On Wednesday, September 23, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) hosted a webinar on the recent report, Idea Factories: How Intellectual Property Sustains and Cultivates Technology Ecosystems.
The conversation brought together leading experts in innovation, intellectual property, and technology, including Safi Bahcall, bestselling author of Loonshots; Professor Jonathan Barnett, author of the Idea Factories report and The Big Steal; Kirti Gupta, Vice President and Chief Economist of Global Technology at Cornerstone Research and Non-Resident Expert for Renewing American Innovation at CSIS; Andrei Iancu, C4IP Co-Chair and former USPTO Director; and Coke Morgan Stewart, C4IP President and CEO and former USPTO Deputy Director.
The panelists explored how strong intellectual property rights help ideas become industries, foster competition and collaboration, support entrepreneurs, and strengthen U.S. economic and technological leadership in an increasingly competitive global landscape.
Check out a new infographic on the report here, and the recording of the event below!
Special Guests and Panelists:
- Safi Bahcall, bestselling author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
- Jonathan Barnett, Torrey H. Webb Professor of Law at the University of Southern California and author of Idea Factories and The Big Steal
- Kirti Gupta, Vice President and Chief Economist of Global Technology at Cornerstone Research and Non-Resident Expert for Renewing American Innovation at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- The Hon. Andrei Iancu, Co-Chair of C4IP and former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Coke Morgan Stewart, President and CEO of C4IP and former Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office