TILEC Workshop on the Economics of Patents and Standards

14:20-14:30

Welcome

14:30-15:30

Session 1

Aija Leiponen (Cornell University):

“The impact of litigation shocks on patent strategies: Evidence from patent text analysis”

• Discussant: Christoph Walsh (Tilburg University)

Cesare Righi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra):

“Patenting inventions or inventing patents? Strategic use of continuations at the USPTO”

• Discussant: Justus Baron (Northwestern University)

15:30-15:50

Breakout rooms with Session 1 speakers

15:50-16:50

Session 2

Michela Bonani (Tilburg University):

“Mandated vs market-based standards: A structural analysis of the US telecommunications industry”

• Discussant: Mark Schankerman (London School of Economics)

Tatiana Rosa (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile):

“Cooperation, competition and patents: Understanding innovation in the telecommunications sector”

• Discussant: Aija Leiponen (Cornell University)

16:50-17:10

Breakout rooms with Session 2 speakers

17:10-18:10

Session 3

Tim Simcoe (Boston University):

“Standards as innovation input”           

• Discussant: Jan Boone (Tilburg University)

Gerard Llobet (CEMFI):

“A theory of socially inefficient patent holdout”

• Discussant: Bert Willems (Tilburg University)

18:10-18:30

Breakout rooms with Session 3 speakers

14:30-15:30

Session 4

Bernhard Ganglmair (Universität Mannheim):

“Learning when to quit: An empirical model of experimentation in standards development”

• Discussant: Marie Le Mouel (Bruegel and Tilburg University)

Florian Schuett (Tilburg University):

“Price commitments in standard setting under asymmetric information”

• Discussant: Bernhard Ganglmair (Universität Mannheim)

15:30-15:50

Breakout rooms with Session 4 speakers

15:50-16:50

Session 5

Yolanda Xue (Cornell University):

“How does patent litigation by Patent Assertion Entities impact invention activity?”

• Discussant: Tim Simcoe (Boston University)

Justus Baron (Northwestern University):

“Global competition for leadership positions in standards development organizations”           

• Discussant: Jens Prüfer (Tilburg University)

16:50-17:10

Breakout rooms with Session 5 speakers

17:10-18:10

Session 6

Chayanin Wipusanawan (Tilburg University):

“Standard-essential patents and incentives for innovation”

• Discussant: Gerard Llobet (CEMFI)

Frank Schlütter (Université Catholique de Louvain):

“No-challenge clauses in patent licensing – blessing or curse?”

• Discussant: Florian Schuett (Tilburg University)

18:10-18:30

Breakout rooms with Session 6 speakers