The panel "Property rights versus liability rules—theories and practical implications" chaired by
Irene Calboli, Texas A & M University, included panelists:
Thomas Cottier
The legal nature of intellectual property rights in international law
Graeme Dinwoodie
Trademark Law and a Return to Unfair Competition Principles?
Christophe Geiger
Empowering Remuneration Rights in Copyright Law
Ana Santos Rutschman
Cathedrals, Tulips and the Public Interest: Jerry Reichman’s Scholarship and Biopharmaceutical Innovation
Martin Senftleben
Liability Rules for Safeguarding the Open, Participative Internet in the EU
The conference focused on six themes: the economics of innovation and development; whether antitrust and competition law trust intellectual property law too much; the “puzzles” of overlapping and hybrid intellectual property rights; the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the role of intellectual property rights in developing countries; challenges facing the digital commons; non-voluntary licensing of pharmaceutical patents; and property rights versus liability rules — theories and practical implications. Panelists included experts from government and international/inter-governmental organizations, as well as faculty from the Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
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