1.03rd Annual Silicon Valley IP Forumhttps://conferences.law.stanford.edu/siliconvalleyipforum2026jcarianhttps://conferences.law.stanford.edu/siliconvalleyipforum2026/author/jcarian/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="L66EEg3XgB"><a href="https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/siliconvalleyipforum2026/speakers/gaetan-de-rassenfosse/">Gaétan de Rassenfosse</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/siliconvalleyipforum2026/speakers/gaetan-de-rassenfosse/embed/#?secret=L66EEg3XgB" width="600" height="338" title="“Gaétan de Rassenfosse” — 3rd Annual Silicon Valley IP Forum" data-secret="L66EEg3XgB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/siliconvalleyipforum2026/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/siliconvalleyipforum2026/wp-content/uploads/sites/257/2026/10/Pic10.png500500Gaétan de Rassenfosse is Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy at EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, where he leads the STIP Lab. An economist specializing in innovation and intellectual property, he studies how patent systems shape technological progress, competition, and the commercialization of inventions. His research on standard-essential patents […]