The World Bank Legal Vice Presidency will be hosting a Symposium on “The Role of Intellectual Property in Development” on Thursday, December 16, 2010 (12:30-4:15 pm) at its Headquarters in Washington D.C., Conference Room MC 4-800
Partners The Symposium has been organized in collaboration with the Legal Department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Economic Policy and Debt Department of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM) and the World Bank Science and Technology Innovation Global Expert Team (STI GET).
Description The Symposium will focus on the current debate about the role of intellectual property in development. The goal is to address key issues on how to employ intellectual property in investment and decision making processes to develop legal frameworks which promote economic growth. The speakers will address: - What is the effect of strong IP laws on the rate of innovation and economic growth?
- Does a shift to stronger intellectual property rights promote foreign direct investment and technology transfer into developing countries?
- Does strong IP protection favor northern economies over southern economies or alternatively is it a means to ultimately level the playing field?
- Do national measures that require the involuntary transfer or withdrawal of IP rights achieve the long term developmental goals of developing countries?
- Should the World Bank factor intellectual property into its investment and decision making processes to incentivize legal frameworks that promote economic growth? And how?
- How can public agencies acknowledge and reward private initiatives that use know how or intellectual property to address needs for which there is an insufficient commercial market?
Target Audience The Symposium will have as primary audience the World Bank Group staff, but also limited availability for external participants. If you are interested in attending the event, please send an email to LJDevelopment@worldbank.org with your contact information (name, organization, email, telephone). We will confirm your registration by December 13.
Program Agenda The Role of Intellectual Property in Development Symposium
Thursday, December 16, 2010 | | 12:30-12:40 | Welcome Remarks
Hassane Cisse, Deputy General Counsel, Knowledge and Research, Legal Vice Presidency, World Bank
| | 12:40-1:00 | Introduction
Moderator: Sherry M. Knowles, Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies, Former Chief Patent Counsel, GlaxoSmithKline
| | 1:00-1:30 | Can Innovation help the Developing World Achieve Economic Goals? Collaboration between US and Developing Countries
David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office
| | 1:30-2:30 | Economic Perspectives on Effect of IP on Developing Countries
Dr. Carlos Braga, Director of Economic Policy and Debt, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, World Bank
Dr. Lee Branstetter, Assoc. Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
| | 2:305-2:45 | Break | | 2:45-3:45 | Case studies: Effect of National IP Frameworks on Development and Commercialization
McLean Sibanda, Group Executive for Commercialization, Technology Innovation Agency of South Africa
Carl Horton, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, General Electric
| | 3:45-4:15 | Closing Remarks: Judicial Observations on Development of IP Regimes in Developing Countries
Hon. Chief Judge Rader, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | | 4:30-5:30 | Reception |
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