Professors Jeanne Fromer and Katherine Strandburg
Topic: To examine the role of incentives in intellectual property law. Starting with theories of intellectual property law, we will go on to study the effects of incentives to act creatively on individuals; the incentives that drive different categories of innovators, including users; norms that have arisen in spaces without intellectual property protection, such as fashion, and atop areas that do provide intellectual property protection, such as open-source software; and what incentives firms might need to innovate. We will draw on legal sources as well as related work in psychology, economics, and sociology.
Tuesday, February 4
Alessandro Nuvolari, Associate Professor of Economic History, Institute of Economics, Sant’ Anna School of Advanced Studies
Diffusing New Technology Without Dissipating Rents: Some Historical Case Studies of Knowledge Sharing
Thursday, February 13 – RESCHEDULED TO MAY 1
Michael Burstein, Assistant Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law
Governing Innovation Prizes [with Fiona Murray]
Thursday, February 20
Jessica Silbey, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
Making Do with A Misfit
Thursday, February 27
Dr. Nikolaus Franke, University Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business
The Seven IP Commandments of a Crowdsourcing Community: How Norms-Based IP Systems Overcome Imitation Problems [with Julia Bauer & Philipp Tuertscher]
Thursday, March 6
Andres Sawicki, Associate Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law
Reputation, Trust, and Hierarchy: Mechanisms for Creative Collaboration
Thursday, March 13
Robert Eisenberger, Professor of Psychology and Management, University of Houston
Can Creativity Be Purchased?
Thursday, March 27
Karim Lakhani, Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Cumulative Innovation & Open Disclosure of Intermediate Results: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Bioinformatics
Tuesday, April 8
Orly Lobel, Don Weckstein Professor of Labor and Employment Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Talent Wants To Be Free: The Upside of Leaks, Raids and Free-Riding
The Colloquium meets at NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, room 202 from 4:00-6:00pm, except for the Tuesday, February 4th and April 8th dates which will meet from 4:00-6:00pm in Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street, room 326.
2 New York CLE Credits are available in the area of Professional Practice for each colloquium you attend.