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Europe and the US, Policy and Practice
Presented by Stanford Law School, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and Howrey LLP.
Featured speaker: Nina Totenberg, NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent
SCHEDULE
Registration:8:30 am–9:00 am
Program: 9:00 am–4:15 pm
Reception: 4:15 pm–5:00 pm
AGENDA
SESSION 1 – Competition Policy and Practice
Use of competition law to impose public utility type regulation on patent owners
Balancing the rights of patent holders and licensees: Obtaining value from patents while avoiding ex post hold up Interoperability and refusals to deal
SESSION 2 – IP Policy and Practice
Economics of patent policy: benefits and costs of patent system—what does empirical evidence show about patents and innovation?
Trends and threats to the IP/patent system: Are there variations per technology/industry? Will sustainable development and the quest for clean-energy technologies bring new shifts or even a new paradigm?
Real world implications of shifts in IP policy in an increasingly open-innovative world
KEYNOTE -Nina Totenberg, Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent for National Public Radio
SESSION 3 – Private Enforcement Actions in Europe
Predation, bundled discounts, and exclusionary practices
Propriety of price/cost tests
Are patents monopolies?
The merits of private antitrust enforcement in Europe
Patent lifecycle and antitrust litigation
SESSION 4A – Bio-Tech IP/Competition
Is patent protection for biotech being scaled back by US and EU courts and patent offices? Impact on biotech companies and early product life cycle protection
Pharmaceutical patent settlements and patent thicket—where should IP stop and AT start?
Authorized generics: Can “B” brands infringe antitrust laws?
The EU Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry: Will there be any results?
SESSION 4B – Information Technology IP/Competition
Using antitrust challenges to hobble successful rivals
Open access, closed systems, and dominant firms
Antitrust proliferation and overlapping global regulators
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Jesus Almoguera, Ashurst LLP, Partner and Head of the Corporate Department
Tom Anderton, Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Vice President, Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs
Timothy Bresnahan, Stanford University, Landau Professor of Economics
Juan Delgado, Spanish Competition Commission, Chief Economist
Kenneth Elzinga, University of Virginia, Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics
Damien Geradin, Howrey LLP, Partner, Tilburg University, Professor of Competition Law and Economics
Linda Grais, InterWest Partners LLC, Partner
Bronwyn Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Economics
Robert Hall, Stanford University, Robert and Carole McNeil Hoover Senior Fellow and Professor of Economics
Ward Hanson, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Research Fellow and Policy Forum Director
Dietmar Harhoff, Ludwig-Maximilian University (LMU) Munich, Professor of Business Administration
Randal Heeb, Bates White LLP, Partner
Per Hellström, European Commission, DG Competition
Scott Hemphill, Columbia Law School, Associate Professor of Law and Milton Handler Fellow
Karin Kramer, Howrey LLP, Partner
Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School, William H. Neukom Professor in Law
Stephen Mavroghenis, Howrey LLP, Partner
Chris Meyers, Microsoft, Associate General Counsel
Maarten Meulenbelt, Howrey LLP, Partner, Antitrust Practice
Roger Noll, Stanford University, Professor of Economics Emeritus
Joseph A. Ostoyich, Howrey LLP, Partner, Antitrust Practice
A. Mitchell Polinsky, Stanford Law School, Josephine Scott Crocker Professor of Law and Economics
Gregory Rosston, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Deputy Director and Research Fellow
Trevor Soames, Howrey LLP, Partner and Co-Chair, Antitrust Practice
Wayne Sobon, Accenture Ltd, Associate General Counsel
Benoit Strowel, Howrey LLP, Partner and Head of Intellectual Property, Europe
Kent Walker, Google, Vice President and General Counsel
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