Conference
on

"Law and Multi-agential Governance:
An Impact of Law on Market,
Competition and/or Innovation"

Hokkaido University
School of Law
Sapporo, Japan
August 18-20, 2011


Place: Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Building 4F 409 [map (No.36)]

Day 1 (Thursday Aug. 18)  
13:30 – 15:00 Prof. LaFrance – "The Doctrine of 'Passing off' in Trademark Law"
15:00 – 15:20 break
15:20 – 16:00 Ms. Haga (Essay contest winner)"Actors and Interests in Parody - Some Inspirations from France -"
16:05 – 16:45 Mr. Alisher (Essay contest winner)"Expropriation of Intellectual Property Rights under International Investment Agreements: in the Case of Compulsory Licencing"
18:00– 20:00 Dinner Party   (*Please see "regarding the reception.")
  Moderator: Prof. Tamura
## Language: English

Day 2 (Friday Aug. 19)
10:00 – 11:00 Prof. Leistner – "Sui Generis Property Rights or Unfair Competition? - Protection of Non-Original Databases as a Case Example"
11:05 – 12:05 Prof. Engelbrekt – "Competition or Coordination in the Multilevel Governance of Digital Rights?"
12:05 – 14:00 lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Prof. Ayal – "Protecting the Strong from the Weak: the Surprising Implications of Fairness in Antitrust"
15:05 – 16:05 Prof. Tamura – "Patent Law Design in the 'Open Innovation' Era"
16:05 – 16:25 break
16:25 – 17:05 Ms. Chen (Essay contest winner)"Analysis of Anticompetitive Effects of Patent Settlements: Pharmaceutical Reverse Payment Settlements as an Example"
17:05 – 17:45 Discussion
Moderator: Prof. Suzuki
## Language: English

Day 3 (Saturday Aug. 20)
10:00 – 11:00 Prof. Crane – "Search Neutrality as an Antitrust Principle"
11:05 – 12:05 Prof. Hayashi – "Patent Pool and Competition Law"
12:05 – 14:00 lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Prof. Yanagawa – "Dark Sides of Patent Pools with Compulsory Independent Licensing"
15:00 – 16:00 Prof. Oki – "Strategic Licensing and Entry"
16:00 – 16:20 break
16:20 – 17:20 Prof. Hazucha – "Technical Standards and Essential Patents"
17:20 – 18:00 Discussion
  Moderator: Prof. Kojima
## Language: English

Basically, the conferences related to intellectual property are held with closed doors. Hence anyone who would like to attend, but does not belong to Graduate School of Law or Research Institute for Information Law & Policy of Hokkaido University, please kindly inform us (coeip (at) juris.hokudai.ac.jp) beforehand. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.



Regarding the reception

The receptions will be held on August 18. We will appreciate you inform us (coeip (at) juris.hokudai.ac.jp) also whether you would like to attend when you sign up for pre-registration.
The detailed information is as follows;

Date : Aug.18 18:00 – 20:00
Place : Aspen Hotel [http://www.aspen-hotel.co.jp/]
Fee: 5,000 yen