Innovation, Justice and Globalization Panel: Property rights versus liability rules

On September 26 and 27, Harvard Law School hosted the “Innovation, Justice and Globalization” conference.

The panel "Property rights versus liability rules—theories and practical implications" chaired by
Irene Calboli, Texas A & M University, included panelists:

Thomas Cottier
The legal nature of intellectual property rights in international law

Graeme Dinwoodie
Trademark Law and a Return to Unfair Competition Principles?

Christophe Geiger
Empowering Remuneration Rights in Copyright Law

Ana Santos Rutschman
Cathedrals, Tulips and the Public Interest: Jerry Reichman’s Scholarship and Biopharmaceutical Innovation

Martin Senftleben
Liability Rules for Safeguarding the Open, Participative Internet in the EU

The conference focused on six themes: the economics of innovation and development; whether antitrust and competition law trust intellectual property law too much; the “puzzles” of overlapping and hybrid intellectual property rights; the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the role of intellectual property rights in developing countries; challenges facing the digital commons; non-voluntary licensing of pharmaceutical patents; and property rights versus liability rules — theories and practical implications. Panelists included experts from government and international/inter-governmental organizations, as well as faculty from the Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.