LCII Half-Day Conference: Regulating Patent "Hold-Up"?

LCII Conference - Patent Hold-Up
The LCII invites you to its next Half-Day Conference on " "Regulating patent “hold-up”? An assessment in light of recent academic, policy and legal évolutions" (Brussels, February 29st, 2016)

Start

February 29, 2016 - 12:30 am

End

February 29, 2016 - 6:30 pm

Address

FEB, 4 rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels   View map

On February 29, 2016, the LCII organized a top-notch event:

REGULATING PATENT “HOLD-UP”? AN ASSESSMENT IN LIGHT OF RECENT ACADEMIC, POLICY AND LEGAL EVOLUTIONS 

Abstract: The patent hold-up theory has nurtured many policy developments in the past ten years. On the one hand, Standard Setting Organizations (SSOs) have been exploring changes to their licensing policies, in particular in relation to the commercial implications of FRAND pledges given by holder of Standard Essential Patents (“SEPs”). On the other hand, antitrust agencies and patent courts across the globe have been confronted with several waves of cases Those proceedings have generated a thick, diverse and somewhat inconsistent body of case-law on a wide array of topics, including the availability of injunctive relief, patent valuation, portfolio licensing, practicing and non-practicing entities, etc. This conference seeks to provide a 360° state of play on patent hold-up in contemporary antitrust and patent policy.

This Half-Day conference took place in Brussels, on February 29th, 2016.

The full Conference programme is available here document-pdf.

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The event gathered prominent specialists on the issue. Their slides may be found here:

Liege Competition and Innovation Institute
University of Liege (ULg)
Quartier Agora
Place des Orateurs, 1, Bât. B 33
BE-4000 Liege

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