Of Patents, Trump, and Trolls Featuring Stephen Haber




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Summary: The United States is tenth in the world among nations’ protecting intellectual property. In 2016 US patent applications declined by one percent. Stephen Haber, the Hoover Institution’s Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow, examines a patent landscape that includes Big Pharma, Big Tech, legal trolls, and Keanu Reeves–like actors. He also offers a few suggestions for how the Trump administration can shield and spur American innovation. Did you like the show? Please rate, review, and subscribe! (Playing time: 43:16)