BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s Study of Global Politics series presen ts Jieun Lee from the University at Buffalo - SUNY.Paper Abstract:Firms fr om geopolitical rivals lose patent disputes at the United States Internati onal Trade Commission far more often than firms from allied states. We sho w that this gap arises before adjudication. Across 4\,104 respondents in i nvestigations terminated between 2009 and 2021\, Chinese firms lose 38.9% of the time\, but 34.3 of those percentage points are defaults: firms that never appeared. Once they appear\, rival-state firms fare no worse than o thers. We argue that contesting requires legal capacity a firm must hold b efore a complaint arrives\, and that rivalry raises the cost of defending while lowering the value of winning. Prior political engagement with the c ommission predicts appearance\, but engagement during a proceeding\, when lobbying could reach only the discretionary decisions around the merits\, adds nothing. Political engagement here marks capacity\, not persuasion. G eopolitical rivalry shapes outcomes through procedures\, not just policy.J ieun Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo. She studies international political economy with a focus on how firms influence international relations. Her recent wo rk examines how foreign firms represent their interests in the U.S. politi cal system. She also studies the politics of trade and foreign investment including how multinational corporations promote and defend economic globa lization. Her other line of work is on international trade law with a focu s on U.S.-China relations. She graduated from the University of Michigan w ith a joint Ph.D. in public policy and political science. \; DTEND:20261030T180000Z DTSTAMP:20261020T090509Z DTSTART:20261030T160100Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Rivalry\, Legal Capacity\, and Foreign Firm Participation in ITC Pa tent Disputes UID:RFCALITEM639280695097392010 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute’s Study of Global Po litics series presents Jieun Lee from the University at Buffalo - SUNY.

Paper Abstract:

Firms from geopolitical rivals lose patent dispu tes at the United States International Trade Commission far more often tha n firms from allied states. We show that this gap arises before adjudicati on. Across 4\,104 respondents in investigations terminated between 2009 an d 2021\, Chinese firms lose 38.9% of the time\, but 34.3 of those percenta ge points are defaults: firms that never appeared. Once they appear\, riva l-state firms fare no worse than others.

We argue that contesting r equires legal capacity a firm must hold before a complaint arrives\, and t hat rivalry raises the cost of defending while lowering the value of winni ng. Prior political engagement with the commission predicts appearance\, b ut engagement during a proceeding\, when lobbying could reach only the dis cretionary decisions around the merits\, adds nothing. Political engagemen t here marks capacity\, not persuasion. Geopolitical rivalry shapes outcom es through procedures\, not just policy.

Jieun Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the Un iversity at Buffalo. She studies international political economy with a fo cus on how firms influence international relations. Her recent work examin es how foreign firms represent their interests in the U.S. political syste m. She also studies the politics of trade and foreign investment including how multinational corporations promote and defend economic globalization. Her other line of work is on international trade law with a focus on U.S. -China relations. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a joi nt Ph.D. in public policy and political science. \;

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