Inclusive Innovation in the Age of AI and Big Data

As artificial intelligence and big data analytics reshape economies and societies, the promise of innovation is increasingly shadowed by concerns over inclusion, equity, and global justice. This accessible, interdisciplinary volume brings together established and emerging voices from across the world to critically examine issues lying at the intersection of innovation, intellectual property, and inequality in the age of artificial intelligence and big data.

Featuring empirical studies, legal analyses, policy critiques, interdisciplinary perspectives, and global insights, Inclusive Innovation in the Age of AI and Big Data underscores the tremendous impact gender, race, and other socioeconomic factors have on innovation and intellectual property ecosystems. This volume also explores structural barriers in these ecosystems, diversity initiatives in the patent area, metrics for measuring inclusivity and diversity in innovation, changes brought about by artificial intelligence and big data, and the evolution of the global innovation and intellectual property systems.

In an era marked by rapid technological change, extraordinary opportunities, and deepening inequality, this volume offers carefully designed reform strategies and policy recommendations to make innovation and intellectual property ecosystems more equitable, effective, and socially responsive.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

Daryl Lim is H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law and Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships at Penn State Dickinson Law, where he founded its Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Initiative. He holds university affiliations with the Institute of Computational and Data Sciences and the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence. A globally recognized expert in intellectual property and antitrust law, he consults internationally and serves on several influential advisory bodies. His work has been cited by U.S. agencies, featured in top law journals, and covered by major media outlets. He is a member of the American Law Institute.

Peter K. Yu is University Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor of Law and Communication, and the Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he held the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law at Drake University and was Wenlan Scholar Chair Professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China. He served as a Visiting Professor of Law at Bocconi University, Hanken School of Economics, Hokkaido University, Tel Aviv University, the University of Haifa, the University of Helsinki, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of Strasbourg. He has served as the general editor of The WIPO Journal published by the World Intellectual Property Organization and sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.