17TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OF THE EPIP ASSOCIATION
Open IP for a better world?
cambridge, uk
SEPTEMBER 14-16, 2022
The Innovation and IP Management (IIPM) Laboratory and the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) at the University of Cambridge hosted the 17th Annual Conference of the EPIP (European Policy for Intellectual Property) association in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
The conference ran as a hybrid event attracting over 300 delegates and has brought to spotlight several ongoing research on economic, legal, and managerial aspects of IP. Scholars in the fields of economics, law, management science and political science, practitioners from several industries, patent offices and policy makers participated, predominantly from the Europe but also from other parts of the world.
PLENARY SESSIONS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
WELCOME SPEECHES
→ CATALINA MARTINEZ, CSIC Institute of Public Goods and Policies, EPIP President.
→ CARSTEN FINK, Chief Economist, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Onsite chair: Frank Tietze, Head Innovation and Intellectual Property (IIPM) Lab, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, EPIP President Elect.
Keynote speeches
“International intellectual property: a regime in permanent expansion?”
→ CARLOS CORREA, Executive Director of the South Centre, Switzerland.
“IP – an inventor’s perspective”
→ Sir GREGORY PAUL WINTER, Nobel prize-winning molecular biologist, Cambridge, UK
“Ecologies of IP openness”
→ SÉVERINE DUSOLLIER, Professor at Sciences Po Law School, Paris.
Roundtable – “Tackling global challenges with IP research: perspectives of IP office chief economists”
Moderator:
Reinhilde Veugelers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Panellists:
Yann Meniere, European Patent Office (EPO)
Carsten Fink, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Nathan Wajsman, European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Andrew Toole, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Roundtable – “IPACST – Intellectual Property for a sustainable future”
Moderators:
Elisabeth Eppinger, HTW Berlin
Ove Granstrand, Chalmers University of Technology
Panellists:
Anjula Gurtoo, Indian Institute of Science
Elena Kostadinova, Legal and Policy Officer, DG GROW, European Commission
Hansueli Stamm, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Julian Kolev, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Bernard Ong, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
Duncan Park, TOMRA Systems ASA
Jay Yonamine, Google
Christian Sternitzke,TEDIRO
Roundtable – “Openness in court – Judge roundtable”
Moderator:
Lionel Bently, Centre for IP and Innovation Law (CIPIL), University of Cambridge, UK
Panellists:
Hubertus Schacht, Judge, Munich Regional Court, Germany
Peter Blok, Professor, Center for Intellectual Property Law, Utrecht University
Richard Arnold, Judge, UK Court of Appeal
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
• Frank Tietze, Innovation and IP Management (IIPM) Laboratory - chair
• Henning Grose Ruse-Khan, Centre for IP and Information Law
• Lionel Bently, Centre for IP and Information Law
• David Erdos, Centre for IP and Information Law
• Pratheeba Vimalnath, Innovation and IP Management (IIPM) Laboratory
• Maximilian Elsen, Innovation and IP Management (IIPM) Laboratory
