Initiated in 2005, MIPLC Lecture Series invites renowned scholars and practitioners from all over the world to give presentations on current issues of intellectual property law. The lectures are organized with the kind support of and hosted at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. They are aimed at the interested IP and competition law community and are open to the public.
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The following lectures were held in the context of our Lecture Series:
| Year | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Patent Infringement in Japan in the Age of Globalization: Revisiting the Principle of Territoriality and Cross-Border Infringement | Makiko Takabe |
| 2025 | Experiences From the Field: AI, Open Source, and Data in Practice | Paul Gagnon & Markku Räsänen |
| 2024 | A Quotidian Revolution? AI and Trade Mark Law
The full paper on which the talk is based is available here: | Professor Dev S. Gangjee, University of Oxford |
| 2023 | The Unified Patent Court - Nordic Perspective Download the Slides for this presentation | Dr. Vilhelm Schröder, Hannes Snellmann |
| 2021 | Download the Slides for this presentation | Dr. Begoña Gonzalez Otero and Jörg Hoffmann, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition |
| 2020 | Article 17 and the New EU Rules on Content-Sharing Platforms Download the Slides for this presentation | Dr. João Pedro Quintais, Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Information Law (University of Amsterdam) |
| 2019 | The Economic Efficiency of the Amount of Resources Devoted to R&D | Richard S Markovits, Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law |
| 2019 | The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in the Patent System | Andrei Iancu, Director of the USPTO and Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property |
| 2019 | Challenges and Opportunities in Life Sciences Today Download the Slides for the presentation | Sarah C. Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Boston and Dr. Rüdiger Herrmann, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Frankfurt |
| 2019 | Proposed State Legislation Concerning Drug Pricing: A Preliminary Analysis | Professor Michael Mireles, University of the Pacific |
| 2019 | Protection of Country Names: National and International Perspectives Download the Slides for this presentation | Professor Dr. Felix Addor, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property |
| 2019 | Digital Ecosystems, Decision-Making, Competition, Consumers Download the Slides for this presentation | Professor Dr. Rupprecht Podszun, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf |
| 2018 | A lgorithmic Transparency for Governments Download the Slides for this presentation | Professor Robert Brauneis, The George Washington University Law School |
| 2018 | Artificial Intelligence and Data Markets - from Contracts to Public Policy Download the Slides for this presentation | Paul Gagnon, LL.M. (MIPLC), Element AI |
| 2018 | Striking the Right Balance between the Benefits of Transparency and the Need for Confidentiality in Licensing Download the Slides for this presentation | Dr. Claudia Tapia, Ericsson |
| 2018 | International Data Transfers and the Nexus Between Data Protection/Privacy & Trademark Law Download the Slides for this presentation | Ray Thomas Jr., IBM, and Mikołaj Rogowski, Intel |
| 2018 | IP Considerations for Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence Download the Slides for this presentation | Sonia Cooper and Nicolas Schifano, Microsoft |
| 2017 | Liability of Online Platforms in the Digital Single Market: A Closer Look at the 'Transfer of Value' Discussion | Dr. Tobias Holzmüller, GEMA |
| 2017 | The Most Important Intellectual Property Developments in the US | Sarah Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Boston |
| 2015 | (IP) Negotiations as Multi-Party Joint Decision-Making | Jan Walter, Senior Policy Officer, International Trade at Eurogroup for Animals |
| 2015 | Ten Common Mistakes to Avoid When Drafting and Prosecuting US Patent Applications Download the Slides for this presentation | Benjamin J. Hauptman, Lowe, Hauptman & Ham, LLP, Alexandria, VA |
