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Explore recordings and conference materials from events hosted by the Center for Transnational Law and Business at the USC Gould School of Law.
Algorithms and Advertising: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in False Advertising Litigation
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Antitrust and Private Equity: New Risks
Monday, January 9, 2023
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
The Meaning of Section 5 of the FTC Act
Thursday, December 8, 2022
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Nascent Competition
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
New Developments for Antitrust Enforcement in Asia and the EU
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
The Good, Bad, and Ugly in Canada's Newly Proposed Competition Amendments
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
USC Global Competition Law Thought Leadership Conference
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| Richard A. Powers, Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division |
June 3-4, 2022
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
The USC Gould Center for Transnational Law and Business, along with the USC Marshall Initiative on Digital Competition and the Analysis Group, co-hosted the inaugural USC Global Competition Thought Leadership conference at USC Global Competition Thought Leadership conference at USC on June 3-4, 2022. The conference focused on antitrust and competition issues in the Asia-Pacific and U.S. West Coast regions and featured notable antitrust experts, including government officials, practitioners and academics.
Richard A. Powers, Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, delivered the Keynote speech. For more information about the conference, view the agenda.
Berkeley Former Chief Economists Roundtable: How to Reform Antitrust
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Canadian Competition Reform: Views from Practice
Thursday, March 31, 2022
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
The Future of Digital Competition and Regulation in Canada - A Fireside Chat with the Former Commissioners of the Competition Bureau
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
A Panel Discussion on the European Union's Digital Markets Act
Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Future of U.S. Innovation and Tech Competitiveness
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Myths and Facts: The Progressive Era and Populist Expressions of Antitrust
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
CTLB Panel Discussion on Tech Antitrust Enforcement Trends in the Americas
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
CTLB 1st Annual Symposium on White Collar Corporate Enforcement and Individual Accountability: Antitrust
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
CTLB Panel Discussion on the Future of Antitrust Enforcement in the Biden Administration
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
CTLB Panel Discussion on Global ESG Issues
Monday, June 24, 2021
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Symposium: Reforming Patent Reform
With Featured Keynote Speaker: USPTO Director Andrei Iancu
Friday, February 22, 2019
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Reform of the U.S. patent system has been in full swing for at least a decade, resulting in major legislative, judicial and regulatory developments. This conference will provide a venue for thought leaders in the academic, legal and policymaking communities to engage in an economically informed discussion of whether the patent reform process has taken steps that advance or hinder our innovation economy.
The Conference will consist of a morning and afternoon session, with a lunch featuring a keynote address by Andrei Iancu, Director of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The morning sessions will focus on empirical and other economic analysis relating to policy concerns surrounding non-practicing entities, patent holdup and patent quality. The afternoon sessions will leverage that analysis in discussing past and future reforms in patent and antitrust law to address these issues.
USC Gould School of Law, a State Bar of California-approved MCLE provider, certifies that this activity qualifies for minimum continuing legal education credit in the amount of 5.25 hours.
Program - Friday, February 22
| 8 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:50 a.m. | Opening remarks |
| 9 a.m. | Session I: Patent Trolls or Non-Practicing Entities? Michael Meurer (Boston University) David Schwartz (Northwestern University) |
| 10 a.m. | Session 2: Does Patent Holdup Exist? Jorge Contreras (University of Utah) Stephen Haber (Stanford University; Hoover Institution) |
| 11 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m. | Session 3: Can We Measure Patent Quality and Examiner Performance? Deepak Hegde (New York University) Saurabh Vishnubhakat (Texas A&M University) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch: USPTO Director Andrei Iancu |
| 1:45 p.m. | Session 4: Is SEP/FRAND Policy on the Right Track? Kirti Gupta (Qualcomm) Michael Lawrence (Google) Anne Layne-Farrar (Charles River Associates) Douglas Melamed (Stanford University) |
| 2: 45 p.m. | Session 5: Report Card for the PTAB Brian Love (Santa Clara University) David Kappos (Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP) Arti Rai (Duke University) Luke L. Dauchot (Kirkland & Ellis LLP) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 4 p.m. | Session 6: Did eBay v. MercExchange Go Too Far? Jason Lo (Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP) Adam Mossoff (George Mason University) Ted Sichelman (San Diego University) Richard Gruner (University of Southern California) |
| 5 p.m. | Closing |
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credit:
CLE materials for Feb. 22 Reforming Patent Reform conference
Conference on Competition Policy, Tech and IP
The Center for Transnational Law and Business hosted a conference on the Application of Competition Policy to Technology and IP Licensing on Friday, November 10, 2017, at the USC Gould School of Law. The conference provided a full day of panels comprised of regulators from several international jurisdictions, in-house attorneys, law firm lawyers, economists and academic experts discussing matters related to the legal, economic and business impact that the intersection of competition policy and IP has on technology and IP licensing.
Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Makan Delharim
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Keynote speaker Assistant Attorney General Makan Delharim gave a speech which indicated a significant policy shift in terms of the role of antitrust rules in the context of IP in the technology sector.
Conference panel topics included:
- The Revised DOJ/FTC Antitrust Guidelines for IP Licensing
- A Roundtable of International Competition Officials on the Extraterritorial Antitrust Regulation of IP Licensing Agreements
- Recent Jurisprudence Related to SEPs in International Jurisdictions
- Intersection Between IP and Competition Policy: SEPs and FRAND Licensing
Featured speakers included Claudia Berg of the Competition & Markets Authority, U.K.; Kathleen Bradish of the International Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice; Ian Connor of the Bureau of Competition, U.S. Federal Trade Commission; Roger Featherston of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission; Hiroyuki Odagiri of the Japan Fair Trade Commission; and Yuanting Wang of the Anti-Monopoly Bureau, Ministry of Commerce, China.
View videos of the panel sessions
Download speaker conference materials:
- Panel 1 - IP Licensing and Antitrust Guidelines - View from Different Jurisdictions
- Panel 2 - Intersection Between IP and Competition Policy: SEPS and FRAND Licensing
- Panel 3 - Recent Jurisprudence Related to SEPs in International Jurisdictions
- Panel 4 - Enforcer's Roundtable - Extraterritorial Antitrust Regulation of IP Licensing
Conference on Antitrust Enforcement in a Global Context: Extraterritoriality and Due Process
The center held its inaugural conference on Antitrust Enforcement in a Global Context: Extraterritoriality and Due Process on January 13 and 14, 2017 at USC Gould.
Maureen Ohlhausen, commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
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Executives from Uber Technologies, Google, Amazon and Essential Patent led panel discussions on issues and challenges that companies face in addressing global antitrust enforcement, focusing on transparency, due process and comity in global antitrust proceedings. Panelists included regulators from several international jurisdictions, as well as in-house counsel, law firm attorneys and academics from around the world including China, Japan, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Australia, Brazil, India, Hong Kong, Canada and the United States. The discussions spoke directly to the important and consequential legal questions that are affecting global business activity and the world economy.
Leading experts at the conference included Maureen Ohlhausen, commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission; Hideo Nakajima, secretary general of the Japan Fair Trade Commission; Vicky Eatrides, deputy commissioner of the Canadian Competition Bureau; Andy Chen, former commissioner, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission; Lynda Marshall, acting chief, Foreign Commerce Section of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division; and Yiqin Zhao, director of Economic Inspection Division, Competition Enforcement Bureau, State Administration for Industry & Commerce, China.
Video of Day 1 panel sessions featuring regulators and practitioners can be viewed here.
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