Acknowledgments

A book such as this is the work of many dedicated individuals beyond the contributors and editors. We extend our deepest appreciation to the following people who helped us bring the book to the finish line.

We would like to thank our staff at the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP²): Joshua Kresh, managing director; Kristina Pietro, director of operations and events; and Mary Clare Durel, program and communications coordinator. Without their efforts, we would not have been able to complete this book. We would also like to thank the following Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, students and C-IP² research assistants: Cala Coffman, Quyen V. Dang, Sarah Kratt, Jaehee (Amy) Jung, Kyung Min “Rachel” Park, John “Jack” Ring, Tejo Sravani Tunuguntla, and Valerie Yu.

We would like to further thank Matt Gallaway from Cambridge University Press for guidance through the publication process, especially with regards to Cambridge’s open access option.

We also would like to thank C-IP² Advisory Board members – especially Claudia Tapia, John Kolakowsi, Kirti Gupta, and Matteo Sabattini – who provided industry insights into topics in the book.

Additionally, we would like to thank many of our contributors who spoke at the conference, Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy for 5G and the Internet of Things, on December 2 and 3, 2021. This conference covered many of the topics in the book, and discussions at the conference helped guide the book’s completion. Speakers included editors Jonathan M. Barnett and Seán M. O’Connor, as well as the following book contributors: Mark A. Cohen, Alexander Galetovic, Bowman Heiden, Andrei Iancu, David J. Kappos, F. Scott Kieff, Igor Nikolic, Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Kristen Osenga, Jorge Padilla, J. Gregory Sidak, and David J. Teece. We would also like to thank other speakers who contributed to discussions at the conference: Fabian Gonell, Kirti Gupta, Brian Hinman, Anne Layne-Farrar, Keith Mallinson, Luke McLeroy, Kathleen M. O’Malley, Jon Putnam, Diane Rinaldo, Jeffrey M. Wilder, and John M. Yun.

Finally, we thank our donors, particularly Qualcomm Incorporated, Ericsson, and Nokia, who generously support C-IP² through unrestricted gifts. Their willingness to support independent scholarly research, even if it does not always align with their views, is vital to our work. In particular, these generous gifts have allowed us to publish this book through the Cambridge University Press Open Access program. The Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy does not receive any financial support from our host university or law school and thus could not operate, let alone complete any significant work, without our donors’ support.