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We present an empirical analysis of the effects of patent thickets at the European Patent Office on entry into patenting by UK firms. Using a direct measure of patent thicket density, we provide evidence for the existence and growth of patent thickets in specific industries, notably in telecommunications, audiovisual technology, and computer technology. Our analysis indicates that the density of patent thickets is associated with reduced entry into patenting in the particular technology area (controlling for the level of patenting in that area). We find this effect to be particularly pronounced for electronics and telecommunications. It is also stronger for smaller than for large companies.

A question of considerable interest in a world of tightened resources is the relationship between research outputs to research inputs. At the national level, policy makers want to know the degree to which more funding leads to more research. At the micro level, funding agencies want to know the degree to which research can be attributed to the funds invested in researchers. These types of questions are sometimes answered by relating the amount of direct funding investigators receive from a foundation or agency to the number of articles published in the next two or three years.

The approach of relating publications to agency funding (PAF) highlights two issues encountered in examining the relationship between research inputs and outputs. The first is one of attribution: exactly which articles should be attributed to what funding stream? In the PAF approach all articles published in the next few years are attributed to total agency funding received in a given year. Yet some articles undoubtedly result from funding received prior to the year being studied while others relate to funding received in future years. The PAF approach also assumes that all articles can be attributed to funding from one agency. Yet many researchers have funding from more than one agency.

The Graduation Ceremony of the MIPLC's 11th class will take place on Friday, November 14, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. at the Rococo Hall of Augsburg (Rokokosaal der Regierung von Schwaben), Fronhof 10, 86152 Augsburg, Germany.

You will receive a formal invitation in due time, but kindly save the date for this event even now.

We look forward to celebrating with you the successful completion of the LL.M. program "Intellectual Property and Competition Law" by the class of 2013/14.

Das nächste Institutsseminar findet am Dienstag, 11. November 2014 um 18.00 Uhr s.t. im Raum E 10, Hauptgebäude, statt.

Natalia Lukaszewicz wird sprechen über "A study on patent use exception for user-generated inventions. The Maker movement meets patent law".Franciska Schönherr wird moderieren.

Bitte denken Sie daran, dass die Teilnahme aller Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten der Abteilungen für Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht erwartet wird. Es wird eine Anwesenheitsliste ausliegen.

Gerne möchten wir Sie auf den Vortrag:

Die Rolle des EPA in einem globalisierten Umfeld
Raimund Lutz, Vizepräsident des Europäischen Patentamtsaufmerksam machen und Sie dazu sehr herzlich einladen.

Der Vortrag ist Teil des Patentrechtszyklus 2014 "Patentrecht in der Krise?" des Max-Planck-Instituts für Innovation und Wettbewerb. Er findet statt am Freitag, den 31. Oktober 2014, um 18.00 Uhr, im Raum E 10 des MPI für Innovation und Wettbewerb, Marstallplatz 1, 80539 München.

Im Anschluss an den Vortrag wird es einen Empfang zu Ehren von HerrnProf. Dr. Rudolf Kraßer geben, zu dem Sie ebenfalls herzlich eingeladen sind. Herr Prof. Dres. h.c. Joseph Straus wird zu diesem Anlass eine Laudatio halten.

Nils Wahl has been Advocate General at the Court of Justice since 28 November 2012. Previously, he was Judge at the General Court from 7 October 2006 to 28 November 2012, Chairman of the Swedish Network for European Legal Research (2001-06), member of the Council for Competition Law Matters (2001-06), Managing Director of an educational foundation (1993-2004), Professor of European Law, University of Stockholm (2001); Associate Professor (docent) and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair of European Law (1995), Doctor of Laws, University of Stockholm (1995).

Max Planck Lecture Series: Future Challenges of Competition Policy after 10 Years of Modernisation

The tenth anniversary of the entry into force of Regulation No. 1/2003 and of the Merger Control Regulation No. 139/2004 commemorates the most significant competition policy projects of the last decade: modernisation, decentralisation and the more economic approach. The project of modernisation has led to enforcement procedures and decisions which exhibit novel characteristics. Decentralisation has expanded the role of national competition authorities and has also assigned special European responsibility to these authorities. The more economic approach has laid the grounds for novel strands of arguments. In addition, the tenth anniversary of EU enlargement marks a decade of direct application of competition law in the formerly socialist EU Member States.

Against the background of these major upheavals, the lecture series intends to take a forward looking approach by focussing on the future challenges, necessities and developments of EU competition policy. Central actors of EU competition policy, academics and experts from the legal and economic profession are invited to engage in a critical discourse.

We are pleased to invite you!Please register until 10 October 2014 with delia.zirilli(at)ip.mpg.de.

Dr. Gerd von Laffert
Leiter des Referats Energiepolitische Grundsatzfragen, Energierecht, Bayer. Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft und Medien, Energie und Technologie.

Urban Windelen
Geschäftsführer, Bundesverband Energiespeicher.

Christoph Dany
Energiepolitische Grundsatzfragen, Kontaktbüro Berlin, Stadtwerke München.

Andreas Flamm
Director of Regulatory Affairs Europe, Entelios AG - an EnerNOC Company.

Dr. Werner Schnappauf
Bayer. Staatsminister a.D. für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz.Philipp WolffGeschäftsführer, Deutsches CleanTech Institut.

Das nächste Institutsseminar findet am Dienstag, 14. Oktober 2014 um 18.00 Uhr s.t. im Raum E 10, Hauptgebäude, statt.

Panagiotis Tsangaris wird sprechen über "Capacity constraints in the electricity spot market: between competition law and REMIT". Henri de Belsunce wird moderieren.

Bitte denken Sie daran, dass die Teilnahme aller Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten der Abteilungen für Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht erwartet wird. Es wird eine Anwesenheitsliste ausliegen.

We are delighted to invite you to the next lecture in the MIPLC Lecture Series, which will be held on Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. in the MIPLC classroom (room 220), which is located on the second floor of the Marstallstraße 8.

Professor John F. Duffy will speak on "Statutory Domain and the Commercial Law of I ntellectual Property: Understanding the U.S. Exhaustion Doctrine". Please see the attached invitation for further information and details.

Nur auf Einladung!