The Center for Innovation Policy
The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law is a forum for independent analysis and balanced discussion of policies for promoting technological innovation that enhances long-term social welfare.
Workshop in Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property
July 25-26, 2023
Research System Integrity and Security: Implications for U.S. Innovation Performance
December 02, 2022 | 12:30-1:45 p.m. | View the recording
As U.S. universities continue to internationalize their campuses, they benefit greatly from increased connectivity with their counterpart institutions abroad. Cross border research collaborations have increased as have student and scholar exchanges. At the same time, as American universities become more globally engaged, they have encountered a broad array of new challenges at home stemming from growing national security concerns as well as concerns about protecting the integrity of the U.S. R&D system. Our panelists, Lora Weiss, The Pennsylvania State University, and Kelvin Droegemeier, The University of Oklahoma and Former Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, have found themselves knee-deep in dealing with the various compliance issues and new regulations that have emerged as well as the impact of these issues on the innovation process itself. Our moderator, Denis Simon, The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law, will guide a discussion regarding how the performance of university research is being affected in both positive and negative ways.
Sponsored by The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law, the Sanford Cyber Policy Program, the Duke Office of Research & Innovation, and DQ, the Certificate in Digital Intelligence at Duke Initiative for Science & Society.
Dr. Kelvin K. Droegemeier is Regents’ Professor of Meteorology, Weathernews Chair Emeritus, and Teigen Presidential Professor at The University of Oklahoma. He also served as the school’s Vice President for Research. Droegemeier earned a B.S. from the University of Oklahoma, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined the Oklahoma faculty in 1985; co-founded the NSF Science and Technology Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms in 1989; and, in 2003, co-founded the NSF Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere.
Dr. Droegemeier has served the research and education communities at the national level for more than 35 years. From 2019 to 2021, Dr. Droegemeier served as Director of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Science Advisor to the President, coordinating planning, prioritization, and policymaking for Federal agencies which conduct or support research and development. He also served as Acting Director of the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Droegemeier served on the National Science Board, the NSF’s governing body, providing science policy guidance to the Congress and the President. He has testified before both the House and Senate on numerous occasions on a wide variety topics. His public service has extended to many other organizations including the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities, the Southeastern Universities Research Association, the Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and the Council on Governmental Relations. Dr. Droegemeier is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Lora G. Weiss, Ph.D., is the senior vice president for research at The Pennsylvania State University. In her role, she oversees the research of twelve academic colleges, seven interdisciplinary research institutes, the Applied Research Lab, which is a university affiliated research center for the Navy, and offices for sponsored programs, research protections, industry partnerships, technology transfer, innovation, economic development, and commercialization. Weiss is also president of the Penn State Research Foundation, which catalyzes the commercial translation of research to application.
Previously, Weiss spent 13 years at Georgia Tech and 16 years at Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory. She has been the author of a continuous stream of highly-regarded journal publications.
She is a member of a variety of organizations including DARPA’s Information Innovation Office, the Senior Research Officers Steering Committee of the Association of American Universities, the Executive Committee of the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities, on the Board of the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority, and the National Academies Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable council.
Weiss received her Ph.D. from Penn State, her master’s from UCLA, and her bachelor’s from Boston University.
MODERATOR
Denis Simon serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Innovation Policy at Duke’s Law School. He also is Senior Adviser to the President for China Affairs at Duke University. And, he also holds a faculty appointment in the Fuqua School of Business at Duke. Formerly, from 2015-2020, he served as the Executive Vice Chancellor at Duke Kunshan University—a Sino-US joint venture involving Duke, Wuhan University and the city of Kunshan. He is the 2020 recipient of the Charles Klasek Award, issued by the the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA), for his substantial achievements in the field of international education. Prior to joining Duke Kunshan, he held senior administrative appointments at Arizona State University, the University of Oregon, the State Univ of New York, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Outside of academia, he spent 7.5 years in management consulting, serving as General Manager of Andersen Consulting China (now Accenture) in Beijing from 1998–2000 and Director of the China Strategy Group from 1995–2000. He also was the Founding President of Monitor Group China from 2001-2002. Dr. Simon is holder of the Prestigious “China National Friendship Award,” presented by former Premier Wen Jiabao in 2006 in Beijing. He received his PhD and MA from UC Berkeley and his BA from the State University of New York at New Paltz. He speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese. His research is focused on the development of innovation policy and high-end talent in China and East Asia.
Semiconductor Manufacturing and Supply Chain Disruption
November 09, 2022 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Duke Law Room 3037
The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law, the Duke Sanford Cyber Policy Program, and DQ (the Certificate in Digital Intelligence Program of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society) welcome Jimmy Goodrich, Vice President for Global Policy, Semiconductor Industry Association, to discuss advances and challenges in semiconductors. The program is part of a series of events focusing on the policy issues surrounding semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain.
