Conference Agenda
Patents and the Commercialization of Innovation
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Morning Session
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am - 8:45 am | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am | Introductions |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Keynote AddressThe Disintegration of Intellectual PropertyRichard Epstein, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School |
9:30 am - 11:00 am Presenters: |
Panel I: Patents in Standards“What's Wrong With Royalties in High Technology Industries?”Damien Geradin, Professor of Competition Law and Economics, Tilburg University Law & Economics Center “Federalism, Substantive Preemption, and Limits on Antitrust”Bruce H. Kobayashi, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law “Patent Holdup and Oligopsonistic Collusion in Standard Setting Organizations”J. Greg Sidak, Founder, Criterion Economics, LLC |
Commenters: |
George S. Cary, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton John M. Golden, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law |
Moderator: |
Joshua D. Wright, Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law |
| 11:00 am -11:15 am | Break |
11:15 am - 12:45 pm Presenters: |
Panel II: Patents as Property Rights“Removing Property from Intellectual Property and (Intended?) Pernicious Impacts on Innovation and Competition”F. Scott Kieff, Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law “Commercializing Property Rights in Inventions: Lessons for Modern Patent Theory From Classic Patent Doctrine”Adam Mossoff, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law “The Modularity of Patent Law”Henry E. Smith, Fred A. Johnston Professor of Property and Environmental Law, Yale Law School |
Commenters: |
Michael A. Carrier, Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law-Camden Jason Mendelson, Managing Director, Foundry Group |
Moderator: |
Eric R. Claeys, Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law |
| 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm | Lunch |
Afternoon Session
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
1:45 pm - 3:30 pm Presenters: |
Panel III: The Patent System“Favoring Dynamic over Static Competition: Implications for Antitrust Analysis and Policy”David Teece, Thomas W. Tusher Chair in Global Business, Haas School of Business (U.C. Berkeley) “Rewarding Innovation Efficiently: The Case for Exclusive Rights”Luigi A. Franzoni, Professor of Institutional Economics, University of Bologna “Does the Market Care About Changes In Patent Law?”Scott A. Baker, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law “Patent Notice and Cumulative Innovation”Michael Meurer, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law |
Commenters: |
Scott Stern, Associate Professor, Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) Richard Wilder, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property Policy, Microsoft Corporation |
Moderator: |
Geoffrey Manne, Academic Relations Manager for Law & Economics, Microsoft Corporation |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Break |
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Participants: |
Industry Roundtable DiscussionRobert A. Armitage, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company Chuck Fish, Former Chief Patent Counsel, Time Warner Inc. Roy Hoffinger, Vice President and Legal Counsel, Qualcomm Richard Wilder, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property Policy, Microsoft Corporation Other Presenters TBD |
Moderator: |
Geoffrey Manne, Academic Relations Manager for Law & Economics, Microsoft Corporation |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Reception |
