19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OF THE EPIP ASSOCIATION

Intellectual property and the future of the data economy

PISA, ITALY
SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2024

The 19th annual conference of the EPIP Association was organised by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa), in cooperation with the University of Pisa, in Pisa on September 11-13, 2024. The lead theme of the conference was “Intellectual property and the future of the data economy”. The conference brought together scholars in the fields of economics, law, management science and political science, as well as stakeholders and policymakers for theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented presentations and discussions on intellectual property protection, science and innovation.

  • LEAD TOPICS

    • The role of IP in shaping sustainable innovation systems
    • The interfaces between IP, innovation and regulatory systems
    • IP, diversity and inclusion
    • The impact of new technologies on IP law
    • IP costs and benefits: time for revolutionary changes?


  • FURTHER TOPICS

    IP and the new data legislation • Impact of data and new technologies on IP law, the economics of IP and IP management • IP systems as actors shaping the new data economy and digital markets • Impact of IP on data and AI innovation • Tension between free flow of data, data sharing and IP exclusivity: access to data versus protection of data • Potentials of data in fostering the role of IP for creativity and innovation • Patent and copyright data infrastructures: opportunities and challenges


  • KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

    1. KEYNOTES SPEECHES
    • Aija Leiponen (Professor, Duson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University) - “Innovating with data”

    • Matthias Leistner (Professor of Intellectual Property Law, LMU Munich) - “AI as a global challenge to copyright: The European perspective after the AI Act”

  • ROUNDTABLES

    • Perspectives from Economists at IP Offices
    Chair: Nicola Searle – Senior Lecturer, Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths University of London

    • Round 1: Patents : Carsten Fink – Chief Economist, WIPO, Andrew Toole – Chief Economist, US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Emilie Gallois – Responsable du pôle Etudes, INPI France

    • Round 2: Trademarks and copyrights : Nathan Wajsman – Chief Economist, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Brent Lutes – Chief Economist, U.S. Copyright Office, Bernard Ong – Group Director of Policy and Engagement at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)

    • Blurred lines: data governance, data ownership and intellectual property rights
    Chair: Tanya Aplin – Professor of Intellectual Property Law, King’s College London

    • Martin Kretschmer – Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director of CREATe, University of Glasgow

    • Niva Elkin-Koren – Professor of Law, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law

    • Maria Savona – Professor of Applied Economics, LUISS University, Rome; Professor of Economics of Innovation, SPRU, University of Sussex

    • Luis Aguiar – Associate Professor of Management and Economics of Digital Transformation in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Zurich, Switzerland


    • EPIP meets EU policymakers
    Chair: Harrie Temmink, Head of Service “Intellectual Property in the Digital World”, Observatory on Infringements of IP Rights, EUIPO

    • Brando Benifei – Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Rapporteur of the AI Act

    • Kamil Kiljański – Head of Unit, DG GROW.C.4 Intangible Economy

    • Sharon Israel – USPTO, Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs

    • Rita Wezenbeek – Director, DG CNECT.F – Platforms Policy and Enforcement

    • Views from Intellectual Property Judges
    Chair: Virginia Melgar – EUIPO

    • Ingeborg Simonsson, Judge, Court of Appeal, Unified Patent Court

    • Maria José Costeira, President of the Sixth Chamber, General Court of the European Union

    • Richard Arnold, Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of England and Wales

    • Zane Petersone, Judge at the Latvia Supreme Court

    • Geographical indications between competitiveness and sustainability: challenges and opportunities
    Chair: Irene Calboli – Regent Professor of Law, Texas A&M University

    • Marie Paule Rizo – WIPO

    • Katarina Kompari – EUIPO

    • Dev Gangjee – Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Oxford

    • Raffaella Alia – Director for Strategy and Development, Marchesi Antinori

    • Flavio Innocenzi – Director, Asiago PDO Cheese Consortium

    • UIP-SPONSORED ROUNDTABLE - EPIP meets local innovators
    Chair: Andrea Piccaluga – Professor of Innovation Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa

    • Gisella Di Domizio – Product Costing Improvement, Claim and Patent Manager at Dumarey Flowmotion Technologies srl 

    • Giacomo Tazzini – CEO, Erre Quadro

    • Paolo Bacci – Owner, Paolino Bacci Srl

    • SIB-SPONSORED ROUNDTABLE - UPC litigation scenarios: the tools of the new court for an effective enforcement of (and defense from) patent rights
    Chair: Magali Contardi – Post-doctoral Researcher in IP Law, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa

    • Mario Pozzi – SIB (Società Italiana Brevetti) LEX

    • Davide Rondano – SIB (Società Italiana Brevetti)

    • Stefano Baracco – Executive Intellectual Property Manager, Piaggio Group

    • Federica Canu – IP expert, ENEL Group 

  • SPECIAL SESSIONS

    • Putting IP Policy into practice – from IP Policy to IP and innovation management in the 21st century
    Chair: Alfred Radauer (IMC University of Applied Sciences - Krems)
    • Lawful access in EU (copyright) law
    Chair: Martin Kretschmer (University of Glasgow) – Thomas Margoni (KU Leuven)
    • WIPO Special Session - The impact on new technologies on creativity and new content supply in the age of AI
    Chair: Brent Lutes (US Copyright Office)
    • WIPO Special Session - How can IP contribute to industrial and innovation policymaking?
    Chair: Julio Raffo (WIPO)
    • The uneven geography of standards
    Chair: Emilio Raiteri (Eindhoven University of Technology

  • THEMED SESSIONS

    • Reflections on the first anniversary of the UPC: are we on the way to a unified vision of European patent law?
    Chair: Esther van Zimmeren (University of Antwerp)
    • Copyright, data and digital legislation for research: towards a new research-based regulatory paradigm?
    Chair: Roberto Caso (University of Trento)
    • Circular Economy: the Need for a Paradigm Shift in IP Law
    Chair: Irene Calboli (Texas A&M University School of Law)
    • Upcycling and Intellectual Property Law: policy and interdisciplinary considerations of upcycling on a global scale
    Chair: Peter Mezei (University of Szeged)

 
 

  • LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITEE

    • CATERINA SGANGA, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (Italy)
    • ALBERTO DI MININ, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (Italy)
    • ILARIA KUTUFÀ, University of Pisa, School of Law, Pisa (Italy)
    • ARIANNA MARTINELLI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (Italy)
    • ALESSANDRO NUVOLARI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (Italy)

  • INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE

    • TANYA APLIN, King’s College, London (UK)
    • IRENE CALBOLI, Texas A&M University (US) and University of Geneva (Switzerland)
    • CAROLINA CASTALDI, University of Utrecht (Netherlands)
    • MARTIN KRETSCHMER, CREATe, School of Law, University of Glasgow (UK)
    • THOMAS MARGONI, KU Leuven (Belgium)
    • KEITH MASKUS, University of Colorado – Boulder (US)
    • JUSTYNA OZEGALSKA-TRYBALSKA, Jagiellonian University (Poland)
    • JOOST POORT, IViR, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
    • NICOLA SEARLE, Goldsmiths University of London (UK)
    • FRANK TIETZE, University of Cambridge (UK)
    • STEFAN WAGNER, ESMT Berlin (Germany)
    • ESTHER VAN ZIMMEREN, University of Antwerp (Belgium)

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