James EdwardsJun 63 minBiden’s Contributions to Rising Inflation“. . . [T]he idea we’re going to be able . . . to click a switch, bring down the cost of gasoline, is not likely in the near term, nor is...
James EdwardsMar 73 minHow to Retain U.S. Foundational R&D Leadership Over ChinaThe bottom line: China aims to overtake the United States’ global innovation lead, by hook or by crook. China has for some time pursued a...
James EdwardsJan 103 minTesla, Westinghouse and ElectrificationOne-hundred twenty-five years ago, foundational invention culminated with the arrival of alternating electrical current’s successful...
James EdwardsSep 29, 20213 minRestore American Inventing? Or Gut American Invention?Let’s get one thing straight: The “Restoring the America Invents Act” will further weaken U.S. patent reliability and certainty. This as...
James EdwardsJul 13, 20213 minE.O.: Assaulting Property Rights Is a Strange Way to Promote CompetitionPresident Biden’s July 9 executive order, “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” purports to promote competition. Let’s just...
James EdwardsJun 14, 20213 min5G: Made Possible by Property RightsWith ads for 5G services and new 5G-enabled smartphones and other devices on the rise, it’s worth considering the role property rights...
James EdwardsMay 14, 20213 min11 Million U.S. Patents . . . and China’s RisingThe U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently awarded the 11 millionth U.S. patent. It went to inventors of a medical device for...
James EdwardsFeb 26, 20213 minWTO and Property Theft That Aids ChinaIt isn’t surprising when nations with little respect for property rights use multilateral bodies to take away someone’s property. It may...
James EdwardsFeb 15, 20213 minFalse Premises on Energy and EnvironmentA bright spot of the humming, gleaming pre-COVID U.S. economy was the remarkable performance of domestic oil and gas production and jobs...
James EdwardsDec 30, 20204 minPrivate Innovation Versus Government Centralization, Part 2For real technological progress, government can’t dictate it. Only private initiative, coupled with secure property rights, the rule of...
James EdwardsDec 15, 20202 minPrivate Innovation Versus Government Centralization, Part 1Transformative technological advances usually occur by private initiative and investment. Occasionally government trying to centrally...
James EdwardsOct 3, 20202 minStudy: Weak Patents Drive Away VCsAmong its intense assaults on private property rights, the Obama-Biden administration abused regulatory powers to weaken our industrial...
James EdwardsJul 2, 20203 minRSC Paper Includes Checking IP TheftChina and other rogue nations haven’t let a global pandemic stop them from aggressively seeking advantage against the United States and...
James EdwardsMay 15, 20202 minTechnical Standards and U.S. SecurityAs 5th generation wireless technology rapidly develops, standards-development organizations weigh technological contributions from...
James EdwardsApr 23, 20204 minAmerica’s Postpandemic PivotIf the American people have learned anything from the COVID-19 tribulations, it’s that China holds too many cards, China can’t be trusted...
James EdwardsFeb 22, 20202 minNEPA Regulatory Procedural ReliefRegulatory review delayed is property rights denied. Regulatory takings, both de facto (e.g., Obama’s Waters of the United States...
James EdwardsFeb 10, 20203 minStealing Our Innovation WholesaleU.S. Customs authorities caught a Chinese researcher at Boston’s Logan Airport trying to sneak eight vials of stolen biological material...
James EdwardsJan 31, 20202 minDo Innovators Give Up Their IP Rights? Implementer Panel Says YesA recent Washington panel I attended attempted to justify the Federal Trade Commission’s dangerous, damaging, seriously questionable case...
James EdwardsDec 21, 20192 minNew Policy Affirms Property RightsTrump administration innovation agency officials have issued a new joint policy statement affirming the right of certain crucial patents...
James EdwardsOct 2, 20192 minFirst Steps Toward STRONGER Patent RightsCongress is faintly showing signs of coming to the side of U.S. inventors. It’s about time. For three decades, Congress has helped to gut...