The University of Turku Faculty of Law, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, Michigan State University College of Law, IPR University Center, and Drake University Law School jointly invite you to a trans-Atlantic conference on innovation and communications law.

This conference scrutinizes national and international market regulation and asks to what extent existing laws are equipped to handle shifts in structures and new forms of mass-communication. Law and lawyers have an important role in affecting the viability of innovation and communication models, the democratic potential of technologies, and related social developments. The conference focuses on how the law can develop to solve problems that arise when traditional laws encounter changed technology or new behavior on the part of the citizenry; be it private or entrepreneurial.

Intellectual property law scholars are invited to submit abstracts by March 14, 2008 and present their work for peer-review at one of our track sessions.

For further information about the conference or to submit an abstract, visit the conference web-site www.law.msu.edu/ipclp/innovation/.

 

The open call for papers ends March 14. Please contact Prof. Katja Weckström at katwec@utu.fi for registration and further information about the
conference.

July 17, 2008
9.00 - 9.30	Registration
9.30-10.00	Welcome by University of Turku
10.00-12.00	Plenary session: Prof. Graeme Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Associate Prof. Christophe Geiger, University of Strasbourg, Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property
12.00-13.15	Lunch break
13.15-15.00	Track sessions:
	A) IPRs and the global market
	B) On the outer limits of IP- computer programs, databases and personas
15.00-15.30	Coffee break
15.30-17.30	Track sessions:
	A) Private and commercial speech on the internet
	B) IPR misuse and the IP-competition law interface
July 18, 2008
9.15-12.00	Plenary session: Prof. Yoshiyuki Tamura, Hokkaido University, Strategy Advisor Timo Ruikka, Nokia Corporation
12.00-13.15	Lunch
13.15- 15.00	Track sessions:
	A) Search engines, internet intermediaries and IP law
	B) "New" forms of IP: trade secrets, geographical indications and traditional knowledge
15.00-15.30	Coffee break
15.30- 17.30	Track sessions:
	A) Innovative business models and the exclusivity of IPRs
	B) Licensing of complex and standardized products