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Paul BELLEFLAMME - University of Louvain-la-Neuve
Alain STROWEL - FUSL and Covington & Burling LLP |
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Outline |
- Incentives to innovate; Market structure
- Tragedy of the anti-commons
- Patent pools; Standard-setting organizations
- R&D cooperation
- Licensing
- Technology transfer (block exemption)
- Patent trolls; Tying and bundling
- Interoperability and compatibility
- Network effects
- Multi-sided markets
- Lock-up
- Compulsory licensing
- Exhaustion and parallel trade
- Specific subject-matter of IP right
- Patent thickets
- Patent settlements
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Organization |
The course is entirely taught in English, with 15 in-class hours.
The course takes place over a periode of three weeks, with three weekly lectures on Friday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
A lunch is provided at 12:30 p.m. prior to the beginning of each class.
Participants will receive a documentation pack.
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Tuition fee |
The fee for the course is 500.
In-house lawyers and civil servants are eligible for a special reduced fee of 400.
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Venue |
The course will take place on the premises of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB), Rue Ravenstein 4, 1000 Brussels
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Registration |
- Download the apply form and fill in electronically.
Please return the apply form to Mr. Charles Gheur.
E-mail : info@brusselsschoolofcompetition.eu - Download the apply form, print it out and fill in manually.
Fax : +32 2 5150985
Post : Rue Ravenstein 4, 1000 Brussels