Getting Intellectual Property Just Right

Kansas City, MO - Jason Wiens and Chris Jackson of the Kauffman Foundation discuss intellectual property in a new Entrepreneurship Policy Digest released this week. The Kauffman Foundation contends that while intellectual property protections can increase productivity and firm valuations, they also can be inefficient and hinder innovation if they are too weak or too strong. 

The Policy Digest offers an overview of how policymakers can strike the right balance with a "Goldilocks approach" to government-granted rights that allow creators to profit from their work while enabling others to build on and benefit from these innovations.

For the report: http://www.kauffman.org/what-we-do/resources/entrepreneurship-policy-digest/how-intellectual-property-can-help-or-hinder-innovation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Ideas_At_Work_04_09_15