| 2015 | Governing Knowledge Commons | Michael J. Madison, University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
| 2015 | After the America Invents Act – The State of US Patent Infringement Litigation Download the Slides for this presentation | Sarah C. Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Boston |
| 2015 | Computer-Implemented Inventions in Europe Download the Slides for this presentation | Alexander Celland, European Patent Attorney and former Chair of an EPO Technical Board of Appeal |
| 2014 | Nuances in the Indian Patent System and Their Implications in the Enforcement of Patents in India Download the Slides for this presentation | Prabuddha Ganguli, CEO VISION-IPR, Mumbai |
| 2014 | Broader Protection of Trademarks with Reputation in EU Download the Slides for this presentation | Ewa Skrzydło-Tefelska, Maria-Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin |
| 2014 | IP Underlying Media Value - Ecosystem Disruptions, Legal Uncertainty, and Revenues in Jeopardy | Jeffrey C. Ulin, Irdeto, Amsterdam |
| 2013 | The Right IP Mix – How To Choose a Good Balance Between Patents and Trade Secrets Download the Slides for this presentation | Eva Willnegger, European Patent Attorney, Brussels |
| 2013 | Commission Proposal for Antitrust Damages Directive – Ends and Means of Harmonised Rules Download the Slides for this presentation | Filip Kubík, European Commission, DG Competition |
| 2013 | The Comparative Law and Economics of Standard Essential Patents and FRAND Royalties Download the Slides for this presentation | Thomas F. Cotter, University of Minnesota |
| 2013 | Patent Litigation in the Pharmaceutical Sector in Germany Download the Slides for this presentation | Anna Wolters, Bird & Bird |
| 2013 | EU Competition Law: Procedure and Process before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union | Eileen Sheehan, Court of Justice of the European Union, Chambers of Advocate General Melchior Wathelet |
| 2013 | The Apple v. Samsung Case: How Design Law in Europe Evolves Download the Slides for this presentation | Charles Gielen, University of Groningen |
| 2012 | The WTO "Paragraph 6 System": Compulsory Licenses for Export to Third Countries - Diverging Theory and Practice? | Beatrice Stirner, University of Neuchâtel, MIPLC Alumna, Class of 2003/04 |
| 2012 | Disintermediation in Copyright Law - A Skeptical View Download the Slides for this presentation | Guy Pessach, Hebrew University Jerusalem |
| 2012 | Who Owns e-Sports Performances? Download the Slides for this presentation | Dan L. Burk, University of California, Irvine |
| 2012 | The Rise and (Possible) Fall of ACTA | Christophe Geiger, CEIPI |
| 2012 | The Misappropriation of Trade Secrets in Germany and U.S. Discovery Aid Download the Slides for this presentation | Friedrich Klinkert, Klinkert Zindel Partner |
| 2012 | Experimental Tests of Creativity and Innovation in Intellectual Property | Christopher Buccafusco, IIT Chicago-Kent |
| 2012 | The FRAND Defense in European Litigation Involving Standard-Essential Patents Download the Slides for this presentation | Christof Karl, Bardehle Pagenberg |
| 2011 | Contextualizing Patent Linkages in the Indian Pharmaceutical Sector: Lessons from the Bayer Corporation Case | V.K. Unni, Indian Institute for Management |
| 2011 | The "Death of the Author" Debate in Anglo-Saxon Scholarship and Its Unwelcome Side Effects | Andreas Rahmatian, University of Glasgow |
| 2011 | Substantive Patent Law Harmonization in the Current Global Context: Issues in Comparative Law and Policy | Sylvie Strobel, European Patent Office |
| 2011 | A Trade Agreement Creating Barriers to International Trade? ACTA Border Enforcement and Generic Drugs in Transit | Henning Grosse Ruse - Khan, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law |
| 2010 | Patent Rights, Patient Rights: The WHO's Role in the Intersection of Public Health and Innovation | Susanne Weber-Mosdorf, World Health Organization |
| 2010 | Copyright and Access to Knowledge in South America: The Debates Regarding Copyright Law in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile | Beatriz Busaniche, National University of Buenos Aires |
