Speaking at the first Forum on Regulation and Competition on April 18, Shapiro outlined several key problems that burden the process of applying for and gaining a patent in the U.S. He cited numerous examples drawn from his career as an economic researcher at M.I.T, Princeton and currently Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.
El profesor Carl Shapiro, director del Institute of Business and Economic Research de la University of California at Berkeley, impartió la conferencia "El diseño y el uso de las patentes", en el marco del Foro de Regulación y Competencia, en la sede del IESE en Barcelona, el 18 de abril.