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INFOSYS 296A /
Section 3

Economics of Intellectual Property
for the Information Age

Tenative Class Schedule

Part I: Setting the Context

Jan. 25     What Role for Economics in Intellectual Property Law & Policy?
Pamela Samuelson and Suzanne Scotchmer
 
Feb. 1     The Information Economy -- What Is It Exactly
Michael Borrus, BRIE, UC Berkeley
 

Part II: Digital Information Industries

Feb. 8     The Sale of Ideas: Strategic Disclosure, Property Rights, and Incomplete Contracts
Dennis Yao, Wharton, U. Penn.
 
Feb. 17    
(Wed, 4-6, Rm. 202)   
Economics of Digital Information
Hal Varian, SIMS, UC Berkeley
 
Feb. 22     Economics of Information Sharing
Douglas Lichtman, University of Chicago Law School
 
March 1     Ownership of Collaborative Works
Rochelle Dreyfuss, NYU Law School
 
March 8     Network Effects and Intellectual Property
Mark Lemley, University of Texas Law School
 
March 15     Lochner in Cyberspace
Julie Cohen, University of Pittsburgh Law School
(visiting at U Michigan Law School)
 
March 29     Technical Protection Systems for Digital Information
Joan Feigenbaum, AT&T Research
 
April 5     Sui Generis Protection of Databases
Richard Gilbert, Pamela Samuelson, Suzanne Scotchmer, Steve Maurer, UC Berkeley
S. Maurer, Raw Knowledge:
Protecting Technical Databases for Science & Industry.

 
April 12     Covenants Not to Compete
Ronald Gilson, Stanford Law School
 
April 19     Patents for Business Methods
Robert Merges, UC Berkeley

Part III: Biotech Industry

April 26     Recouping R&D Costs in the Biotech Field
Bob Blackburn, Chiron
 
May 3     Communities of Innovation
Woody Powell, U Arizona
 
May 10     Tragedy of the Anti-Commons
Rebecca Eisenberg, University of Michigan Law School
 

 
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