The 18th annual conference of the EPIP Association was organised by the Chair of lntellectual Property Law of the Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University in Kraków on September 11-13, 2019. The lead theme of the conference was “IP, Innovation and Technology: Challenging the Present, Inspiring the Future”. The conference brought together a diverse group of experts to explore the current state and future of intellectual property, innovation, and technology. Although the conference was a hybrid event, the vast majority of the participants were present in person. The conference was supported by a grant from the European Union  Intellectual Property (EUIPO).

The participants had the opportunity to engage in discussions and presentations that touched on a range of issues related to these subjects, including the shifting role of IP in the world, the relationship between IP and innovation, the impact of new technologies on IP law, the balance between IP protection and open access, and the role of IP in shaping sustainable innovation systems, health policies, and business models, particularly in the digital realm.

  • LEAD TOPICS

    • IP SYSTEM AT THE CROSSROADS
    • IP FOR INNOVATION, BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
    • IP IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
    • INTERFACES BETWEEN IP, INNOVATION AND REGULATORY SYSTEMS

  • FURTHER TOPICS

    The changing world - new (or no) space for IP? • Human-centric or machine-centric IP system? • Rethinking IP law for new technologies • IP overprotection and overlaps • Patents or open access to emerging technologies • Extending or limiting IP exemptions? • The changing litigation landscape in Europe • The role of IP offices in IP and innovation ecosystems • Future sustainable IP and innovation systems • IP, innovation and future health policies • IP as an incentive or disincentive for innovation? • Gender gap in IP and innovation • Open innovation • IP quality, safety and standardization • The economic value of IPRs • IP for SMEs • IP and the digital reform in the EU • Business models and IP strategies for digital business • Copyright management in the digital society • IP in the metaverse • Virtual markets and IP infringement and enforcement • Access to data versus protection of data • Relevance of IPRs in the practice of regulatory agencies • The interplay between platform regulation and IP • IP law as a regulatory system • The impact of new EU legislation: DSA/DMA


  • PLENARY SESSIONS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

    1. WELCOME SPEECHES
    Frank Tietze, EPIP President 2022-2023

    Dorota Malec, Vice-Rector of the Jagiellonian University for International Relations

    Jerzy Pisuliński, Dean of the Jagiellonian University Faculty of Law and Administration

    Piotr Zakrzewski, Vice President of the Patent Office of Republic of Poland

    Robert Piaskowski, Plenipotentiary for Culture of the Mayor of the City of Kraków

    2. KEYNOTES SPEECHES
    • Internet Challenges for the Protection of Intellectual Property  (Prof. Maciej Szpunar; Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union)
    • Financial Market Reactions to International Patent Disclosures and Grants (Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)
    • IP overlaps – chance, nuisance or (new) normality? (Prof. Annette Kur, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)

    3. ROUNDTABLES AND PLENARY SESSIONS

    • Perspectives of IP Office Chief Economists: IP Rights in the face of new technologies
    Participants: Carsten Fink (Chief Economist of the WIPO), Andrew Toole (Chief Economist at the USPTO), Nathan Wajsman (Chief Economist of the EUIPO), Brent Lutes (Chief economist of the US Copyright Office), Yann Ménière (Chief Economist of the EPO), Piotr Zakrzewski (Deputy President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland)

    Chair: Prof. Catalina Martinez (CSIC Institute of Public Goods and Policies)

    • Judges roundtable: The Changing Litigation Landscape and Strategies in Europe
    Participants: Sir Richard Arnold (Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales), Angel Galgo Peco (President, Commercial Law Section, Court of Appeal of Madrid), Virginia Melgar (Chairperson of the 5th Board of Appeal of EUIPO)

    Chair: Prof. Nari Lee (Hanken School of Economics)

    • Plenary session: Overlapping IP Rights: Still An (Unavoidable) Problem in the 21st Century?
    Participants: Prof. Estelle Derclaye (University of Nottingham), Alexander Cuntz (WIPO)

    Chairs: Prof. Annette Kur, Prof. Irene Calboli (Texas A&M University School of Law)

  • LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITEE

    • JUSTYNA OŻEGALSKA-TRYBALSKA, Jagiellonian University (EPIP, local organiser, Chair)

    • SYBILLA STANISŁAWSKA-KLOC, Jagiellonian University (local organiser)

    • MICHAŁ MARKIEWICZ, Jagiellonian University (local organiser)

    • BOHDAN WIDŁA, Jagiellonian University (local organiser)

  • INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE

    • IRENE CALBOLI, Texas A&M University School of Law, USA (EPIP)

    • NARI LEE, Hanken School of Economics, Finland (EPIP)

    • CATALINA MARTINEZ, Institute of Public Goods and Policies, Spain (CSIC-IPP),

    • NICOLA SEARLE, Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom (EPIP)

    • FRANK TIETZE, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (EPIP)

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The EPIP Association was a beneficiary of a grant from the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) under decision #1320220004 to support the understanding of IP economics and benefit local organisers running the annual conference.