Munich Conference
Munich, April 24/25 2003
The Institute for Innovation Research at the University of Munich and the EPIP (European Policy for Intellectual Property) Consortium announce this conference and invite interested researchers to submit papers for presentation on April 24/25 of 2003. This is the first conference in a sequence of six events organized by the EPIP consortium. EPIP is a project funded by the European Community under the “Improving the Human Research Potential & the Socio-Economic Knowledge Base” key action (5th Framework Program). The conference will take place on the premises of the European Patent Office in Munich. Intellectual property rights are an important element of the international innovation system. This conference will seek to address topics of general interest in the area of intellectual property with a strong focus on new challenges to patent systems. Researchers from all social science disciplines (e.g., economics, law, sociology) are encouraged to submit empirical and theoretical papers to this conference or to participate. Issues of particular interest include:
• changes in subject matter coverage, in particular in software and business method patents and their implications
• likelihood, determinants and impact of patent litigation
• changes in and forecasting of the demand for patent protection
• incentives in sequential and cumulative invention processes
• “patent metrics”, e.g., the meaning of patent citations and other patent value indicators
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