James Edwards, Ph.D.

James Edwards, Ph.D.

Visiting Intellectual Property Fellow
The Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law

James Edwards, Ph.D., is the author of To Invent Is Divine: Creativity and Ownership and has worked on intellectual property and innovation policy since 1989. Dr. Edwards has founded or advised more than 60 companies and organizations. He has taught at Union University, Carson-Newman College, and the Washington programs of Claremont McKenna College and Regent University. Dr. Edwards holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Georgia, and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee.