Patentrechtszyklus  |  20.09.2019, 18:00

Patentrecht in der Krise?

Heli Pihlajamaa, Direktorin der Direktion Patentrecht im Europäischen Patentamt

Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, Marstallplatz 1, München, Raum E10


Heli Pihlajamaa ist verantwortlich für die Unterstützung der Ziele des EPA durch die Entwicklung, Stärkung und Förderung des EPÜ und der Praxis des EPA einschließlich der Ausarbeitung von Vorschlägen zu Gesetzes- und Richtlinienänderungen sowie die Einhaltung von patentrechtlichen Normen und der Rechtsprechung. Sie berät darüber hinaus das höhere Management des EPA bei patentrechtlichen Fragen. In Ihrem Vortrag wird sie erläutern warum das Patentrecht weder wegen der Künstlichen Intelligenz noch wegen der Biotechnologie in der Krise ist.

Seminar  |  18.09.2019 | 12:00  –  13:15

Brown Bag-Seminar: Catalysts for Gender Inclusion in Innovation: The Role of Universities and Their Top Inventors

Mercedes Delgado (MIT Sloan School, visiting Copenhagen Business School)

Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Raum 313


Ansprechpartner: Michael E. Rose, Ph.D.

Vortrag  |  11.09.2019, 18:00

MIPLC-Lecture-Series: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in the Patent System

Andrei Iancu, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, Marstallplatz 1, München, Raum E10


Abstract
This lecture will cover the growing capabilities and economic impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its implications for IP policy and law. Moreover, it will explain how the USPTO helps the U.S. to continue leading when it comes to innovation, especially in the emerging technologies of the future, including AI and machine learning.


Speaker Bio
In his role as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Andrei Iancu provides leadership and oversight to one of the largest intellectual property offices in the world. He also serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Commerce on domestic and international intellectual property policy matters.
Prior to joining the USPTO, Mr. Iancu was the Managing Partner at Irell & Manella LLP, where his practice focused on intellectual property litigation. Mr. Iancu has also taught patent law at the UCLA School of Law and has written and spoken publicly on a variety of intellectual property issues. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Iancu was an engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company.
Mr. Iancu holds a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law. He also has a Master of Science in mechanical engineering and a Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering, both from UCLA. His full bio can be found at https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/executive-biographies/andrei-iancu

Seminar  |  10.09.2019, 18:00

Institutsseminar: Freier Werkgenuss? Begründungsdilemma im Urheberrecht

Ansgar Kaiser (Teilnahme auf Einladung)

Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, Marstallplatz 1, München, Raum 101


Moderation: Laura Valtere

Seminar  |  24.07.2019 | 12:00  –  13:30

Brown Bag-Seminar: Persecution and Escape: The Fate of Skilled Jews in Nazi Germany

Volker Lindenthal (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Raum 313


Ansprechpartner: Michael Rose, Ph.D.

Seminar  |  18.07.2019 | 12:00  –  13:30

Brown Bag-Seminar: Leaning in or Not Leaning Out? Opt-out Choice Framing Attenuates Gender Differences in the Decision to Compete

Nicola Lacetera (University of Toronto)

Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Raum 313


In most organizations, promotions often requires self-nomination and entry into competition. However, research on gender differences in self-promotion and preference for competition suggests that this “opt-in” process might result in fewer women choosing to compete. We study whether changing promotion schemes from a default where applicants must opt in (i.e., self-nominate) to a default where applicants must opt out (i.e., those who pass a qualification threshold are automatically considered for promotion, but can choose not to be considered) will attenuate gender differences. In our first experiment, although women are less likely than men to choose competitive environments under the traditional opt-in framing, there is no gender difference when the choice to compete is described using opt-out framing. The increase in participation of women into competition is not associated with negative consequences for performance or well-being. Further, in our second experiment we show that opt-out framing does not entail penalties from evaluators making decisions about whom to hire. These results suggest that organizations could make use of “opt-out” promotion schemes as a behavioral intervention to reduce the gender gap in promotion rates and ascension to leadership positions. More generally, our study provides additional support to the promise of choice architecture to reduce disparities in organizations.


