Friday, February 24, 2012 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM EST
Arlington, VA
The Information Economy Project at George Mason University
proudly presents an Innovation and Intellectual Property Conference
The Digital Inventor:
How Entrepreneurs Compete on Platforms
Friday, February 24, 2012
An Innovation and Intellectual Property Conference
George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Va.
Orange Line Metro (Va. Sq.-GMU)
The assembly line of our knowledge-based economy begins with technology discovery and ends with the moving target of a consumer market. Connectivity is funded and rewarded through exchanges of time, money, and digital goods. The conversation in this conference will identify key priorities in technology policy for innovation, network investment, and content delivery models. Articles will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy.
8:30 am Breakfast Reception
8:45 am Welcoming Remarks
Daniel Polsby, Dean, George Mason University School of Law
Thomas Hazlett, Prof. of Law & Economics, George Mason University
9:00 am Breakfast Keynote: Design, Institutions, and the Evolution of Platforms
Richard Langlois, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics
9:30 am Platforms, Modularity, and Complementary Goods
Andrei Hagiu, Harvard Business School, Multi-Sided Platforms
Salil Mehra, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Platforms and the Choice of Models
Joshua Wright, George Mason University School of Law (moderator)
10:30 am Industry Keynote
Donald Rosenberg, Qualcomm, Inc.
11:00 am Patent Litigation: Software Patents, Licensing, and Mobile OS Platforms
Anne Layne-Farrar, Compass-Lexecon, The Brothers Grimm Book of Business Models: A Survey of Literature and Developments in Patent Acquisition and Litigation
James Bessen, Boston University School of Law, The Private Costs of Patent Litigation
Adam Mossoff, George Mason University School of Law (moderator)
12:00 pm Luncheon Keynote: Why “Walled Gardens” Isn’t Inconsistent with Open Innovation: Understanding How Ecosystems “Management” Promotes Progress
David Teece, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
1:30 pm Adjourn
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Reserve your seat via email: iep.gmu@gmail.com or fill out our online form. Virginia CLE credits are pending; CLE registration will be $50 for GMU Law alum and government employees, $80 for general registration, and $100 at the door.
Hosted by Professor Thomas Hazlett.
Sponsored by The Information Economy Project.
