Programme

9 EU Competition Law and Intellectual Property
fleche Outline
  1. Incentives to innovate; Market structure
  2. Tragedy of the anti-commons
  3. Patent pools; Standard-setting organizations
  4. R&D cooperation
  5. Licensing
  6. Technology transfer (block exemption)
  7. Patent trolls; Tying and bundling
  8. Interoperability and compatibility
  9. Network effects
  10. Multi-sided markets
  11. Lock-up
  12. Compulsory licensing
  13. Exhaustion and parallel trade
  14. Specific subject-matter of IP right
  15. Patent thickets
  16. Patent settlements

fleche 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.


fleche Tuition fee

The fee for the course is €500.
In-house lawyers and civil servants are eligible for a special reduced fee of €400.


fleche Venue

The course will take place on the premises of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB), Rue Ravenstein 4, 1000 Brussels


fleche Registration

Download the apply form, print it out, fill in and return to Mr. Charles Gheur.

By e-mail : info@brusselsschoolofcompetition.eu
By fax : +32 2 515 09 85
By post : Rue Ravenstein 4, 1000 Brussels