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The Evolving IP Marketplace

Friday, April 17, 2009 | 12:00AM

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Event Description

Series of hearings:

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Agenda (32.82 KB)

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Speaker Bios (73.72 KB)

Event Materials

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Iain M. Cockburn, Licensing: a view from the trenches (Selected findings from the LES Foundation Surveys) (75.38 KB)

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Stuart Graham, Patents and Technology Markets: How is the market operating, and can it be improved? (205.72 KB)

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James E. Malackowski, FTC Hearings on Developing Business Models and a National IP Economic Infrastructure (1.2 MB)

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Mark A. Lemley, Ignoring Patents (171.52 KB)

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Mark A. Lemley, How To Make a Patent Market (22.55 KB)

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R. Polk Wagner, Patent Portfolios (281.28 KB)

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R. Polk Wagner, Patent Portfolios (written) (651.47 KB)

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R. Polk Wagner, Understanding Patent Quality Mechanisms (355.73 KB)

Transcript - Files

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Transcript (386.73 KB)

Request for Comments

FILING A COMMENT

The Commission invites interested persons to submit written comments on issues related to this workshop. All comments in response to the Federal Register Notice or to inform discussion at the workshop must be received by May 15, 2009.

Comments should be captioned “Evolving IP Marketplace – Comment, Project No. P093900” and submitted according to the instructions below.

To File Electronically:

Follow the instructions and fill out the form at https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-ipmarketplace

To File in Paper Form:

A comment filed in paper form should include the reference to “Evolving IP Marketplace – Comment, Project No. P093900” in both the text and on the envelope, and should be mailed or delivered to the following address:

Federal Trade Commission
Office of the Secretary
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Room H-135 (Annex I)
Washington, DC 20580

Because postal mail in the Washington area and at the Commission is subject to delay, please consider submitting your comments in electronic form, as described above. The FTC requests that you send any comment by courier or overnight service, if possible.

To Request Confidential Treatment:

To request confidential treatment, you must file in paper form and clearly label the first page of the document with “Confidential” and comply with Commission Rule 4.9(c). 15 C.F.R. § 4.9(c).