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)     

9:00-10:45   INNOVATION, PATENTING, AND DISCRIMINATION 

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

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

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

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 

●      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