Keio University

Professor Contreras Lecture on Intellectual Property Law: The Global Standards War

Event Date

2017.12.7(Thu)

Event Venue

Other

November 9, 2017

Professor Jorge L. Contreras Lecture on Intellectual Property Law

The Global Standards War

- Patent and Competition Law Disputes in North America, Europe, and Asia -

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[Date & Time] Thursday, December 7, 2017, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM

[Venue] Main Hall, 1st Floor, North Building, Mita Campus, Keio University

2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Map & Access

[Fee] Free

[Registration] Please register by accessing here by the day before the event.

*Patent attorneys should register using the URL provided in the separate email from the Japan Patent Attorneys Association.

[Ticket] Please print out the ticket received in the automated confirmation email upon registration and bring it with you on the day of the event.

[Language] English and Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)

[Speaker's Biography] University of Utah

Various issues in patent law and competition law concerning standards have been deliberated and decided by courts and administrative agencies around the world.

In this lecture, Professor Jorge L. Contreras (University of Utah), an international authority on standardization and intellectual property law, will provide an overview of patent and competition law disputes in North America, Europe, and Asia, and identify common themes across different courts and administrative agencies in various countries.

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[Moderator] Yuko Kimijima (Professor, Faculty of Law and Graduate School of Law)

12:30 PM Doors Open

1:00 PM Opening Remarks, Introduction of the Speaker

1:10 PM Lecture

2:10 PM Discussion, Q&A

2:50 PM Closing Remarks

<> *Forthcoming

Jorge L. Contreras, ed., the Cambridge Handbook of Technical Standardization Law: Competition, Antitrust, and Patents (Cambridge University Press, 2017)

For inquiries regarding this lecture, please contact seminars.keio.law[at]gmail.com

Co-hosted by: Faculty of Law and Graduate School of Law, Keio University; Japan Patent Attorneys Association

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