September 2010 USPTO Economics Research Agenda
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9:00-9:15 AM
Welcome by Robert Barr, Executive Director, BCLT
9:15-10:00 AM
USPTO Data Resources
- USPTO, Chief Economist’s Office
(Stuart Graham, Alan Marco, Venay Puri)
10:00-10:30 AM
Break
10:30-11:15 AM
USPTO Economic Research Agenda
- Stuart Graham, USPTO Chief Economist
11:15-12:00 PM
Economists’ Discussion: Panel 1
- Richard Gilbert, UC Berkeley- Bronwyn Hall, UC Berkeley & Maastrict University
- Suzanne Scotchmer, UC Berkeley
12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch break
1:00-1:30 PM
Remarks, David J. Kappos, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, USPTO
1:30-2:15 PM
Economists’ Discussion: Panel 2
- Keith Maskus, University of Colorado
- Petra Moser, Stanford University
- Brian Wright, UC Berkeley
2:15-2:45 PM
Break
2:45-3:45 PM
Industry – Professional Discussion
- Brian Kahin, Computer & Communications Ind. Assoc.
- Anne Layne-Farrar, LECG
- Preston McAfee, Yahoo!
- Bernard Munos, formerly Eli Lilly
3:45-4:15 PM
Break
Law Professors’ Discussion
- Dennis Crouch, University of Missouri- Peter Menell, UC Berkeley
- Robert Merges, UC Berkeley
- Pam Samuelson, UC Berkeley
5:15-5:30 PM
Wrap up by Robert Barr, Executive Director, BCLT
5:30-7:00 PM
BCLT Reception
