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Exploiting the staggered roll-out of a mentorship program in a superstar technology firm, we examine inventive efficiency and inclusion.  Novel idea-level

Excited to share preliminary findings from new patent paper, on the impact of patenting. Important work from the past decade found that first patents positively reshapes the trajectories of startup…

In law, pro bono service is institutionalized: embedded in legal education, supported by firms, coordinated by dedicated staff, and engrained in the culture. In tech and data science, skills-based “tech for good”—what I call tech bono—remains largely ad hoc, driven by individual initiative rather than durable institutional pathways. Explore how we're working to change that culture in this article.

Nobody is safe from weaponized government

Berkeley AI and Society Event (4/16) featuring UC Berkeley Associate Professor Zach Pardos (School of Education) and UC Berkeley Assistant Teaching Professor Gireeja Ranade (EECS) in conversation on t...

Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building Stanford University

Disparities contribute to income inequalities and influence who receives funding for invention, researchers say

This week Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardoned 175,000 people with marijuana convictions. But some advocates say pardons might not be enough to remove the barriers faced by people with a criminal record.

Lisa Larrimore Ouellette's Patent & IP Blog, Reviewing Recent Scholarship on Patent Law, IP Theory, and Innovation

Apple is locked in a years-long patent fight with a medical technology company. Is anybody winning?