Patents, Standards and Innovation Conference
Supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the US Patent and Trademark Office
January 20-21, 2012
The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson, AZ

Friday, January 20

1

Raising the Barcode Scanner: Technology and Productivity in the Retail Sector

Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau

2

Innovating Standards through Informal Consortia: The Case of Wireless Telecommunications

Henry R. Delcamp, Cerna, Mines ParisTech
Aija Leiponen, Cornell University

3

International Standards and International Trade: Empirical Evidence from ISO 9000 Diffusion

Joseph A. Clougherty, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michal Grajek, European School of Management and Technology

4

Patent Disclosure in Standard Setting

Bernhard Ganglmair, ZEW Mannheim
Emanuele Tarantino, LUISS and EIEF

5

Patent Trolls and Technology Diffusion

Catherine Tucker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

6

Do Patent Pools Encourage Innovation? Evidence from 20 Industries in the 1930s

Ryan L. Lampe, California State University, East Bay
Petra Moser, New York University and NBER

7

Rewarding Duopoly Innovators: The Price of Exclusivity

Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Matthew Mitchell, University of Toronto