Ansprechpartner: Dr. Marina Chugunova

Seminar  |  17.07.2019 | 12:00  –  13:30

Brown Bag-Seminar: Characterizing the Entrepreneur Using Experimental Economics

Krista Saral (Geneva Webster)

Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Raum 313

We study decision making by graduate students and entrepreneurship program participants in a variety of individual and group settings. Nascent and current entrepreneurs differ from non-entrepreneurs along several dimensions. Nascent entrepreneurs are more trustworthy than non-entrepreneurs and current entrepreneurs, and are also more likely to be overconfident. While current and nascent entrepreneurs are no more likely to choose competitive pay schemes than others, they react to competition by performing better. Current and nascent entrepreneurs are less cooperative, more patient, and more honest than non-entrepreneurs. Nascent entrepreneurs are surprisingly different than current entrepreneurs, including being far more likely to be women.

Ansprechpartner: Dr. Marina Chugunova

Vortrag  |  15.07.2019 | 18:30  –  20:00

MIPLC Lecture Series: Challenges and Opportunities in Life Sciences Today

Sarah Columbia (McDermott Will & Emery, Boston), Dr. Rüdiger Herrmann (McDermott Will & Emery, Frankfurt)

Abstract

This lecture will cover many of the topics most pressing in the world of Life Sciences transactions and disputes today, drawing on experience with German, European, Chinese as well as US legal developments. The intent of the lecture is to provide a practical look at the issues practitioners need to understand to provide advice in transactions, disputes and other decision-making for Life Sciences companies. The presenters will address, in particular: (1) current trends in co-development, co-promotion, regional and joint venture deals; (2) Intellectual Property developments, including second medical use issues and new developments in antibody patent protection in Europe and the US; (3) biosimilar trends and developments. The presenters will discuss general issues which interface with data privacy and GDPR, but will not separately focus on data privacy or data breach issues in this lecture.


Speaker Bios

Sarah Columbia (Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, Boston) is a US lawyer who focuses her practice on intellectual property disputes, including some of the most significant Life Sciences cases of the past 5 years. She has extensive experience representing clients in the courts in the US and coordinating disputes that reach into Europe and Asia. 


Dr. Rüdiger Herrmann (Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, Frankfurt) is a German qualified lawyer who focuses his practice on key transactions in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. He has a wealth of experience advising national and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, licensing agreements, collaboration agreements, strategic alliances, initial public offerings, and private equity/venture capital transactions. He has a particularly strong background in dealing with life science matters in Europe, the US, China and Taiwan. 

Seminar  |  10.07.2019 | 11:00  –  12:30

Brown Bag-Seminar: The Impact of Government Funding on Science: Evidence from the U.S. Government Shutdown

Christian Helmers (Santa Clara University)

Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, München, Raum 313


I examine the impact of a funding shock caused by the 16-day long U.S. Federal Government shutdown in 2013 on scientific research. The timing of the government shutdown coincided with the beginning of the Arctic summer, which is the crucial albeit short period for researchers to set up their experiments and measurements in the Antarctic. This means that although the shutdown lasted for only slightly more than two weeks, its timing substantially magnified its effect on federally funded research in the Antarctic. I use information on specific research projects in the Antarctic funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that were critically affected by the shutdown: projects were either cancelled in their entirety, their start substantially delayed, often by at least an entire year, or they lost a substantial amount of data because no measurements could be taken during the year following the shutdown. My ability to identify specific projects and the individual scientists affected by the shutdown allows me to identify the causal impact of a large, exogenous funding shock on research outcomes and career trajectories of individual scientists.


Ansprechpartner: Dr. Fabian Gaessler

Tagung  |  05.07.2019 | 14:00  –  18:00

Artificial Intelligence, Innovation and Competition: New Tools, New Rules

Tagung des Instituts in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Alumni-Verein (auf Einladung)

Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb, Raum E10


Programm und Informationen auf der Seite des Alumni-Vereins.