12TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OF THE EPIP ASSOCIATION

The Geography-IP Interface

BORDEAUX, FRANCE
SEPTEMBER 4-7, 2017

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The 12th annual conference of the EPIP (European Policy for Intellectual Property) association was hosted by
GREThA, the Group of Research on Theoretical and Applied Economics of the University of Bordeaux, Sept. 4-7, 2017.
The leading theme of the conference was the interface between geography and intellectual property. 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

    • GLOBALISATION OF INVENTIVE ACTIVITIES
    • GEOGRAPHICAL EVOLUTION OF CYBER-SPACE
    •     GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE

  • FURTHER TOPICS

    IP and Innovation • IP and Competition Policy • IP intermediaries and market integration (Themed Session) • International Trade Agreements and IP Rights • IP enforcement and litigation • Markets for technologies • International and regional IP treaties and harmonization • Standards and patent pools • IP in Science • IP and Access to Medicines • History of IP Rights • Gender and IP • Laws and economics at the age of Big Data

  • PLENARY SESSIONS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

    • PLENARY SESSION 1 - WELCOME SPEECHES (Chair: F.Lissoni)
    • PLENARY SESSION 2 - B. H. Hall “IP in Developing Countries” (Chair: G.de Rassenfosse)
    • PLENARY SESSION 3 - W.Powell: “Inventing Tradition: Creating Class and Crûs in Bordeaux Wine” (Chair: C.Martinez)
    • PLENARY SESSION 4 - EPIP General Assembly & Presentation of EPIP 2018 (Chair: E.Webster) - S.Bechtold: “IP, Cyberspace and Boundaries” (Chair: A.Chander)
    • PLENARY SESSION 5 - G.Dutfield: “Geographical Indications & Traditional Knwoledge” (Chair: E.Miguelez)

Professor Bronwyn H. HALL, UC Berkeley (USA)

Professor Bronwyn H. HALL,
UC Berkeley (USA)

Professor Graham DUTFIELD, University of Leeds (UK)

Professor Graham DUTFIELD, University of Leeds (UK)

Professor Stefan BECHTOLD, ETH Zurich, (Switzerland)

Professor Stefan BECHTOLD,
ETH Zurich, (Switzerland)

Professor Walter W. POWELL, Stanford University (USA)

Professor Walter W. POWELL, Stanford University (USA)

  • ROUNDTABLES

    • ROUNDTABLES 1 - “Patent Geography: Global Applications & Regional Protection” - Stuart Graham, Laurence Joly, Yoshiaki Kodachi, Gerard Owens, Mark Powell, Bruno van Pottelsberghe
    • ROUNDTABLES 2 - “IP and access to medicines” - Chirantan Chatterjee, Margaret Kyle, Ellen ‘t Hoen
    • ROUNDTABLES 3 - “The Changing Geography of Geographical Indications” - Irene Calboli, Felix Addor, Alexandra Grazioli, Justin Hughes