Apr 03, 2013
Innovation for the 21st Century Symposium
March 30 – April 1, 2009
Apr 03, 2013
March 30 – April 1, 2009
I would like to formally thank Mike Carrier, Geoff Manne, Phil Weiser, Dan Crane, Brett Frischmann, Scott Kieff and Dennis Crouch for participating in the first TOTM symposium on Mike’s book: Innovation for the 21st Century: Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law. Thanks also to Dennis for cross-posting at PatentlyO. Each of the participants was asked to in a rather short time period to read the book and prepare a thoughtful and engaging post. They all delivered marvelously. We are grateful to them for making the symposium a success and, we hope, enjoyable for our readers.
Most of all, I’d like to thank Professor Carrier allowing his work to come center stage in our first blog symposium effort. It is not easy to have one’s worked poked and prodded and critiqued from all possible angles. As flattered as I am by Mike’s kind words about my efforts putting together the symposium and finding discussants, I’m quite sure his job was the tougher one (I didn’t write a book either!). Besides, each of the discussants jumped at the opportunity and agreed to participate too quickly for it really to qualify as work. In fact, by their individual and collective performance they’ve unwittingly ensured that I will come asking for more work from them down the road …This was a new experiment for TOTM and one that we plan on continuing to try in the future. If participants, commenters, or readers have comments or suggestions for possible future topics or for improving the format, I’d love to hear them via email or otherwise.We do have one more exciting announcement about the symposium:The folks at the Alabama Law Review have generously offered to publish modified and versions of the blog posts as essays in a forthcoming volume. We will make sure to announce here when the final drafts are up and ready.
On March 30th and 31st, TOTM will hold its first blog symposium. The topic will be Michael Carrier’s (Rutgers) forthcoming book: Innovation for the 21st Century: Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law (from Oxford University Press). We’ve invited a number of leading scholars from the fields of antitrust and intellectual property to ... TOTM/ Patently-O Blog Symposium: Michael Carrier's Innovation for the 21st Century
Welcome to the first TOTM Blog Symposium. This is a format we hope to make more use of on TOTM in the future and we’ve got an ideal project to start with. For the next two days (and maybe three) we’ll be discussing Professor Michael Carrier’s (Rutgers) forthcoming book: Innovation for the 21st Century: Harnessing ... Welcome to the 1st TOTM Blog Symposium on Michael Carrier's Innovation in the 21st Century: Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law
This post is from Dan Crane (Cardozo) Congratulations to Mike on a very fine book, which I must admit I am still in the process of digesting. I will confine my initial comments to Mike’s chapter on patent settlements (Chapter 15), which I understand will also be coming out as an article in the Michigan ... Crane on Carrier's Innovation in the 21st Century
This post is from Phil Weiser (Colorado) It is trite to say that “we are all Schumpeterians now.” When it comes to appreciating the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship, however, we are. Schumpeter, unfortunately, did not leave a theory of innovation that lends itself to easy application to public policy prescriptions, as Brad De Long ... Weiser on Carrier's Innovation in the 21st Century
Michael Carrier has written a timely and interesting book. Like Dan, I’m still digesting it (which means, in translation: I have not yet read every word). There is much to like about the book, in particular its accessible format and content. I do fear that it is a bit overly ambitious, however, hoping both to ... Manne on Carrier's Innovation in the 21st Century
First, I want to join the rest of the participants in congratulating Professor Carrier on an excellent and well-written book emerging out of a thoughtful and ambitious project. The project, and the book, are provocative, important contributions to the literature, and usefully synthesize many of the most important debates in both antitrust and intellectual property. ... Wright on Carrier's Innovation in the 21st Century
This post is from Dennis Crouch(Missouri/PatentlyO) I am enjoying Professor Carrier’s new book Innovation in the 21st Century: Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law. I will focus my discussion here on patent issues discussed in Part III of the book. As other commentaries have noted the book is long on conclusions and proposals ... Crouch on Carrier's Innovation in the 21st Century
This post is from Brett Frischmann (Loyola/ Cornell (Visiting)) I enjoyed reading Mike’s book very much. It provides an excellent primer on antitrust, IP, and innovation. He synthesizes the legal and economic foundations, contours, and controversies in an accessible fashion. I applaud him for doing this because frankly, it is tough to do given that ... Frischmann on Carrier's Innovation in the 21st Century
This post is from F. Scott Kieff (Wash U./ Hoover) I, too, join the rest of the participants in congratulating Michael Carrier on this great book about this great topic. I have enjoyed reading Michael’s work in the past and I enjoyed meeting him at a conference last year. He is a wonderfully warm, bright, ... Kieff on Carrier's Innovation in the 21st Century
First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Josh Wright. Only because of Josh’s creativity and tireless, flawless execution did this blog symposium come about and run so smoothly. I also would like to thank Dennis Crouch, who has generously cross-posted the symposium at PatentlyO. And I am grateful for the ... Professor Carrier's Response