Summer 1995 NBER Workshop on "Patent Policy and Innovation"

Thursday, July 20th, 1995

9:20-9:30

Welcome and Overview, Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School

9:30-10:30

Panel Discussion I: Patent Policy and Practice Since 1980:

• D. Dennis Allegretti, Esq., Banner and Allegretti.
• John Preston, Office of Technology Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Judge Randall Rader, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

10:30-10:45

Break

10:45-12:15

Session 1: Patenting and Academic Science

Rebecca S. Eisenberg, University of Michigan School of Law, "Public Research and Private Development: Patents and Technology Transfer in the Human Genome Project."

Adam Jaffe, Department of Economics, Brandeis University, "Universities as a Source of Commercial Technology: A Detailed Analysis of University Patenting, 1965-1988," (joint with Rebecca Henderson and Manuel Trajtenberg).

12:15-1:15 Lunch

1:15-2:45

Session 2: The Evolving Patent/Antitrust Interface

Nancy Gallini, Department of Economics, University of Toronto, "The Economics of the Interface Between Patent and Competition Policy" (joint with Michael Trebilcock).

Robert P. Merges, University of California at Berkeley School of Law and Boston University School of Law, "Patents and Transaction Costs: Doctrinal and Policy Issues."

2:45-3:00

Break

3:00-4:30

Session 3: Patent Policy and Emerging Industries

Kenneth Dam, University of Chicago Law School, "Some Economic Considerations in the Intellectual Property Protection of Software."

Suzanne Scotchmer, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley, "Intellectual Property Protection and the Pace of Progress on Quality Ladders" (joint with Ted O'Donoghue and Jacques Thisse).

4:30

Wine and cheese reception

Friday, July 21st, 1995

9:00-10:00

Panel Discussion II: Patent Policy Reform and Harmonization

• Steven Bauer, Esq., Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault
• Jeffrey Kushan, Esq., Office of Legislation and International Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
• Robert P. Merges, University of California at Berkeley School of Law and Boston University School of Law.

10:00-10:15

Break

10:15-12:30

Session 4: Patent Litigation

Michael Meurer, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, "Litigation, Licensing and the Nonobviousness Standard."

Jean O. Lanjouw, Economics Department, Yale University, "Economic Consequences of a Changing Litigation Environment: The Case of Patents."

Ian Ayres, Yale Law School, "Are Uncertainty and Delay in Patent Litigation Desirable?" (joint with Paul Klemperer).

12:30-1:15

Lunch

1:15-2:45

Session 5: Patent Policy Reform and Harmonization

Francesca Cornelli, London Business School, and Mark Schankerman, London School of Economics and EBRD, "Optimal Patent Renewals."

F.M. Scherer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, "Pharmaceutical Research and Patenting in Italy after a Change in Patent Law: Implications for a Post-GATT World" (joint with Sandy Weisburst).

2:45

Adjourn