■ International Workshop on PATSTAT and Patent Statistics

January 19, 2010 at 7F Conference Room, Institute of Intellectual Property, Kanda, Tokyo
Organized by Institute of Intellectual Property
Supported by IIR

Opening Address
Tateo Takiuchi (Institute of Intellectual Property)
Dominique Guellec (OECD Senior Economist)
[1] “Guide to the PATSTAT”
  James Rollinson (European Patent Office)
[2] “Linking of  PATSTAT and IIP Patent Database”
  Kazuyuki Motohashi (University of Tokyo)
[3] “Evaluating Continuing Applications in the US, Using PATSTAT Database”
Naotoshi Tsukada (IIR)
[4] “An Econometric Assessment of the Effects of Patent Thickets“
  Yoichiro Nishimura (Kanagawa University) and Sadao Nagaoka (IIR)

Closing Remarks
Sadao Nagaoka

■ Industry-Academia Collaboration Workshop on Process and Strategy in Biotechnology  Innovation

March 10, 2009 at Roppongi Academy Hills 49F, Tokyo
Organized by IIR
Supported by Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA)
Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (Office of Pharmaceutical Industry Research (OPIR))
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Opening Address
Seiichiro Yonekura (IIR)

Session I: Government Support to the Commercialization of Scientific Discovery
Chair: Sadao Nagaoka (IIR)

Keynote Speech 1: “Lessons from NIH SBIR Program”
  Charles Wessner (US National Academies)
  Comment: Katsushi Takehiro (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

Session II: Bio-based Innovation—Issues as Seen from the Industry
Chair: Kentaro Nobeoka (IIR)

Keynote Speech 2:“Exploiting the Biotechnology for Pharmaceutical Industry in Japan”
  Hiroshi Akimoto (University of Tokyo / Kyushu University / JPMA)

Keynote Speech 3: “Opportunities and Barriers to Biotechnology Firm Growth in Japan”
  Ichiro Nakatomi (NanoCarrier Co., Ltd.)
  Comment: Gensuke Tokoro (aRigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
        Yaichi Aoshima (IIR)

Session III: Mechanism of Commercialization of Biotechnology—Bio-startups and Alliance (Report
of the findings of joint research)
Chair: Hiroyuki Chuma (IIR)

(1) “Strategic Alliance as an Alternative Strategy for Bio-ventures”
  Seiichiro Yonekura and Eyo Shiaw Jia (IIR)
      Comment: Kiyokazu Yamazaki (Ichiyoshi Research Institute Inc.)
(2) “Entry and Growth Performance of the Japanese Biotechnology Industry”
Sadao Nagaoka (IIR), Yuji Honjo (Chuo University / IIR), Kenta Nakamura (Kobe University /
  IIR), Setsuo Morishita (JBA) and Yumi Shimizu (JBA)
      Comment: Akihiko Shimauchi (M’s Science Corporation)
(3) “Alliance Strategy and Performance of Major Pharmaceutical Firms in US, Europe and Japan”
  Sadao Nagaoka, Kenta Nakamura, Yuji Honjo, Toshiro Takashima (OPIR)
      Comment:  Masayuki Tsuchiya (Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
Closing Remarks:
Setsuo Morishita

One-day conference “Post-entry performance of firms: survival, innovation and 
growth” 

Date Saturday, January 24, 2009  9:30-18:00
Place Sanoshoin hall
Co-organizers
– Center for Economic Institutions, Hitotsubashi University
– Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University,
– JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (20243018)
  Speakers (alphabetical order):
 
– Luca Grilli (Politechnic of Milan, Italy)
– Jolanda Hessels (EIM Business and Policy Research, Netherlands)
– Masatoshi Kato (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
– Jose Mata (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
– Sadao Nagaoka (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
– Andre van Stel (EIM Business and Policy Research, Netherlands)

AEA International Conference on Patent and Innovation 2008.12.19-20

■ Summary Conference of the Hiroshi Fujiwara Endowed Chair in Venture Finance

March 10, 2008 at Sano-Shoin Hall, Kunitachi, Tokyo
Opening Address
Seiichiro Yonekura (Professor, IIR)

