Property Rights
and Innovation

The Center for the Analysis of Property Rights and Innovation (CAPRI) examines the role of property rights and the enhancement of innovation.

Intellectual property is intended to promote innovation in expression and invention. Intellectual property is protected by copyrights and patents.

Technologies have threatened to upend the way these property rights work. Suggestions have been made that privately controlled property rights might not be a particularly efficient way to promote creativity in the era of digitization. Some say new and different business models are needed.

CAPRI is dedicated to learning more about these topics. While many of our researchers are based in the School of Management at UT Dallas, many more are from other disciplines across campus and throughout the nation.