Thursday January 15
Welcoming Remarks:
by François Lévêque (Ecole des Mines) and Howard Shelanski (University of California at Berkeley).
“Introduction”.
Keynote Speakers:
William E. Kovacic (General Counsel, FTC) and Emil Paulis (Director, DG Comp)
“Current Policy Challenges at the Intersection of Intellectual Property and Antitrust”.
Session 1 – EC and EU Policies
Chaired by Howard Shelanski
- Lucas Peeperkorn (European Commission, DG Competition
The EC Policy Reform of Transfer of Technology: Background issues �. ( Presentation ). - Gail Levine (FTC)
Conclusions from the DoJ/FTC Hearings on Competition and IP Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Econom - Daniel Rubinfeld (University of California at Berkeley), David Evans (Nera) and Thomas Vinje (Clifford Chance)
“Alleged Anticompetitive Use of IP by Microsoft”.
Session 2 – Comparing Essential Facility Doctrine in Intellectual Property
Chaired by François Lévêque.
- John Temple Lang (Cleary Gottlieb)
The Application of the Essential Facility Doctrine to Intellectual Property Rights under European Competition Law - Mark Lemley (University of California at Berkeley)
Unilateral Refusals to License
Session 3 – Alleged Anticompetitive Use of IP by Microsoft: Views from both Sides of Atlantic
Chaired by François Lévêque
- David Evans (Nera)
- Thomas Vinje (Clifford Chance)
“Microsoft: The Antitrust Saga “. - Discussant:
Daniel Rubinfeld (University of California at Berkeley)
18.30 – 20.00: Cocktail reception
offered by Micro Economix
Friday, January 16
Morning (9.00 – 13.00)
Opening address:
Mario Monti (European Commission)
The New EC Policy on Transfer of Technology
Session II. Antitrust Treatment of Patent and Copyright
First panel: Nature and Licensing of IPRs
Chaired by Arthur Burke (Davis, Polk and Wardwell).
- Richard Watt (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)
How Different are Patents and Copyrights, and How Different Should They Be? - Suzanne Scotchmer and Stephen M. Maurer (University of California at Berkeley)
Profit Neutrality in Licensing Intellectual Property ( Presentation )
Second panel: Patents
Chaired by Raymon Ocampo (General Counsel Emeritus, Oracle)
- Patrick Rey (Université de Toulouse)
Essentiality in Patent Pools - Daniel Rubinfeld (University of California at Berkeley)
Strategic Use of Patents: Antitrust Implications ( Presentation ).
Third panel: Data Base and Copyright
Chaired by Olivier Fréget (Bird & Bird)
- Bernt Hugenholtz (University of Amsterdam)
Abuse of Data Base Right ( Presentation ) - Randal C. Picker (University of Chicago)
Antitrust Policy for Copyrighted Works
Afternoon (14.30 – 18.00)
Parallel Session III. Competition and IP nexus in Pharmaceutical & IV. Media sectors
Patents, innovation and generics
Chaired by: Frédéric Jenny (French Competition Commission, Vice-Chairman)
- George S. Cary (Clearly Gottlieb)
Patents and Generics Development. ( Presentation ). - François Lévêque and Yann Ménière (Cerna, Ecole des Mines)
Economic Insights into Anticompetitive Effects of Patent Settlements - Elisabeth Thouret-Lemaitre (Patents Manager, Sanofi � Synthélabo)
A European View from Business
Concentration in the media sector
Chaired by: Pascal Nègre (Universal Music France, CEO)
- Gilles Le Blanc and Olivier Bomsel (Ecole des Mines)
Industrial and Competition Challenges in Digital Media Distribution - Neil Netanel (U. Texas)
Copyright, Competition and the First Amendment - Herbert Ungerer (European Commission, DG Competition)
Competition Policy in the Media Sector and Pluralism – A European View - François Brunet (Cleary Gottlieb)
Exclusive Rights, Vertical Foreclosure and Pay-TV markets
Round-Table: Which reforms of IP are desirable from an antitrust perspective?
Moderator: Eric Izraelewicz (Chief Editor, Les Echos)
With the participation of: Frédéric Jenny, Pascal Nègre, Benoit Battistelli and Mark Lemley.