Michael Mattioli

Michael Mattioli is the law professor in The Invention Invention who explains the historical and legal mechanics of [[PatentPool|patent pools]]. The source uses his commentary to move from Isaac Merritt Singer and the Sewing Machine Combination to the broader spread, abuse risk, and revival of patent pooling.

His source role is interpretive: Mattioli helps distinguish Complementary Patents from competing substitutes and explains why antitrust policy can either discipline pools or chill them so severely that useful cooperation stops.

Connections

• Patent Pool, Patent Thicket, Complementary Patents, and Patent Pool Cartel Risk - concepts he helps explain.
• Singer Sewing Machine and Sewing Machine Combination - historical case he interprets.
• Antitrust Chill - policy consequence discussed through his research in the source.