Competition law and IP: a Chinese and comparative perspective

An international conference on Competition Law and IP: A Chinese and comparative perspective organised by

• UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society

In collaboration with:

• Center for Competition Law and Policy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• HSE-Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development

Programme
8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:10 Welcome
Chairperson: Li Jian (Professor and Executive Director, Center for Competition Law and Policy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

WANG Xianlin (Distinguished Professor and Executive Dean, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Director of Center for Competition Law and Policy; Advisory Expert of Anti-monopoly Commission of State Council)

Alexey Ivanov (Director for Legal Policy and Social Development Department of Skolkovo Foundation, Director for HSE — Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development)

9:15-10:15 Session 1:
The Interaction of Competition Law with IP: A Chinese Perspective

Chairperson: Shiying Xu (Professor of East China University of Political Science and Law)

Yanchun Lu (Vice Director-General, Bureau of Price Surveillance and Anti-monopoly, National Development and Reform Commission（NDRC）, China)
“IP-related Issues in Price-related Anti-competitive Conduct in China”

HAN Chunlin (Vice Director-General, Anti-monopoly Bureau of Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), China)
“IP-related Anti-Monopoly Review in Merger Control in China”

LU Wanli (Vice Director-General, Bureau of Anti-monopoly and Anti-unfair Competition Enforcement of Sate Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), China)
“IP-related Issues in Anti-monopoly by AICs in China”

KONG Xiangjun (Senior Judge, Supreme People’s Court of China)
“Abusing IP to Limit Competition in Private Antitrust Litigations in China”

Ming Shang (Director-General, Anti-monopoly Bureau of Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), China)
“IP-related Anti-monopoly Legislation and Enforcement in China”

10:25 – 10:35 Special Program

CARRIER Michael (Professor, Rutgers University School of Law, USA) via Skype
“Drug Patent Settlements in the US Antitrust Law”

GHOSHAL Vivek (Professor, School of Economics at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) via Skype
“Innovation and Competition in Developing Economies”

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 Session 2:
The Emergence of Innovation Law: Competition Law and IP as Unified Fields?

Chairperson: Ioannis Lianos (Chair, Global Competition Law and Public Policy; Director, Centre for Law, Economics and Society, Faculty of Laws, University College London & Skolkovo Institute of Law and Development)

SHI Jianzhong (Professor and Vice-President, China University of Political Science and Law; Advisory Expert of Anti-monopoly Commission of State Council, China)
“Interface between Antitrust and IP”

HUANG Yong (Professor and Director, Center for Competition Law, University of International Business and Economics; Advisory Expert of Anti-monopoly Commission of State Council, China)
“IP-related Antitrust Issues in China: Status Quo and Beyond”

IVANOV Alexey (Director for Legal Policy and Social Development Department of Skolkovo Foundation, Director for HSE — Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development)
“The Interaction of Competition law and IP in Russia”

LIANOS Ioannis (Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, UCL Faculty of Laws; Lead Researcher, HSE — Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development)
“Sham litigation, regulatory abuses and the interaction of IP and competition law”

12:00-12:30 Free Discussion

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:15 Session 3:
Innovation Commons and Competition Law with a Focus on IT (Technology Pools, Standard Setting, Cross-licensing Agreements)

Chair Person:
WANG Jian (Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University; Director, Center for Competition Law and Policy)

Ning Lizhi (Professor and Director, Center for IP Law, Wuhan University)
“Analytical Framework of Abusing IP to Restrict Competition”

YE Ming (Professor and Director, Center for Competition Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law)
“Antitrust Issues in Standard Setting and Implementation”

Hwang Lee (Professor，Korea University, South Korea)
“Antitrust Regulation over IPR Abuse from the Perspective of ASBP”

LUNDQVIST Björn (Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden)
“Standard Essential Patents in EU Competition Law”

ONG Burton (Professor, National University Singapore)
“Standard Essential Patents and FRAND”

LIN Xiuqing (Professor and Vice dean, Xiamen University Law School, Director of IP Institute, China)
“Issues on License of Standard-related Patent”

15:15-15:30 Coffee Break

15:15-17:06 Session 4:
Sector-specific Approaches in the Interaction of Competition Law with IP: Institutions and Remedies (Pharma, Digital Platforms, Biotech)

Chairperson: Alexey Ivanov (Director for Legal Policy and Social Development Department of Skolkovo Foundation, Director for HSE — Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development)

XU Guangyao (Professor, Nankai University; Advisory Expert of Anti-monopoly Commission of State Council, China)

“Approaches to Analyzing IP-related Antitrust Cases”

DING Wenlian (Vice-President, IP Chamber, Shanghai High People’s Court, China)
“Judicial Thinking in Cases of Abusing IP”

KAWASHIMA Fujio (Professor, Kobe University, Japan)
“IP and Anti-monopoly in Japan: A Brief Comparison with China”

STOTHERS Chris (Visiting professor, UCL; Arnold & porter, London)
“Competition law and IP in the pharmaceutical sector”

DOTSENKO Alexey (Deputy Head, FAS, Russia)
“Competition law in Digital Markets: the Russian Google case”

YU Qiang (HSE — Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development, Russia)
“Competition Law and IP in the Software sector”

LOMBARDI Claudio (HSE—Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development, Russia)
“Competition Law and IP in the pharmaceutical sector: a Russian perspective”

17:15 – 17:30 Free Discussion

17:30 – 17:40 Closing Event
Liyang Hou (Professor and Assistant Dean, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Associate Director, Center for Competition Law and Policy

Ioannis Lianos (Centre for Law, Economics and Society, Faculty of Laws, University College London & Skolkovo Institute of Law and Development)