Sunday, July 16

Session I Chair: Yair Tauman

09:00 - 09:40

Yann Méničre  (Cerna, Ecole des mines de Paris)
Licensing a Standard: Fixed Fee versus Royalty
Discussant: Arijit Mukherjee

09:40 - 10:20

Luigi Filippini  (Universitŕ Cattolica, Milano)
Cournot Competition Among Multiproduct Firms: Specialization Through Licensing
Discussant: Filomena Garcia

10:20 - 10:35

Tea Break

Session II Chair: Shigeo Muto

10:35 - 11:15

Arijit Mukherjee  (University of Nottingham)
Unionization Structure, Licensing and Innovation
Discussant: Can Erutku

11:15 - 11:55

Sougata Poddar  (National University of Singapore)
Patent Licensing from High-Cost Firm to Low-Cost Firm
Discussant: Ramon Fauli-Oller

11:55 - 02:00

Lunch Break

Session III Chair: James Conley

02:00 - 02:40

Ramon Faulí-Oller  (Universitat d'Alacant)
Patent Licensing by Means of an Auction: Internal vs. External Patentee
Discussant: Luigi Filippini

02:40 - 03:20

Can Erutku  (Competition Bureau)
Licensing Innovations with Exclusive Contracts
Discussant: Yann Meniere

03:20 - 03:35

Tea Break

Session IV Chair: Yossi Spiegel

03:35 - 04:15

Giorgos Stamatopoulos  (University of Crete)
On the Licensing of a Demand-Enhancing Innovation
Discussant: Sougata Poddar

04:15 - 04:55

Debapriya Sen  (Stony Brook University)
Patent Licensing: a Survey  

04:55 - 05:10

Tea Break

Keynote Address Chair: Morton Kamien

05:10 - 06:10

Michael Katz  (University of California, Berkeley)
Complementary Innovations  

06:30 - 10:00

Reception Dinner

Monday, July 17

Session I Chair: Morton Kamien

09:00 - 09:40

Filomena Garcia  (ISEG Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa)
Quality Improvement and Network Externalities
Discussant: Giorgos Stamatopoulos

09:40 - 10:20

Wolfgang Gick  (Dartmouth College)
Little Firms and Big Patents: Patent Filing Incentives and Competition for Technology Partners
Discussant: Aniruddha Bagchi

10:20 - 10:35

Tea Break

Session II Chair: Israel Zang

10:35 - 11:15

Ram Orzach  (Oakland University)
The Benefit of the Start-Up Handicap
Discussant: Yossi Spiegel

11:15 - 11:55

Aniruddha Bagchi  (Vanderbilt University)
On the Optimal Number of Licensees for a Technology
Discussant: Ram Orzach

11:55 - 02:00

Lunch Break

Session III Chair: Michael Katz

02:00 - 02:40

Yossi Spiegel  (Tel Aviv University)
Licensing Interim R&D Knowledge
Discussant: Wolfgang Gick

02:40 - 03:20

Alberto Galasso  (London School of Economics)
Cross-License Agreements in the Semiconductor Industry: Waiting to Persuade?
Discussant: Israel Zang

03:20 - 03:35

Tea Break

Session IV Chair: Luigi Filippini

03:35 - 04:15

James Conley (Northwestern University) and Israel Zang  (Tel Aviv University)
Brand Management in Pharmaceuticals
Discussant: Alberto Galasso

04:15 - 04:55

Ming-Hung Weng  (Stony Brook University)
Selling Patent Rights and the Incentive to Innovate
Discussant: James Conley

04:55 - 05:10

Tea Break

Keynote Address Chair: Yair Tauman

05:10 - 06:10

Morton Kamien  (Northwestern University)
Entrepreneurship by the Books  

Tuesday, July 18

Session I Chair: Morton Kamien

09:00 - 09:40

Shigeo Muto  (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Stable Profit Sharing in Patent Licensing: General Bargaining Outcomes
Discussant: Yair Tauman

09:40 - 10:20

Artyom Jelnov  (Tel Aviv University)
The Private Value of a Patent: A Cooperative Approach
Discussant: Shigeo Muto

10:20 - 10:35

Tea Break

Session II Chair: Shigeo Muto

10:35 - 11:15

Andriy Zapechelnyuk  (The Hebrew University)
Bargaining with a Patent Holder: Axiomatic Approach
Discussant: Debapriya Sen