Certificate Course on IP Licensing and Competition Law

0001From 22nd to 24th August, 2018, the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Competition, CIIPC, at National Law University Delhi conducted a three day Certificate Course on IP Licensing and Competition Law. The sessions were held from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM at National Law University, Sector 14, Dwarka, New Delhi.

0002The course was conducted by Prof. Jay Kesan, Professor, University of Illinois, and Dr. Kirti Gupta, Senior Director of Economic Strategy at Qualcomm Inc.

About the Course

0003The course examined the relationship between intellectual property rights and competition law. It focused on how the exercise of intellectual property rights can affect competition and how antitrust law addresses market transactions involving intellectual property.

0004The course particularly examined the role of IP licensing in antitrust policy. It discussed circumstances in which licensing practices may raise antitrust concerns, while also considering the recognition of certain transactions involving intellectual property as potentially pro competitive and efficiency enhancing.

0005The topics covered included patent licensing, market power and intellectual property, vertical integration involving tying, exclusive dealing, package and blanket licensing, noncompetitive royalty provisions, cross licensing, patent pools, standard setting organisations, and research and production joint ventures.

Speakers

0006Prof. Jay Kesan is a Workman Research Scholar and Director of the Program in Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. His academic interests include technology, law, and business, with particular focus on patent law policy. He has also served as a Thomas A. Edison Scholar at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and has been involved in patent litigation.

0007Dr. Kirti Gupta is the Senior Director of Economic Strategy at Qualcomm Inc. With over fifteen years of experience as an engineer and economist at Qualcomm, she has expertise in the mobile wireless and high technology industry, applied microeconomics, and econometrics. Her work includes intellectual property and antitrust policy, international antitrust matters, and technology standards.