The Role of Economic Analysis in Intellectual Property Law: Implications for Competition Law

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

The Role of Economic Analysis in Intellectual Property Law: Implications for Competition Law
Tuesday 6 May 2008
4.30pm - 7.30pm
University College London
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

Programme

4.30pm Registration in the South Cloisters, UCL

5.00pm Chair:
Professor Sir Hugh Laddie QC
Chair of Intellectual Property Law, and Director, Institute of Brand and Innovation Law,
Faculty of Laws, University College London

Introduction:
Dr. Ioannis Lianos
UCL Lecturer; Co-director, Centre for Law & Governance in Europe; Jevons Institute of Competition Law & Economics
Trevor Soames
Howrey LLP

Speakers:
Professor Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Université Libre de Bruxelles, ECORE and CEPR; former Chief Economist, European Patent Office
Professor Michael Meurer
Michaels Faculty Research Scholar and Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

Commentator:
Professor Damien Geradin
Professor of Law, Tilburg Law and Economics Center, Tilburg University; Director, Global Competition Law
Centre, College of Europe, Bruges; Howrey LLP

7.00pm Refreshments and Canapés in the South Cloisters