IP Day 2023
Monday, July 17, 2023
Hosted by TPRI
Complex regulatory and social problems are linked to the patent system and more generally to government policies that encourage innovation. At the Seventh Annual Boston University Technology & Policy Research Initiative IP Day conference we will address the connections between: patents, innovation and discrimination; patents and productivity; innovation policy and corporate R&D; and finance and patent litigation.
Agenda
(All times Eastern Daylight Time)
8:15-8:55 Breakfast
8:55-9:00 Greetings (Megan Macgarvie, BU) (video)
9:00-10:45 INNOVATION, PATENTING, AND DISCRIMINATION (video)
Nicholas A. Pairolero, Andrew Toole, Peter-Anthony Pappas, Charles DeGrazia & Mike Teodorescu, Closing the Gender Gap in Patenting: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial at the USPTO
Valerie Michelman & Lucy Msall, Sex, Drugs, and R&D: Missing Innovation from Regulating Female Enrollment in Clinical Trials
Yael Hochberg, Ali Kakhbod, Peiyao Li, Kunal Sachdeva, Inventor Gender and Patent Undercitation: Evidence from Causal Text Estimation
Moderator: Samantha Zyontz (BU)
Discussant: Gauri Subramani (Lehigh)
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:10 CORPORATE R&D & GOVERNMENT POLICY (video)
Sharon Belenzon & Larisa C. Cioaca, Buyers of First Resort: Guaranteed Public Demand and Corporate Scientific Research
Martin Watzinger & Monika Schnitzer, The Breakup of the Bell System and its Impact on US Innovation
Moderator: Felix Poege (BU)
Discussant: Bhaven Sampat (Columbia)
12:10-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:10 PATENTS AND PRODUCTIVITY (video)
Enrico Berkes, Kristina Manysheva & Marti Mestieri, Global Innovation Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from 100 Years of World Patent Data
Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, Market Concentration and the Productivity Slowdown
Moderator: James Bessen (BU)
Discussant: Ufuk Akcigit (Chicago)
2:10-2:25 Break
2:25-3:35 PATENT LITIGATION (video)
Po-Hsuan Hsu, Carl Hsin-han Shen, & Yanzhi Wang, Investor Short-termism and Intellectual Property Infringement
Yifang Xi & Biwen Zhang, Sue and Acquire: Evidence from Patent Lawsuits
Moderator: Janet Freilich (Fordham)
Discussant: Alberto Galasso (Toronto)
3:35-3:50 Break
3:50-4:50 THIRD PARTY LITIGATION FINANCE PANEL (video)
● Jonathan Stroud (Unified Patents)
● Joshua Harris (Burford Capital)
● Vishal Amin (Intel)
● Maya Steinitz (University of Iowa / BU)
Moderator: Kathryn Spier (HLS)
5:00-5:45 Reception