2015

Stefan Bechtold (ETH Zurich), Christopher Buccafusco (Cardozo Law School) and Christopher Sprigman (New York University School of Law) have released their paper on "Innovation Heuristics: Experiments on Sequential Creativity in Intellectual Property" as a working paper on SSRN.

On Tuesday, December 8, and Wednesday, December 9, we'll have Prof. Michael Frakes (Northwestern) presenting two papers on patent law. The Tuesday presentation on "Is the Time Allocated to Review Patent Applications Inducing Examiners to Grant Invalid Patents?" starts at 16:15 in the University of Zurich room RAI F 041. The Wednesday presentation on "Patent Office Cohorts" starts at 16:15 in the ETH Zurich room IFW A 32.1. All presentations are open to the public, so see you there!

On Tuesday, November 24, and Wednesday, November 25, we'll have Prof. Katrina Ligett (Caltech) presenting two papers on privacy research in general and differential privacy in particular. The Tuesday presentation on "Privacy and Data-based Research" starts at 16:15 in the University of Zurich room KO2 F 172. The Wednesday presentation on "Buying Private Data without Verification" starts at 16:15 in the ETH Zurich room IFW A 32.1.

On Tuesday, November 17, and Wednesday, November 18, we'll have Prof. Ross Levine (Berkeley) presenting two papers on financial regulation. The Tuesday presentation on "The Political Economy of Fininancial Regulation" starts at 16:15 in the University of Zurich room KO2 F 172. The Wednesday presentation on "Cross-Border Acquisitions and Labor Regulations" starts at 16:15 in the ETH Zurich room IFW A 32.1. All presentations are open to the public, so see you there!

On Wednesday, November 11, we'll have Prof. Gaétan de Rassenfosse (EPFL) presenting a paper on innovation policy. The presentation on "How (Consistently) Valid Are Our Patents? An Answer from Multiple Examiners" starts at 16:15 in the ETH Zurich room IFW A 32.1. All presentations are open to the public, so see you there!