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The Second World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities, Session 6
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|  | Â |  | Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Local Knowledge |  Session Overview |
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The expansion of the Knowledge Economy has increased the production and commercialization of knowledge. This could create tensions with the current patent system. The fear is that research could be impeded by patents. |
| Presentations |  | Patents and the Competitive Game
Thierry Sueur, Vice-President, Intellectual Property Department, Air Liquide |  | Patents in the Knowledge Economy, Dominique Guellec, OECD (PDF, 53Kb) |  | Global Knowledge and Traditional Knowledge, Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (PDF, 2100Kb)
|  | Valuing Patents, A European Perspective, Bruno Van Pottelesberghe, Chief Economist, European Patent Office(PDF, 140Kb) |
| Intangibles and IPRs, Bo Heiden, Deputy Director, CIP, Chalmers and Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden(PDF, 253Kb) |
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