on Fred McChesney

I didn’t know Fred as well as most of the others who have provided such fine tributes here.  As they have attested, he was a first-rate scholar, an inspiring teaching, and a devoted friend.  From my own experience with him, I can add that he was deliberate about investing in the next generation of market-oriented ... Thom Lambert on Fred McChesney

ICLE Files Ex Parte Notice With FCC on Restoring Internet Freedom NPRM

This week, the International Center for Law & Economics filed an ex parte notice in the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom docket. In it, we reviewed two of the major items that were contained in our formal comments. First, we noted that the process by which [the Commission] enacted the 2015 [Open Internet Order]… demonstrated scant ... ICLE Files Ex Parte Notice With FCC on Restoring Internet Freedom NPRM

Todd Zywicki on Fred McChesney

Todd J. Zywicki is a George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law at the Scalia Law School at George Mason University and a former Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the FTC. I was saddened to read of the passing of my dear friend Fred McChesney. An amazing scholar and an even more amazing ... Todd Zywicki on Fred McChesney

Dave Haddock Remembers Fred McChesney

David Haddock is Professor of Law and Professor of Economics at Northwestern University and a Senior Fellow Emeritus at PERC. The day Fred McChesney departed this life, the world lost an intelligent, enthusiastic, and intellectually rigorous scholar of law & economics. A great many of us also lost one of our most trusted and generous ... Dave Haddock Remembers Fred McChesney

Fred S. McChesney In Memoriam: Honorable Man and Incisive Scholar

Richard Epstein is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, the Peter and Kirstin Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law Emeritus and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago. It was with much sadness that I learned of the ... Fred S. McChesney In Memoriam: Honorable Man and Incisive Scholar

Thoughts on Fred McChesney

Paul Rubin is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Economics at Emory University. I first met Fred in about 1977, when I presented a paper at Miami and Fred was a student in the Law and Economics program. We thought alike and became friends immediately. After that, I saw Fred in Washington, when I worked at the ... Thoughts on Fred McChesney