Friday 7 th october 2005

8h-8h30

Registration

8h30-9h00

Welcome Speech by Xavier Vence (University of Santiago de Compostela) , Jacques Mairesse ( CREST-INSEE, Paris) , José Gomez Segade(University of Santiago de Compostela) and Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez (Spanish Patent Office)

9h-10h45

IP and Competition Policy

Alfonso Gambardella ( IEGI- University of Bocconi)-" The market for patents in Europe"-, Mark Rogers (Harris Manchester College)-"The Value of Innovation: The Interaction of Competition, R&D and IP"

In Chair : David Encaoua (University of Paris 1, Pantheon)

10h45-11h15

Coffee

11h15 – 13h

IP in Latin America and Developing Countries

Horacio Rangel (UNAM, México) - "The Impact of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in Latin America . A patent Law Perspective"-, Ana Maria Pacon (Max Plank Institute)- "Patent and Developing Countries at the Light of Bilateral FTT"-,Maurice Cassier (CNRS) -" Patents, Innovation and Public Health"

In Chair : Miguel Hidalgo (Spanish Patent Office)

13h-14h30

Lunch

14h30-16h15

IP and Data Bases

Bertrand Warusfel (FWPA-Attorneys at Law) , Robin Herr (Copenhagen Business School)-" Has the 1996 Database Directive Promoted a Strong Database Industry?"-, Miguel Bouza (University of Vigo)

In Chair : Pierre Mohnen (MERIT, University of Maastricht)

16h15-16h45

Coffee

16h45-18h30

Harmonization of Patent Litigation and of Substantive Patent Law

Dietmar Harhoff (University of Munich) -"Harmonization of Patent Litigation and Substantive Patent Law"-, Dieter Stauder (European Patent Office) -"Status quo and proposals for patent litigation harmonization in Europe"-, Panagiotis Rigopoulos (European Patent Office) -SPLT negotiations-

In Chair : Dietmar Harhoff

18h30-19h

Helga Cester (Neuro-Farma Zeltia, Galicia) : EVALUATION OF THE PATENT SYSTEM FROM A SME´s POINT OF VIEW: A PERSONAL SIGHT

19h-19h30

BREAK

19h30-21h30

FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY of EPIP ASSOCIATION

In Chair : Susana Borras

21h30-23h30

DINNER

Saturday 8 th october 2005

9h-10h45

IP in Historical Perspective

Christine Macleod (University of Bristol) -"The Patent Controversy in the XIX th Century"- , Gabriel Behar, Liliane Hilaire-Perez (National Art Conservatory of France)- "Privileges and inventions in the 18 th century : norms and practices"-

In Chair : Jacques Mairesse

10h45-11h15

Coffee

11h15 – 13h

Comparison between the EU, Japan;and US Patent System

Ron Marchant (UK Patent Office) -"Europe:
Member States; The EU; The EPO"- , Toshiko Takenaka(University of Washington)-"Japan´s National IP Strategy: Comparative Analysis"- , Brian Kahin (University of Michigan/CCIA), Jacques Combeau (AIR Liquide)- "Contrasts among the three systems"

In Chair : Alison Brimelow (UK Patent Office)

13h-14h30

Lunch

14h30-16h15

IP and Market Individualism

Ronald Dore (London School of Economics)- "Property, Yes but Whose?"-, Dean Baker( CEPR-University of Washington) - "Financing Drug Research: What Are the Issues?"-, Jose Antonio Gomez-Segade (IDIUS, University of Santiago de Compostela) - "Intellectual property and social
responsability" -

In Chair : Miguel Sánchez Padrón (University of La Laguna, Tenerife)

16h15-16h45

Coffee

16h45-18h30

IP and the Future of Open Science

Iain Cockburn (University of Boston) , Scott Keiff (University of Stanford)- "A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Intellectual Property and Open Source in Biotechnology"- , Enrique Meléndez (University of La Laguna, Tenerife) - ¨The Conflict of Public Science Versus Protection of Industrial Property and Intellectual Rights¨

In Chair : Dominique Foray (EPFL-Lausanne)

18h30-19h45

Conclusion

19h45-21h

BREAK

21h-22h30

Guided Tour around the Cathedral and Old Town