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Coffee Break

Associate Prof. Christophe Geiger
The Fundamental Rights Dimension of Intellectual Property at the EU Level

I A) IPRs and the global market (Luentosali 2)
Moderator: Prof. Niklas Bruun
- Prof. Peter Yu
Legal Transplants in the Digital Age
- Prof. Gail Evans
Internet Marketing and Trademark Infringement in the EU: Eli Lilly v. 8PM Chemist
- Prof. Jay Kesan
IPRs in the Global Context: Beyond the Producer-Consumer Dichotomy
- Prof. Andrew Torrance
Comparison of Innovation across Patent and Non-patent Systems Using Computer Simulations of the Patent System

I B) On the outer limits of IP- computer programs, databases and personas (Luentosali 4)
Moderator: Dr. Katariina Sorvari
- Prof. Yee Fen Lim
Free and Open Source Software Protection: Adequacy or Efficiency?
- Assistant Ulla-Maija Mylly
An Evolutionary Perspective on Computer Program Interoperability
- Dr. Nari Lee
Computer Program Patents
- Researcher Anniina Huttunen
Protection of Consumers. Economic Interests in the Digital Environment

II A) Private and commercial speech on the internet
(Luentosali 2)
Moderator: Prof. Lars Smith
- Prof. Ann Bartow
Copyright Norms of the Blogosphere: Linking, Quoting, Copying and Self-Help
- Prof. Llewellyn Gibbons
Valuing Fair Use
- Prof. Teresa Scassa
Ambush Marketing, Freedom of Expression and the Limits of Trademark Protection
- Prof. Niklas Bruun
News, Media and the Internet - Reflections on the Nordic Experience

II B) IPR misuse and the IP-competition law interface (Luentosali 4)
Moderator: Prof. John Cross
- Mrs. Ann Walsh
Commission v Microsoft
- Dr. Viveca Still
Copyright misuse in the modern communication environment
- Researcher Juha Vesala
Licensing and Standard Setting Cooperation
- Senior Assistant Tuomas Mylly
Antitrust Treatment of Patented Standards: Why the European Approach Is Special

9.30-11.30

Plenary session: (Luentosali 1)
Prof. Yoshiyuki Tamura, Hokkaido University
A Japanese Perspective on Intellectual Property Law and Policy

Coffee Break

Strategy Advisor Timo Ruikka, Nokia Corporation
FRAND Undertakings in Standardization - A Business Perspective

11.30-12.45

Lunch

III A) Search engines, internet intermediaries and IP law
(Luentosali 2)
Moderator: Prof. Adam Candeub
- Prof. Orit Fischmann Afori
The Implied License Doctrine and Copyright Conflicts in the Digital Age
- Prof. Lilian Edwards
ISPs and File Sharing: 3 Strikes and Your Out
- Prof. Michael Landau
TBA
- Dr. Mikko Välimäki
Mapping the Public Domain

III B) "New" forms of IP: trade secrets, geographical indications and traditional knowledge (Luentosali 4)
Moderator: Prof. Peter Yu
- Prof. Coenraad Visser
The use of the intellectual property system to protect traditional knowledge: South Africa launches a comprehensive legislative program
- Prof. John Cross
Justifying "New" Intellectual Property
- Prof. Sean Pager
Catching a Korean Wave: Reinventing the Cultural Exception to Promote Diversity through Trade
- Prof. Doris Long
Generational Innovation: Protecting Tradition over Innovation?

14.45-15.15

Coffee break

15.15-17.15

IV Innovative business models and the exclusivity of
IPRs (Luentosali 1)
Moderator: Prof. Scott Boone
- Prof. Branislav Hazucha
Freedom to Innovate and Intellectual Property A Role of Social Norms in the Regulation of New Technologies
- Prof. Steven Hetcher
Social Networking Mega-Sites and Stealing from Kids
- Researcher Katja Weckström
Trademark Infringement Liability for Internet Service Providers
- Prof. Adam Candeub
Network Growth: Theory and Evidence from the MobileTelephone Industry

19.30

Dinner at Samppalinna restaurant