Jonathan Masur Discusses the Patent System with the Gate
Interview with Professor Jonathan Masur, University of Chicago Law School
How does the patent system work? “Through the marketplace,” explained Professor Jonathan Masur when we sat down to discuss the complex intersection of law, economics and innovation in today’s global technology landscape.
Jonathan S. Masur is the John P. Wilson Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, where he has won the Graduating Students Award for Teaching Excellence multiple times, most recently in 2022. Professor Masur’s expertise spans patent law, administrative law, and behavioral law and economics. He is the co-author of “Patent Law: Cases, Problems, and Materials” (2023) and “Happiness and the Law” (2015), and directs the Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Program in Behavioral Law & Economics at the University of Chicago Law School.
Professor Masur’s insights into the world of patent law are particularly relevant as the United States navigates increasingly complex international technological standards and faces new challenges in global competition, particularly from China.
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