Università Carlo Cattaneo, LIUC
July 22-23, 2005

1. Technological Innovation and Monopolization
   F.M. Scherer, Harvard University and Havertford College
2. Rivalry and technological complementarities in digital goods
   Luigi Marengo, Antonio Palestrini and Corrado Pasquali, Università di Teramo, Italy
3. Patenting practices within the Upper-Rhine Biovalley network: Exclusion and cooperation rationales
   Antoine Bureth, Rachel Levy, Julien Pénin and Sandrine Wolff, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France
4. Open Science and University Patenting: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Italian Case
   Stefano Breschi, Università Bocconi, Francesco Lissoni Università degli Studi di Brescia and Fabio Montobbio, Università dell’Insubria, Italy
5. The current discussions on collective management of rights in the EU Economic Concerns
   Maria Mercedes Frabboni, Queen Mary College, University of London. UK
6. DRM and competition: consequences on cultural diversity. The case of the online music market
   Heritiana Ranaivoson and Joelle Farchy, Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
7. Behavioral And Social Mechanisms that Undermine Legality in The Workplace: Examining The Efficacy of Trade-Secrets Laws Among Knowledge Workers in Silicon Valley
   Yuval Feldman, Bar-Ilan University,Israel
8. Trade Secret vs. Broad Patent: The Role of Licensing Agreements
   Franco Cugno and Elisabetta Ottoz, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
9. Orphan Works, Abandonware and the Missing Market for Copyrighted
   Goods
   Dennis Khong, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
10. Web Technologies: Reflective Activities and Property Rights.
    Giovanni Bono, Università di Bologna, Italy
11.  The economics of Information Technologies Standards and Recommandations: The financial Services Sector Case
    Eric Thivant and Bouzidi Laid, Université Jean Moulin, Lyon 3, France
12. Bad for Universal but Universally Bad ? The Uneven Effects of the Current Crisis in the German Phonographic Industry
    Christian Handke, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
13. Network Externalities, File Sharing and Digital Music Piracy
    Antonella Ardizzone, IULM, Italy
14. Intellectual Property Rights and Technological Evolution in Entertainment and Mass Media Markets
    Franco Amisano, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
15. Intellectual Property Rights and Judicial Decision Making. An Economic Analysis of Judicial Governance and Precedent
    Sophie Harnay and Alain Marciano, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, France
16. Increasing Intellectual Property Rights Protection: which countries do better?
    Carolina Pagliacci Banco Central de Venezuela and Stefania Scandizzo, Corporación Andina de Fomento, Caracas, Venezuela
17. Law and Economics of Bilateral Investment Treaties regulating Intellectual Property Rights: Challenge for Developing Countries?
    Rosa Castro Bernieri, Hamburg University- Università di Bologna
18. How To Build A Commons:Is Intellectual Property Constrictive, Facilitating or Irrelevant?
    Shubha Ghosh, State University of New York at Buffalo, US
19. Is Software Piracy a Middle Class Crime?
    Justina Fischer, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and Antonio Rodríguez Andres, University of Southern Denmark
20. Intellectual Property Rights or Liability Rules: How Do We Tackle Copyright Infringement in the Music Market? Insights from Experimental Data
    Shubha Ghosh, State University of New York, US, Anna Maffioletti, Università degli Studi di Torino and Giovanni Ramello, Università Carlo Cattaneo, LIUC, Italy