Quantum technologies are reaching commercial utility and, beginning in the next decade, could reshape how we fight disease, run our cities, secure our data, protect the energy grid, guide ships and airplanes, combat fraud, and defend our country.
But this transformative potential also complicates the sector’s interactions with legal frameworks, leading to layers of laws and regulations that can impede stakeholders’ access to global talent, foreign equipment, public funding, and more.
To help address this, the Chicago Quantum Exchange partnered with Barnes & Thornburg to develop the Quantum Law Navigator™, a report that helps equip universities, companies, investors, and policymakers with the tools they need to begin to understand the complex intersection of quantum innovation and legal regimes.
The Navigator has two key aims:
- To serve as a foundation for critical dialog between the quantum technology and legal and legislative communities by laying out the ways in which legal frameworks and the quantum sector interact, identifying pain points, and mapping out opportunities. (This is the focus of Part I).
- To level the playing field by offering an introductory tool for quantum stakeholders of all types, sizes, and means. (This is the focus of Part II).
Quantum Law Navigator™ is a trademark of the University of Chicago.
