Author ORCID Identifier
0000-0002-0992-888X
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Keywords
United States, China, Patent filings, Counterfeiting, Innovation, Underrepresented groups
Abstract
There are myriad ways that discrimination and bias can combine to profoundly limit inventor participation in the patent process. The utilitarian purpose of patents is to incentivize inventors to invent and disclose, so it makes sense to incentivize as large and as diverse a group as possible in order to maximize the likely output of innovative activity. This incentive is important in terms of our geopolitical aspirations as a country, but hopefully also because of our democratic commitment to provide opportunities for flourishing and reaching one's potential that are available to all.
First Page
1
Publication Title
Marquette Intellectual Property & Innovation Law Review
Recommended Citation
Margo A. Bagley, Innovator Ecosystem Diversity as a Global Competitiveness Imperative, 28 Marq. Intell. Prop. & Innovation L. Rev. 1 (2024).
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