Nicola Searle and Martin Brassell talk to Law Vox about intellectual property and economics

Oxford Law Vox

In this podcast Nicola Searle and Martin Brassell, co-authors of Economic Approaches to Intellectual Property talk to George Miller about intellectual property and the importance of considering IP through the lens of economics. Together they discuss a range of topics, including the challenges of evaluating and accounting for IP by businesses, and the ongoing questions concerning the role of IP as an infrastructure for innovation, protecting individual rights, and fulfilling social and economic needs. They also discuss how the world of IP has been impacted by new developments in technology, and how they hope to see a better understanding of IP, both at a policy and company level, in the next decade. Nicola Searle is an economist at Goldsmiths, University of London who specialises in the economics of intellectual property and the creative industries. Nicola is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Capitalising on Creativity (ICC) at the School of Management, University of St Andrews. Martin Brassell is Chief Executive of Inngot the company he co-founded with Professor Iwan Davies to identify, manage and value intellectual property (IP) using online tools. Prior to Inngot, Martin spent 15 years in senior management within the information industry.