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Monday, July 20, 2026<\/strong> The Tenth Annual Boston University Technology & Policy Research Initiative IP Day conference will highlight new research relating to intellectual property, the economics of innovation, technology commercialization and litigation. IP Day panels focus on emerging research themes, from both a legal and economic perspective, with an emphasis on topics that are relevant to both business and policy. Previous sessions have examined on patent prosecution, third-party litigation finance, standard essential patents, IP and antitrust, pharmaceutical patenting, and University technology transfer.<\/p>\n Program<\/strong> 8:15-8:55 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n 8:55-9:00 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Greetings<\/strong><\/p>\n 9:00-10:20 \u00a0 \u00a0Session 1: Patent Pools<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIncomplete Patent Pools<\/span>\u201d John Turner, Erik Hovenkamp and <\/span>Jorge Lemus (U of Illinois)<\/b> 10:20-10:40\u00a0\u00a0 Break<\/strong><\/p>\n 10:40-12:00 \u00a0 Session 2: Pharma IP<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cValuing Pharmaceutical Drug Innovations<\/span><\/a>\u201d Gaurab Aryal (Boston University)<\/b>, Federico Ciliberto, Leland Farmer, Ekaterina Khmelitskaya<\/span> 12:00-1:00 \u00a0 \u00a0Lunch<\/strong> Moderator: \u00a0Michael Meurer<\/p>\n 2:00-2:20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Break<\/strong><\/p>\n 2:20-3:40 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Session 3: Standardization<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSpecialization by Design<\/span><\/a>\u201d Vishan Nigam (Yale University)<\/span> 3:40-3:55 \u00a0 \u00a0Break<\/strong><\/p>\n 3:55-5:15 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Session 4: Patent Litigation<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cUnsealing the Settlements<\/span>\u201d Tomasso Alba<\/span><\/a> (K. U. Leuven)<\/span> 5:15-6:00 \u00a0 \u00a0Reception<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Monday, July 20, 2026 Hosted by TPRI The Tenth Annual Boston University Technology & Policy Research Initiative IP Day conference will highlight new research relating to intellectual property, the economics of innovation, technology commercialization and litigation. IP Day panels focus on emerging research themes, from both a legal and economic perspective, with an emphasis on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25448,"featured_media":4020,"parent":0,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4018"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4044,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4018\/revisions\/4044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/tpri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n\u201cWhat Drives Formation, Growth, and Failure of Patent Pools? An Analysis of SEP Holders\u2019 Joining Decisions<\/span>\u201d Joachim Henkel (TU Munich)<\/b> and Pietro Fantini<\/span>
\nDiscussant: TBD<\/p>\n
\n\u201cRegulatory Design and Strategic Patenting under the Hatch-Waxman Act<\/span><\/a>\u201d Christina Laternser<\/span><\/a> (Children\u2019s Hospital of Chicago)<\/span>
\nDiscussant: Rena Conti<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n1:00-2:00 \u00a0 Panel Discussion \u2013 How Will AI Change Patent Doctrine and Practice?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\n\u201cScalable Expertise: How Standardization Drives Scale and Scope<\/span><\/a>\u201d David Argente, Sara Moreira, Ezra Oberfield, and <\/span>Venky Venkatswaran (New York University)<\/b>
\nDiscussant: Tim Simcoe<\/p>\n
\n\u201cDo Judicial Assignments Matter? Evidence from Random Case Allocation<\/span><\/a>\u201d Bernhard Ganglmair (Univ. of \u00a0Mannheim)<\/b>, Christian Helmers, and Brian Love<\/span>
\nDiscussant: Marc Rysman<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n