2016 Conference

Tuesday, 15 November 2016 – Conference Day 1

0830 – 1745	Registration desk open
0900 – 0930	Welcome to Country Welcome address by Patricia Kelly (IP Australia) and Dirk Pilat (OECD) Opening address by Hon Craig Laundy MP, Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Grand Ballroom
0930 – 1015	Keynote – Francis Gurry, WIPO
1015 – 1100	Morning Tea - Grand Foyer
1100 – 1230	Session 1 – International patent protection and trade Chair: Yann Ménière (EPO) Grand Ballroom
1100 – 1230	Paul Jensen (University of Melbourne), Alfons Palangkaraya & Beth Webster (Swinburne University of Technology) The effect of patents on trade Brian Wright (Berkeley), Siwei Cao (Beijing Normal University), & Zhen Lei (Penn State) Speed of patent protection, rate of technical knowledge obsolescence and optimal patent strategy evidence from innovations patented in the US, China and several other countries Kamil Kiljański (European Commission) Patent supplementary protection certificates and pharmaceutical investment: Cross-country evidence
1230 – 1330	Lunch Grand Foyer
1330 – 1430	Panel 1 – IP in free trade agreements Chair: Carsten Fink (WIPO) Grand Ballroom Daren Tang (IPOS); Patricia Kelly (IP Australia); Johanne Belisle (CIPO)
1430 – 1600	Session 2 – Entrepreneurship and firm growth with a patent data lens Chair: Ruud Peters (Philips IP Consultancy) Grand Ballroom
1430 – 1600	Arvids Ziedonis (Stanford University & Boston University) The private value of patents for entrepreneurial firms: Evidence from medical devices, semiconductor devices and software Jan- Bart Vervenne & Bart van Looy (KU Leuven) Small business and economic growth: Delineating the impact of Schumpeterian entrepreneurship in Europe using patent statistics Isamu Yamauchi (Meiji Gakuin University) & Sadao Nagaoka (Tokyo Keizai University) Effects of first patent acquisition on the corporate growth
1600 – 1630	Afternoon Tea Grand Foyer
1630 – 1745	Panel 2 – Reviewing and reforming the IP system Chair: Dirk Pilat (OECD) Grand Ballroom Jeremy de Beer (University of Ottawa); Pippa Hall (UK-IPO); Jonathan Coppel (Productivity Commission); Mark Schankerman (London School of Economics)
1745 – 1800	Close of Day 1 and invitation to drinks and dinner (IP Australia)
1800 – 2200	Cocktails and canapés followed by conference dinner Grand Ballroom, Four Seasons

Wednesday, 16 November 2016 – Conference Day 2

0830 – 1715	Registration desk opens
0900 – 1050	Session 3 – Patent quality and value Chair: Rosemarie Ziedonis (Boston University) Grand Ballroom
0900 – 1050	Yoshimi Okada (Hitotsubashi University) Effects of quality improvement in international search reports on patent applicants’ behavior: Evidence from examination policy change in the Japan patent office in 1999 Alan Marco (USPTO), Joshua Sarnoff (DePaul University) & Charles deGrazia (University of London) Patent claims and patent scope Andrew Torrance (University Of Kansas) & Jevin D. West (University Of Washington) Are litigated patents more valuable? Mark J. Thompson (ETH Zurich) The value of international patent protection: A new look
1050 – 1120	Morning Tea Grand Foyer
1120 – 1245	Session 4 – Trade marks, brands and geographical indications Chair: Beth Webster (Swinburne University of Technology) Grand Ballroom
1120 – 1245	Dirk Crass (ZEW), Dirk Czarnitzki (KU Leuven) & Andrew A. Toole (USPTO) The dynamic relationship between investments in brand equity and firm profitability: Evidence using trade mark registrations Hazel Moir (Australian National University) Geographical indications: EU policy at home and abroad Angelina Bruno (Dept. of Industry) & Luke Meehan (IP Australia) If trademarks lead business confidence, can it be forecast reliably?
1245 – 1345	Lunch Grand Foyer
1345 – 1500	Panel 3 – Patent analytics in business Chair: Alica Daly (IP Australia) Grand Ballroom Brendan Cheong (Rio Tinto); Marcus Lawford-Miles (Servian); Andrew Leech (James Cook University); Derek Minihane (Cochlear)
1500 – 1530	Afternoon Tea – Coffee and tea break
1530 – 1700	Session 5 – Patents, standards and technology development Chair: Paul Jensen (University of Melbourne) Grand Ballroom
1530 – 1700	Justus Baron (Northwestern University) The causal effect of essential patents on follow-on innovation related to technology standards Gaétan de Rassenfosse & Emilio Raiteri (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Technology protectionism and the patent system: Strategic technologies in China Heng Geng (Victoria University of Wellington), Sandy Lai (University Of Hong Kong) & Harald Hau (University of Geneva) Technological progress and ownership structure
1700 – 1715	Close of Conference
1745 – 2030	Drinks and Harbourside Cruise - Commissioners Steps Wharf

Posters

Amanda Scardamaglia & Mitchell Adams Registering non-traditional signs as trade marks in Australia: A retrospective
T’Mir Julius, Gaétan De Rassenfosse & Alfons Palangkaraya From technology to market: Revelations from an IPCNice Concordance Table
Vera Jahn & M.F. Steinhardt Innovation and immigration – “Insights from a placement” policy
Bassem Awad & Marsha Cadogan The politics and state of play of geographical indications in preferential trade agreements
Tetsuo Wada Divergent rejection reasons and grant decisions: Evidence from the trilateral patent offices
Jeremy de Beer, Erika Kraemer-Mbula & Sacha Wunsch-Vincent Book Launch: The Informal Economy in Developing Nations – Hidden Engine of Innovation?
Jeremy de Beer Evidence-based IP policymaking: An integrated review of methods and conclusions