Wesley Cohen, a professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, discusses survey-based evidence on the effectiveness of patents in protecting inventions, the use of patents across industries, a national study on the importance of patents for innovation, and the impact of patenting on research and development incentives in U.S. manufacturing.

Recorded on November 14, 2003.

Series: Information Ecology Lecture Series.

Appearing: Arti Rai (Duke University School of Law), host/introductions ; Wesley Cohen (Duke University Fuqua School of Business), speaker.

Panel discussion on the global intellectual property rights system and the promotion of public goods. Includes the following short lectures: John Barton, "Reforming the International Patent System" ; Pamela Samuelson and Suzanne Scotchmer, "IPR for Information Technologies" ; and Timothy Swanson, "The Economics of Biotechnology and IPR."

Recorded on April 04, 2003.

Panel titled: Reforming the Global IPR System to Promote Public Goods.

Conference title: International Public Goods & Transfer of Technology (TRIPS Conference (2003))