IP and IT Conferences

THE LAW AND ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION: PATENTS AND THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATION

Thursday, May 15, 2008
8 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

The Hilton Arlington,
Arlington, Virginia

http://innovationforum.gmu.edu

George Mason University School of Law and Microsoft Corporation announce the second in an annual series of conferences on the law and economics of innovation. The series will bring together leading academics to present and discuss new scholarship touching on diverse aspects of a key question affecting the technology industry and the process of innovation. Each conference will conclude with
a roundtable discussion among top technology industry representatives and regulators to begin to assess the concrete implications of the scholarship for the development of innovative industries.

This second conference in the series will address the role of patents in the commercialization of innovation­an area of significant and enduring controversy. In particular, the conference will focus on three interrelated aspects of the debate over the law and economics of patents: The intersection of patents and antitrust, particularly in technology standards; the economics of the patent system and patent reform; and the proper understanding (and implications) of patents as property.

REGISTRATION:

Registration is free of charge but space is limited. To
register, visit:

http://innovationforum.gmu.edu

CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

Morning Session

8:00 am - 8:45 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45 am - 9:00 am Introductions

9:00 am - 9:30 am Keynote Address
Richard 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 Royalty Rates 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 the 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

“Promoting Innovation: Commercialization as Default Rule in
Patent Law”
Adam Mossoff, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State
University College of Law

“Modularity Rules: Information Flow in Organizations,
Property, and Intellectual Property”
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

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 Outcome of Major Patent Cases Matter?”
Scott A. Baker, Professor of Law, University of North
Carolina School of Law

“Patent Notice and Patent Design”
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 Discussion
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

LOCATION:

Because of construction at GMUSL, the event is being held
at:

Hilton Arlington
950 North Stafford Street
Arlington, VA
703-528-6000

CLE CREDIT:

Application for approval for 4.0 Virginia CLE credit hours
(0.0 ethics) is pending with the Virginia Mandatory
Continuing Legal Education Board.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

For further information, contact Kristine at:

Email: MAILTO:lawconf@gmu.edu

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