Keynote Speech
Hiroshi Fujiwara (President and CEO, Internet Research Institute, Inc.)
       “Industrial Revolution and the Role of Entrepreneur”
The Achievement of the Hiroshi Fujiwara Endowed Chair in Venture Finance
Shuzo Fujiwara (Visiting Professor, IIR)

Panel Discussion: Past, Present, and Future of the Japanese Venture Finance
Hiroshi Fujiwara
Hiroshi Uchikoga (CEO, Visionare Corporation)
Tomoyasu Oba (President, i’s Factory Co., Ltd.)
Yoichiro Hirano (President and CEO, Infoteria Corporation)
Kazutaka Muraguchi (General Partner, Nippon Technology Venture Partners, Ltd.)
Moderator: Shuzo Fujimura
Closing Remaks
Sadao Nagaoka (Director and Professor, IIR)

Workshop on market for technology and digital products 

Date: September 12th (Wednesday) from 14:00 to 17:30
Place:  Seminar Room of the IIR (2nd floor)
Program

14:00 to 15:15
“On the impact of digital music distribution”
by Kiho Yoon, Korea University
Discussant:   Sadao Nagaoka
15:15 to 16:15
“Coalition formation of a standard consortium and a patent pool”
by Reiko Aoki, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Discussant: Kiho Yoon
16:30 to 17:30
“Economic Analysis of Patent Law Exemption for Research on a Patented Innovation”
by Sadao Nagaoka, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
Discussant: Yoshihito YASAKI

■ International Workshop on Management of Foreign R&D: Experiences and Lessons from Japanese and German Multinationals 

March 10, 2007 at Hitotsubashi Mercury Tower, Kunicachi, Tokyo
Organizers:
Roman Bartnik, Mercator School of Management, Duisburg-Essen University
Sadao Nagaoka, IIR

Size and strategic importance of foreign R&D have grown strongly since the 1990s.  Consequently, the coordination of R&D conducted in foreign subsidiaries, choice of knowledge sourcing and foreign R&D collaborations have become increasingly urgent issues to innovative firms in both Japan and Germany.
While Japaenese organizations have become famous for efficiently integrating R&D processes across organizational units and hierarchical layers, experiene in managing R&D across country borders is quite limited.  German companies, while being less integrative on the domestic level, have internationalized their R&D earlier and more extensively.  It would thus seem that both parts can learn from each other and this worksop was held hopefully to be a frist step in this direction.

Session I
Chair: Sadao Nagaoka (IIR)
[1] “Strategic Alliances in Global Biotech Pharma Industries”
           Dr. Hans Gottinger
      Comment:
           Masau Takayanagi (Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation)
[2] “Coordinating International R&D: Evidence from Japanese and German Multinationals”
           Roman Bartnik (Hitotsubashi University / Duisburg-Essen University)
      Comment:
           Kazuhiro Asakawa (Keio University)
           Koichiro Nakamura (Kao Corporation)

Session II
Chair: Hiroyuki Odagiri (Hitotsubashi University)
[3] “Global R&D Management by Japanese Firms: A Metanational Perspective”
           Kazuhiro Asakawa (Keio University)
Comment:
           Hiroyuki Okamuro (Hitotsubashi University)
           Joerg Raupack (NEC-Schott Components Corporation)
[4] “Whether and How International Research Collaboration Enhance Research Productivity?”
           Sadao Nagaoka and Naotoshi Tsukada (Hitotsubashi University)
      Comment:
           Banri Ito (Keio University)
           Matthias Wegener (Henkel Japan, Ltd./ Kinki University)
[5] “Foreign R&D and Sourcing of Technological Knowledge by Japanese Companies”
           Tomoko Iwasa (Yokohama City University)
      Comment:
           Yasuyuki Todo (Aoyama Gakuin University)
           Dirk Ebert (Kostal Japan Co., Ltd.)

