Events

Eleventh Annual Searle Center Conference on Innovation Economics

The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth presents the Eleventh Annual Conference on Innovation Economics to be held at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Thursday, June 21, 2018 – Friday, June 22, 2018.  The USPTO is co-sponsoring this conference in conjunction with the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth.  

The conference will feature a Keynote Address by Luke Froeb, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.

This conference is an important component of the Searle Center’s expanded focus on innovation economics. Conference participants will explore the connections between IP, innovation, and entrepreneurship through empirical and theoretical economic and legal analysis. This interdisciplinary conference will be composed of presentations by leading researchers in economics and law, and participating authors will have their papers formally discussed by leading thinkers in the field. In addition, the conference will draw audiences of academics in economics, law, and business, as well as legal and business practitioners, government officials, and public policy makers.

Members of the Northwestern community can register by sending an email with your name, affiliation, and complete professional contact information to the Searle Center at searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu.