International Conference on efficient alliance for commercializing upstream inventions with
a focus on co-inventions and co-ownership
This conference, supported by the JPO, aims at analyzing the efficient contract and
institutional design for developing and commercializing upstream inventions. One focal
issue is co-ownership of an invention. The conference covers three topics:
(1) Empirical analysis of ownership and inventor structure of upstream inventions, and of
the alliance contracts for their development and use.
(2) A global picture of strategic alliances and lessons from the US experiences
(3) Efficient contract and institutional design for commercialization of upstream inventions
Date December 11th 2006
Place Sano-shoin at Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo
http://www.econ.hit-u.ac.jp/~coe-res/paper_doc/sano.pdf
09:20 Welcome
Introduction: JPO
Session I: Empirical analysis of ownership and inventor structure of upstream inventions,
and of the alliance contracts for their development and use
Chair: Hiroyuki Odagiri, Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi
University
09:30 Structural characteristics of key upstream inventions: co-inventions,
co-ownership and their effects
Sadao Nagaoka, Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi
University
Discussant Tomohiko Koseki, Senior Manager of Legal Department, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
10:30 An analysis of industry-academia collaborations and intellectual property
management practices based on a new survey
Tomohiro Ijichi, Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
Discussant1 Koichi Sumikura, Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies
Discussant2 Masau Takayanagi, Intellectual Property Executive, Patent Attorney, Intellectual
Property Department, Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation
11:30 Characteristics of Ex-ante Research Contracts between University and the US
Life Science Industry
Kenta Nakamura, Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Discussant Sean O’Connor, Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Law, and
Associate Director, Center for Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property
12:10 Lunch
Session II: A global picture of strategic alliances and lessons from the US experiences
Chair: Reiko Aoki, Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
13:00 Alliance Formation in the Global Biotech-Pharma Industries
Hans-Werner Gottinger, Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University, and Professor, University of Maastricht
Discussant Hiroshi Akimoto, Managing Director, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
14:00 Patent Protection Scope for Upstream Inventions: Role of Patents in
Development of Strategic Alliances
Toshiko Takenaka, Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law, and the Director, Center for Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property
Discussant Mayumi Saito, Principal Examiner, Biotechnology Division/Examination Research
Office, Japan Patent Office
15:00 Issues in U.S. Tech Transfer Licenses, IPR Allocation, and Commercialization
Sean O’Connor, Associate Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law, and Associate Director, Center for Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual
Property
Discussant Hideo Owan, Professor, Graduate School of International Management, Aoyama
Gakuin Unviersity
16:00 Coffee
Session III: Efficient contract and institutional design for commercialization of upstream
inventions
Chair: Sadao Nagaoka, Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi
University
16:20 Future of industry and university collaboration and IPRs
Hajimu Morioka, Deputy Director of Intellectual Property Center, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Discussant Reiko Aoki, Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
17:10 to 18:00 An analysis of legal rules on co-inventorship and co-ownership, and its
implications
Masabumi Suzuki , Professor, Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University
Discussant Ryuta Hirashima, Associate Professor of Law, University of Tsukuba