13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OF THE EPIP ASSOCIATION

IP in a data-driven economy:
new challenges for law, economics and social sciences

BERLIN, GERMANY
SEPTEMBER 5-7, 2018

The 13th annual conference of the EPIP (European Policy for Intellectual Property) association was hosted by ESMT Berlin. The lead theme of the conference was the “IP in a data-driven economy: New challenges for law, economics and social sciences“.
It was attended by scholars and practitioners from all over the world and interested in the economic, legal, political and managerial aspects of intellectual property rights.

• LEAD TOPICS

  • IP PROTECTION FOR BIG DATA: INCENTIVES OR ACCESS BARRIERS?
  • COMPETITION ON DATA MARKETS/ACCESS TO DATA: RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
  • CONTRACTS ON PERSONAL AND BIG DATA: CONDITIONS AND LIMITS OF A MARKET MODEL
  • TECHNICAL SAFEGUARDS FOR DATA SOVEREIGNTY

• FURTHER TOPICS

  IP and Innovation • IP and firm strategy • IP and competition policy • IP and its role on the market for technology • Standards and patent pools • Inventor mobility and knowledge flows • International trade agreements and IP • Open access and IP in science • Functioning of IP systems • Gender and IP

• PLENARY SESSIONS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • PLENARY SESSION 1 - WELCOME and PANEL - “Perspectives on IP Strategy in a Dynamic World” - Rocholl / Lissoni / Wagner -Graham (chair), Bechtold, Beige Harhoff, Kappos
  • PLENARY SESSION 2 - KEYNOTE AND PANEL - “IP in data-driven economies” - Elkin-Koren / Haucap / Leiponen / A. Metzger / Zech (keynote)
  • PLENARY SESSION 3 - KEYNOTE - “Industrial espionage and productivity” - Glitz
  • PLENARY SESSION 4 - KEYNOTE AND PANEL - “IP and international trade” - P. Hall / Kyle / Maskus (keynote) / Mitra-Kahn / Watal
  • PLENARY SESSION 5 - KEYNOTE - “Innovation and development: The role of patents” - Mairesse (chair), B. Hall (keynote)

• ORGANISING COMMITEE

  • Stefan WAGNER, ESMT Berlin (Chair)
  • Irene CALBOLI, Texas A&M and Singapore Management University
  • Stuart GRAHAM, Georgia Tech
  • Axel METZGER, Humboldt University and Weizenbaum Institute
  • Henry SAUERMANN, ESMT Berlin