Policy Briefing | Inventing Dynamic Competition: Intellectual Property, Antitrust & Competition

Keynote speaker: Hon. Laura Peter, USPTO. Featured speakers: Hon. Alden Abbott (FTC), Josh Malone (U.S. Inventor), Kimberly Chotkowski (InterDigital), Patrick Kilbride (U.S. Chamber Global Innovation Policy Center), and James Edwards (EFELDF Patent Policy Advisor).

This policy discussion focuses on the intersection of patent exclusivity and antitrust. It highlights dynamic competition in newly created markets where inventions are commercialized. Speakers assess antitrust’s proper application to dynamic new competitive markets and protection of consumer welfare in established markets’ static competition. Speakers consider where the balance lies between patent exclusivity and appropriate antitrust enforcement, including with standard-essential patents. In addition, the newly created Phyllis Schlafly Friend of American Invention Award was presented to Hon. Laura Peter, Hon. Alden Abbott, Rep. Thomas Massie, and Hon. Makan Delrahim.

Filmed September 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Copyright of the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund.