Report from 2018 Annual Meeting of the European Policy for Intellectual Property Association
The Annual Conference of the European Policy for Intellectual Property Association always brings together leading IP scholars and this year was no exception. Kat friend N Cansin Karga Giritli from Glasgow University was kind enough to provide the following summary of this noteworthy event. The Annual Conference of the European Policy for Intellectual Property Association, “IP in Data-Driven Economies: New Challenges for Law, Economics and Social Sciences”, took place in Berlin between September 5th-7th, Against this backdrop, plenary session topics ranged from IP and international trade to industrial espionage activities of (the then) East Germany, while various parallel sessions dealt with subjects such as big data, standard essential patents (SEP), economic models for IP rights and IP in a digital world. The first day of the Conference began with a half-day PhD workshop focusing on legal research methods. In general, all the contributors highlighted the paramount role of a cle...