R Street’s Technology and Innovation policy program conducts research and advocacy around the public policy frameworks that govern both established and emerging technologies. Our goal is to push back against laws and regulations that impede economic progress or individual liberty, and to advance policy solutions that allow technology to move at the speed of innovation.
The Issue
Publications
A Loaded Gun in the Hands of Lawyers
Charles Duan
Among the ways to be destroyed in the arms business, intellectual property does not usually come to mind. Yet that is the prospect that one small company, XTech Tactical, faces today. A few months…
February 8, 2019
I. Introduction & Summary
In this proceeding, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) seeks comment on unlicensed use of the 6 GHz…
The Week In 5G: 2/6/2019 – Verizon Cuts Latency In Half, Cisco Targets Agriculture, U.S. Needs More Mid-Band Spectrum
Media Coverage
Cited in RF Globalnet:
“The problem, though, is not the existence of a patent system but the ever-expanding power of the patent laws, which encourage companies to pour dollars into complex patent…
BEFORE THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Investigation No. 337-TA-1065 83 Fed. Reg. 64875
February 6, 2019
The following comments are respectfully submitted in response to the notice…
, Townhall
Promising 5G and 10G Future Spells Disaster for Government Networks
Media Coverage
Tom Struble, technology policy manager at the R Street Institute, said 5G “should be scary” for government internet networks. The next generation of wireless technology, which promises download…
The Neolib Podcast: Scott Lincicome and Caleb Watney talk trade and tech.
Media Coverage
From the NeoLib Podcast:
Caleb and Scott discuss US trade policy, and how it impacts the technology sector in a world where more and more trade is digital.
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INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE
Amici curiae are 17 professors at law schools and universities throughout the United States, who study intellectual property and innovation, and two public interest…
I. Introduction & Summary
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) seeks comment on the development of a national spectrum strategy, pursuant to a recent…