The program is open to all, no registration is required.
Jimmy Goodrich is vice president for global policy at the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). In his current position, Mr. Goodrich leads SIA’s global policy team and works to advance SIA’s international and trade policy agenda to ensure the U.S. semiconductor industry maintains its competitiveness in key markets across the globe. He is the Executive Committee Chair of the United States Information Technology Office (USITO) in Beijing, representing SIA in his capacity. Before joining SIA, Mr. Goodrich was director of global policy at the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) in Washington D.C., and he also worked for Cisco Systems in Beijing as director for Greater China government affairs. Mr. Goodrich has a bachelor’s degree in comparative politics and East Asian studies from Ohio University. He is fluent in Mandarin.
International Perspectives: Intellectual Property, small- and medium-sized enterprises, and global markets
November 08, 2022 | 10:00-11:30 a.m. | View the recording
Join the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Ms. Kathi Vidal, the heads of the European Patent Office and the Japan Patent Office, and WIPO Deputy Director General, Ms. Lisa Jorgenson, in an open dialogue with innovators and entrepreneurs from the Research Triangle Park area. This public meeting will center around the theme of the 40th Trilateral Conference: enhancing the accessibility of the patent system for small- and medium-sized enterprises. The event will be streamed live and will be recorded. Sponsored by The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law in conjunction with the Trilateral Cooperation and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The EU Chips Act and the Global Semiconductor Supply Chain
October 24, 2022 | 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Join The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law and the Duke Sanford Cyber Policy Program for a program with Riccardo Masucci, Intel Corporation, focusing on these important developments.
This program is part of a series of events on the policy issues surrounding semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain. Information on upcoming events in the series will be featured on our homepage.
The program is open to all, no registration required.
Supply Chain Disruption:
The U.S., China, Taiwan, and the Future Structure of the Global Semiconductor Industry
October 04, 2022 | 12:30-1:45 p.m. | Online
In light of recent developments, The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law and the Sanford Cyber Policy Program are hosting a webinar on October 4 from 12:30pm to 1:45pm (ET) via Zoom featuring Peter Cleveland (TSMC) and Paul Triolo (Albright Stonebridge Group) discussing the evolving structure and operation of the supply chain for the semiconductor industry. Click for more information. Click to view recording.
This program is part of a series of events on the policy issues surrounding semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain. Information on upcoming events in the series will be featured on our homepage.
Spring 2022 Conference
The Evolving Role of Universities in the American Innovation Ecosystem
March 03–04, 2022 | Online
The conference sought to outline a new framework for America’s universities in the context of the country’s long-term competitive future. The conference addressed key questions within this framework through panel discussions with key leaders in academia, government, and industry, including five university presidents: Michael Crow, President, ASU, Rebecca Blank, Chancellor, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Farnam Jahanian, President, Carnegie Mellon University, and Vincent Price, President, Duke University.
Read an article about the conference. Read the Summary of the Proceedings.
2021-2022 China Innovation Series
The Rise of the Techno-Security
State under Xi Jinping
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
7:00 p.m. (ET) | Online
Registration: bit.ly/ChinaInnovationSP22
SPEAKERS:
- Tai Ming Cheung
Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, &
Director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, U.C. San Diego - Dr. Denis Simon moderator
Senior Adviser to the President for China Affairs, Duke University
CO-SPONSORS:
▪ Duke University Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
▪ The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law
▪ Duke University Center for International & Global Studies
Conversations on Innovation: New Thinking and New Approaches
Antitrust Perspectives on Innovation and Competition with Fiona Scott Morton, Carl Shapiro, and Arti Rai
Thursday, December 2, 2021
The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law's seminar series "Conversations on Innovation: New Thinking and New Approaches" seeks to shed light on innovation policy issues that are on the horizon.
In both Congress and the Biden Administration, key policymakers are arguing that recent merger and acquisition trends call for renewed vigor in antitrust enforcement. For some, the technology and biopharmaceutical sectors are particularly promising antitrust targets. In this Conversation with Duke’s Arti Rai, Professors Fiona Scott Morton, Yale, and Carl Shapiro, U.C. Berkeley – two prominent antitrust scholars with deep government experience – discuss the implications of these antitrust arguments for innovation and competition policy. After the discussion, there will be ample time for questions from the audience.