■ IIR Decennial International Symposium on Frontiers of Innovation Research: Towards an    
   Internationally Competitive Nation 

March 4-5, 2007 at Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, Kanda, Tokyo
Organized by
IIR and Nihon Keizai Shimbun
In collaboration with
Josuikai (Hitotsubashi alumni association)
This symposium was held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of IIR, aming at learning the lessons　on the future strategy for innovation research from the leaders of innovation research, highlighting some research outcomes of IIR and discussing their managerial and policy implications. The symposium was open to the general public of Japan.

Day 1: March 4, 2007
Welcome
Sadao Nagaoka (Director, IIR)
Opening Address
Takehiko Sugiyama (President, Hitotsubashi  University)
Guest Speeches
Koji Omi (Minister of Finance, Japan)
Kakutaro Kitashiro (Chairman, Japan Association of Corporate Executives)

Keynote Lecture 1
Michael A. Cusumano (Professor, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
       “The Importance of Services Innovation in Software and Other Industries”
Session I: The Strengths and Weakness of Japanese Firms: From a Perspective of Innovation
Process
Presentations
Hiroyuki Chuma (IIR)
       “Moore’s Law, Increasing Complexities, and Limits of Organization: Modern Implications of  
       Japanese DRAM ERA”
Yaichi Aoshima (IIR)
       “Technology and Competition in the Digital Still Camera Industry”
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Kentaro Nobeoka (Kobe University)
Hidemi Ishiuchi (Toshiba Semiconductor Co.)
Masahiro Konishi (Fujifilm Corporation)
Ken Kusunoki (Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University)
Hiroyuki Chuma
Yaichi Aoshima

    Session II: Who Take the Central Role in Innovation: Entrepreneurs or Intrapreneurs?
Presentations
Akira Takeishi (IIR)
      “Intrapreneurships within Large Corporations: Reasons and Consequences of Innovation in the Cases
      of Okochi Award Winners”
Seiichiro Yonekura (IIR)
       “Japan’s Venture Spirit: A Scientific Approach to Entrepreneurship”
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Seiichiro Yonekura
Ikujiro Nonaka (Emeritus Professor, Hitotsubashi University)
Hiroshi Fukino (Josuikai  / NanoGeometry Research, Inc. / Former Chair of Dell, Inc., Japan)
Junji Miyahara (Tokyo University of Science)
Hiroshi Fujiwara (Internet Research Institute, Inc.)
Tetsuya Iizuka (THine Electonics, Inc.)
Akira Takeishi
Day 2: March 5, 2007
Guest Speeches
Hiroshi Fukino (Josuikai  / NanoGeometry Research, Inc. / Former Chair of Dell, Inc., Japan)
Hiroyuki Abe (Member, Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters Cabinet / ex-Member, Council for
Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office)
       “Towards an Industrial and Social Restructuring Based on Innovations of Japanese Origin”
Keynote Lecture 2
Alfonso Gambardella (Professor, Department of Business Administration, Bocconi University)
       “Innovations for Products, Innovations for Licensing: When and Why We See Them and Why We Should Care”

Session III: Pro-innovation Intellectual Property System
Presentations
Sadao Nagaoka (IIR)
       “Competition and Collaboration in Innovation”
Tomohiro Ijichi (IIR)
       “Industry-academia Collaborations and Intellectual Property Right System in Japan”
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Hiroyuki Odagiri (Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
Hisashi Kato (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
Hajimu Morioka (Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)
Hideshi Itoh (Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University)
Sadao Nagaoka
Tomohiro Ijichi
    Session IV: Network and Innovation
Presentations
Toshihiro Nishiguchi (IIR)
       “Global Neighborhoods: Strategies of Successful Organizational Networks”
Jeffrey L. Funk (IIR)
       “Technological Discontinuities and Vertical Disintegration: Case of IT Industry in North America”

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Toshihiro Nishiguchi
Kenichi Imai (Emeritus Professor, Hitotsubashi University)
Nobuaki Miyama (Ministry of Defense, Japan)
Motoko Tsujita  (Ryukoku University)
Jeffrey L. Funk

Closing Remarks
Sadao Nagaoka

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