| 2010 | Harnessing Intellectual Property for Business Dominance: The Indian Experience | V.K. Unni, Indian Institute for Management |
| 2010 | Life or Death for US Business Methods Patents? | Ronald E. Myrick, Finnegan |
| 2010 | Pioneering Peer-to-Peer and Other Disruptive Dual-Use Technologies | Michael A. Carrier, Rutgers University School of Law - Camden |
| 2010 | Trademark Strategies in China | Maria Cristina Caldarola, LL.M., Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 2009 | Recent Developments in US Patent Litigation Law | Terrence McMahon, McDermott Will Emery |
| 2009 | The Development of Germany as a Patent Litigation Venue in the Last Decade: Advantage Patentee? | Johannes Heselberger, Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler |
| 2009 | The Patenting of Antibodies and Their Medical Uses in the EPO | Hans-Rainer Jaenichen, Vossius & Partner |
| 2009 | Is Information? | Robert A. Heverly, Michigan State University College of Law |
| 2009 | Innovation Policy and Friends of the Court: Patent Right Advocacy before the U.S. Supreme Court | James G. Conley and David Orozco |
| 2008 | U.S. Patent Reform Legislation | John M. Whealan, The George Washington University Law School |
| 2008 | The Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court | The Honourable Randall R. Rader, U.S. Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit |
| 2008 | Inventing Invention: The Patentability Standard as a Case Study in Legal Innovation | John F. Duffy, The George Washington University Law School |
| 2008 | IP Organisation and IP Strategy in a Globally Active Group of Companies | Bertram Huber, Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 2007 | The Limits of Trademark Law: Proscriptive Principles and Permissive Principles | Graeme Dinwoodie, LL.M., J.S.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law |
| 2007 | Copyright and Facts: Two Centuries of Changing Treatment Under U.S. Law | Robert Brauneis, The George Washington University Law School |
| 2007 | Removing Property from Intellectual Property and (Intended?) Pernicious Impacts on Innovation and Competition | F. Scott Kieff, Washington University (St. Louis) |
| 2007 | Valuation and Management of IP-Based Companies – Findings From a Research Project | Eva Nathusius, Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies, Technische Universität München, et al. |
| 2007 | The Quiet Revolution in American Copyright Law | Paul Goldstein, Stanford University |
| 2007 | Indian Patent Law and Patent Policy Facing New Challenges | Martin J. Adelman, The George Washington University Law School |
| 2006 | Patent Legislation Reform in the United States: A View from the Trenches | John R. Thomas, Georgetown University |
| 2006 | The Law Growth Nexus – The Implications of a Rule of Law Approach to Economic Development – China as a Test Case | Kenneth W. Dam, University of Chicago Law School |
| 2006 | The Internationalization of the American Law Curriculum: Intellectual Property Law and Criminal Law | Frederick M. Lawrence, The George Washington University Law School |
| 2006 | When Copyright Users Cannot Find Copyright Owners: Proposed U.S. Legislation on Orphan Works | Paul Goldstein, Stanford University |
| 2006 | Developments in the Legal Protection for Sound Recordings under U.S. Law | F. Jay Dougherty, Loyola Law School |
| 2005 | Copyright Duration and Multinational Disharmony | Kenneth D. Crews, M.L.S., Ph.D., Indiana University School of Law |
| 2005 | Trademark Law and Social Norms | Graeme Dinwoodie, LL.M., J.S.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law |
| 2005 | Coordination, Property & Intellectual Property: An Unconventional Approach to Anticompetitive Effects & Downstream Access | F. Scott Kieff, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 2005 | Secondary Liability in Copyright | Paul Goldstein, Stanford University |
| 2005 | Criminal Law of Intellectual Property in the United States | Orin S. Kerr, The George Washington University Law School |
| 2005 | “Kirin-Amgen v. TKT” – an American Perspective to the U.K. House of Lords Decision | The Honourable Randall R. Rader, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
