Workshop on Knowledge, IPRs and Innovation 2014.11.16

Workshop on Knowledge, IPRs and Innovation

Date: November 16th (Sunday) 2014
Venue: Expert-Club
(Kasumigaseki Common Gate Shop & Restaurant Annex 1F, 3-2-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku)
http://www.kk2.ne.jp/kk2/ex_club_web/

Start time is changed

15:00 Open

15:30 to 17:00
1. Presentations by Japanese scholars
Chair  Dietmar Harhoff, Professor and Director for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research,   Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

(1) Tetsuo Wada, Gakushuin University,
“Quality Comparison of International Search Reports”

(2) Yoshimi Okada, Hitotsubashi University,
“Effect of early patent disclosure on knowledge dissemination: Evidence from the impact of introducing Pre-Grant Publication System in the United States”

(3) Isamu Yamauchi, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry,
“Use of science for inventions and its disclosure: Patent level evidence matched with a survey result”

17:10 to 18:40
2. Keynote presentations
Chair  Sadao Nagaoka, Hitotsubashi University

(1) Keun Lee, Seoul National University,
“CATCHING-UP WITH ‘SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT’ TECHNOLOGIES?: ANSWERS FROM HUAWEI’S CATCH-UP WITH ERICSSON”

(2) Beth Webster, University of Melbourne,
“Patent examination outcomes in the IP5 offices”
(paper with Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Paul Jensen, and Alfons Palangkaraya )

Registration:
Please contact chosa(at)iir.hit-u.ac.jp by 10:00 November 14. Please write
“November 16th Workshop” in the subject field and send the following
information.
1) Name
2) Affiliation
3) Position