Season 5, Episode 30. Building Bridges in Space: How Open IP, Shared Standards, and Data Commons Turn Competition into Cooperation

The discussion explores how clear ownership and structured sharing accelerate innovation in various contexts, from the ISS to lunar missions and Earth-based projects. It highlights successful examples like ITER, NASA’s open source tools, and data-sharing initiatives that foster collaboration, reduce costs, and enhance trust in intellectual property systems. Continue reading Season 5, Episode 30. Building Bridges in Space: How Open IP, Shared Standards, and Data Commons Turn Competition into Cooperation

Season 5, Episode 18. Life, Patents, and the Pursuit of Biotech Protection

The emergence of synthetic biology challenges intellectual property law, as scientists create self-replicating organisms. Legal decisions, like Chakrabarty and Myriad Genetics, probe the ownership of genetic innovations. A new WIPO treaty aims for transparency regarding genetic resource origins, addressing biopiracy and protecting traditional knowledge amidst evolving legal frameworks in biotechnology. Continue reading Season 5, Episode 18. Life, Patents, and the Pursuit of Biotech Protection

Season 3, Episode 8. Shield your trademark – Peter Hlavnicka and Anthony Keats

Those closest to you are the ones capable of causing more significant harm. So for our last episode of the season, we talked with Peter Hlavnicka and Anthony Keats about trademark protection and their books: “Protecting the Brand: Counterfeiting and Grey Markets” and “Protecting the Brand: Busting the Bootlegs.” Continue reading Season 3, Episode 8. Shield your trademark – Peter Hlavnicka and Anthony Keats

Season 3, Episode 6. Coverage for accidental IP infringement – Patrick R. Goold

An action can cause an unwanted or unforeseen consequence. If we did not intent intellectual property infringement, shouldn’t we find a way to protect ourselves against such missteps? Patrick R. Goold recounts his book “IP Accidents: Negligence Liability in Intellectual Property”. Continue reading Season 3, Episode 6. Coverage for accidental IP infringement – Patrick R. Goold

Season 3, Episode 5. Against progress – Jessica Silbey

Give me your creations, inventions and innovations, and I will give you back exclusive rights for the greater good of humanity is the general promise of the intellectual property system. Our guest Jessica Silbey details if IP is keeping its promise while explaining how to guide the conversation toward the needed change. Continue reading Season 3, Episode 5. Against progress – Jessica Silbey

Season 3, Episode 2. In the name of science? Copyright vs. Open Access – Professor John Willinsky

Can Open Access be the answer to hinder widespread misinformation? What role does Copyright play? Professor John Willinsky talks about the changes needed in the US Copyright Law and his book “Copyright’s Broken Promise: How to Restore the Laws Ability to Promote the Progress of Science”. Continue reading Season 3, Episode 2. In the name of science? Copyright vs. Open Access – Professor John Willinsky

Season 3, Episode 1. Brainy undertaking, neuroscience reshaping Intellectual Property – Professor Mark Bartholomew

The first episode of the third season brings a new type of discussion. We will connect neuroscience with Intellectual Property while discussing Professor Mark Bartholomew’s book “Intellectual Property and the Brain: How Neuroscience Will Reshape Legal Protection for Creations of the Mind”. Continue reading Season 3, Episode 1. Brainy undertaking, neuroscience reshaping Intellectual Property – Professor Mark Bartholomew