SPEAKERS:
- Fiona M. Scott Morton
Professor of Economics, Yale University - Carl Shapiro
Professor of the Graduate School, U.C. Berkeley - Arti K. Rai moderator
Faculty Co-Director, The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law
CO-SPONSORS:
▪ The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law
▪ Duke University Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Fuqua School of Business
Conversations on Innovation: New Thinking and New Approaches
How Sustainable Is the Chinese Innovation Juggernaut? with Craig Allen, Paul Triolo, Matt Turpin, and Denis Simon
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law's seminar series "Conversations on Innovation: New Thinking and New Approaches" seeks to shed light on innovation policy issues that are on the horizon. The November 3 program featured Craig Allen, US-China Business Council, Paul Triolo, Eurasia Group, and Matt Turpin, Hoover Institute, in conversation with Dr. Denis Simon, Executive Director of the Center. After the discussion, there was ample time for questions from the audience.
SPEAKERS:
- Craig Allen
President, US-China Business Council - Paul Triolo
Practice Head for Geotechnology, Eurasia Group - Matt Turpin
Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution - Denis Simon moderator
Executive Director, The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law
CO-SPONSORS:
▪ The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law
▪ Duke University Center for International and Global Studies
▪ Duke University Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
Conversations on Innovation:
New Thinking and New Approaches
The Place of Defense R&D in the U.S. Innovation System with Michael Brown and Denis Simon
Thursday, October 7, 2021
The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law's seminar series "Conversations on Innovation: New Thinking and New Approaches" seeks to shed light on innovation policy issues that are on the horizon. The October 7 program featured Michael Brown, Director of the Defense Innovation Unit at the U.S. Department of Defense, in conversation with Dr. Denis Simon, Executive Director of the Center. After the discussion, there was ample time for questions from the audience.
SPEAKERS:
- Michael Brown
Director, Defense Innovation Unit,
U.S. Department of Defense - Denis Simon moderator
Executive Director, The Center for
Innovation Policy at Duke Law
CO-SPONSORS:
▪ The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law
▪ Duke Law Center on Law, Ethics and
National Security
▪ Duke University Center for International and
Global Studies
Due to a technical problem, the recording of the program is audio-only.
Conversations on Innovation:
New Thinking and New Approaches
The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act: What Will Success Look Like? with Aaron Chatterji, Kei Koizumi, and Stuart Benjamin
Thursday, September 9, 2021
The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law's seminar series "Conversations on Innovation: New Thinking and New Approaches" seeks to shed light on innovation policy issues that are on the horizon. The September 9 program featured Dr. Ronnie Chatterji, Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Kei Koizumi, Chief of Staff at the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President, in conversation with Prof. Stuart Benjamin, Faculty Co-Director of the Center. They discussed the ramifications of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (approved by the Senate in June and pending in the House) and the larger innovation and competition issues surrounding it. In the short-, medium-, and long-term, how will we know if the Act is achieving its goals? What else will need to be done to ensure the future competitiveness of the American economy? After a lengthy exchange of perspectives by the participants, there were questions from the audience.
SPEAKERS:
- Dr. Aaron Chatterji
Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Commerce - Kei Koizumi
Chief of Staff, Office of Science and Technology
Policy, Executive Office of the President - Stuart M. Benjamin moderator
Faculty Co-Director of The Center for
Innovation Policy at Duke Law and
William Van Alstyne Professor of Law
CO-SPONSORS:
▪ The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law
▪ Duke Science & Society
▪ Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative
November 2020
Accountability, Secrecy, and Innovation in AI-Enabled Clinical Decision Software
Arti K. Rai, Isha Sharma, & Christina Silcox
Journal of Law and the Biosciences
14 November 2020
This article employs analytical and empirical tools to dissect the complex relationship between secrecy, accountability, and innovation incentives in clinical decision software enabled by machine learning (ML-CD). The authors provide specific suggestions for how FDA regulation, patent law, and tort liability could be tweaked to improve information flow without sacrificing innovation incentives.
September 2020
Trust, but Verify: Informational Challenges Surrounding AI-Enabled Clinical Decision Software
Christina Silcox, Arti K. Rai, & Isha Sharma
18 September 2020
The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law and the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy white paper, funded by the Greenwall Foundation, discusses ways to incentivize innovation in AI-enabled medical products while effectively communicating how and when to use them.
March 2018
Righting the Research Imbalance
Stephen A. Merrill
March 2018
Research in the physical sciences and engineering yields results important to technological innovation, national security, and economic growth. But since the end of the Cold War, public funding of work in these fields has lagged in relation to the size of the economy, expenditures by governments of other countries, and our own government’s support of the biological and medical sciences. This white paper documents the extent of the deficit, explains how it came about and why attempts to correct it have failed, shows that non-federal government sources of funding have not stepped up to compensate, and discusses needed next steps.
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Stuart Benjamin, Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law and William Van Alstyne Professor of Law
Arti K. Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director, The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law