Gaétan
gderasse.bsky.social
Gaétan
@gderasse.bsky.social
Professor of Economics of Innovation at EPFL. Sharing news, research findings, and professional opportunities in Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy.
🔎 The #nationaltreatment principle requires that foreign patentees receive the same legal treatment as domestic ones. But is that the case? 🤔

Not really.

Read what the evidence says on the new post on #ThePatentist: www.thepatentist.com/p/national-t...
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
📢 I am hiring!

🎓 Looking for a bright Ph.D. student in the economics of innovation. Anyone with a quantitative background is welcome to apply.

➡️ Details at www.epfl.ch/labs/stip/op...
October 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🔎 Patent citations are everywhere in innovation research. But do they really trace how ideas spill over between inventors—or are we mistaking legal paperwork for knowledge flows? 🧐

New on #ThePatentist: www.thepatentist.com/p/patent-cit...

#patents #innovation #spillovers
Patent citations: Tracing spillovers or chasing shadows?
Measuring how ideas move across firms and regions
www.thepatentist.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🔎 Do more #patent citations mean better inventions?

A widely used metric in #innovation studies—but not always well understood. My new post on #ThePatentist reviews the evidence, from expert ratings and market prices to auction data and hybrid corn yields.

👉 www.thepatentist.com/p/patent-cit...
Do more citations mean better patents?
What patent citations really measure
www.thepatentist.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🗞️ International trade and intellectual property

The latest post on #ThePatentist discusses how #IPRs shape global commerce.

Spoiler: #trade is not only about #tariffs 😉

www.thepatentist.com/p/internatio...

#patent #innovation
International Trade and Intellectual Property
Let's talk about something other than tariffs
www.thepatentist.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🔍 The “Strength” of Patent Systems

The latest post on #ThePatentist dives into indices of the strength of #patent systems and discusses “twin patent” studies that reveal who's really setting the highest bar.

Spoiler: Stronger ≠ better.

open.substack.com/pub/thepaten...
The “strength” of patent systems
Stronger does not necessarily mean better
open.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Gaétan
📢 The next #REGIS seminar will occur this Friday, May 9, 2025, at 12.30 PM CET.

🤓 Jing Zhao (Mälardalen University 🇸🇪) will present the paper by Erik Brynjolfsson, Danielle Li, and Lindsey Raymond, titled "Generative AI at Work," published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2025).
May 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM