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Speaker: Professor Katherine Strandburg, Alfred B. Engelberg Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Wynne Courtroom and atrium, Inlow Hall, 530 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, IN
Contact: Kristin Brockett at kbrocket@iu.edu or 317-278-9160
Please join us to hear Professor Katherine Strandburg, Alfred B. Engelberg Professor of Law, New York University School of Law to speak about 'Users, Patents and Innovation Policy' on Monday, April 10th at 5:00pm.
Registration is now closed but walk-in CLE is still available.
Users are important innovators in many fields. Often, they do not need socially costly patent incentives to invent, disclose and disseminate their inventions. A patent-free user innovation paradigm is likely to be successful and socially desirable when an invention’s value to users has a substantial non-competitive component. If a user innovator values an invention primarily for providing a competitive edge, the patent-free user innovation paradigm is not viable. Most such inventions have little social value. Some, however, such as improved manufacturing processes, produce significant collateral value for non-users and should be encouraged. Patents may be important for these user innovations.
Socially beneficial policy interventions to buttress the patent-free user innovation paradigm might include tools and infrastructure to support user communities and changes to patent doctrine, such as accounting for user innovation in assessing nonobviousness, patentable subject matter exemptions, particularly for many types of processes, and user exemptions from infringement liability.
Parking:
Parking is available for a nominal fee at the campus Gateway Garage, located on the corner of Michigan and California Streets (Address is 525 Blackford Street).
Parking is also available for a nominal fee at the Natatorium Garage two blocks west of the law school.
Please note that New York Street is a two-way street as of January 2016.
Please note that there may be construction on or near campus as Michigan Street is changed to a two-way street. Plan accordingly for possible delays resulting from this construction.
Special Accommodations:
Individuals with disabilities who need special assistance should call 317-278-9160 no later than one week prior to the event. Special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs.
