Workshop Mobility and Competition Clause
Conference Program
September 1-2, 2011
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Ludwigstraße 28 / 1st floor; Room: Freskensaal (R 115)
Day 1 – Sept. 1, 2011
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9.30 – 10.00 |
Welcome
William van Caenegem (Bond University), Dietmar Harhoff (LMU) |
| 10.00 – 11.15 |
Session 1
Labor mobility and innovation: regions and clusters Papers: Hsini Huang (Georgia Institute of Technology) - The Inter-relationships between Non-Competes, Mobility and Innovative Performance Thomas Ronde (Copenhagen Business School) – Covenants not to Compete
Commentators: Raffaele Conti; Matt Marx Moderator: Matthias Lamping (MPI) |
| 11.15 – 11.45 | Coffee Break |
| 11.45 – 13.00 |
Session 2
Post-employment trade secrets law relevant to mobility and innovation (I)
Papers: Michael Risch (Villanova University) Displacement of trade secrets common law by the Uniform Trade Secrets Act Tanya Aplin (King’s College London) - Law relating to trade secrets post-employment in the United Kingdom
Commentators: William van Caenegem; Richard Schloetter Moderator: Rupprecht Podszun (MPI) |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch Break |
| 14.00 – 15.15 |
Session 3
Post-employment trade secrets law relevant to mobility and innovation (II)
Papers: Marie Malaurie-Vignal and Bertrand Warusfel (University of Versailles and University of Lille) - Legal protection of innovation, trade secrets law and non-compete clauses Richard Schloetter (ReedSmith Munich) Comparative comments on trade secrets and non-compete clauses
Commentators: Tanya Aplin, Björn Joachim (WZR Hamburg) Moderator: Kaya Koklu (MPI) |
| 15:15-16:30 |
Session 4
The interaction between trade secrets law, non-compete clauses and innovation
Papers: Chris Dent (University of Melbourne) - Negotiating Control of Artefacts of Creation: Intellectual Property, Know-How, Confidential Information and Contracts Dietmar Harhoff (LMU) - The Social Value of Patent Disclosure
Commentators: Chris Arup; Matt Marx Moderator: Thomas Ronde |
| 16:30 – 16.45 | Coffee Break |
| 16.45 – 18.00 |
Session 5
Non competes and innovation: legal and innovation studies perspectives
Papers: Matt Marx (MIT) & Lee Fleming (Harvard University) – Non-compete Agreements: Barriers to Entry…and Exit? Matt Marx (MIT) – Regional Disadvantage? Non-competes and brain drain
Commentators: Open discussion session – round-up of the day Moderator: Michael Risch |
Day 2 – Sept. 2, 2011
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9.00 – 10.30 |
Session 6
Non-competes: law and practice
Papers: William van Caenegem (Bond University) – Evolution of the Courts’ evaluation and enforcement of non-compete clauses Chris Arup (Monash University) – Law and practice: what parties agree to and how they act in non-compete cases, including avoidance strategies
Commentators: Rupprecht Podszun; Mchael Risch Moderator: Dietmar Harhoff |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 – 12.15 |
Session 7
Non-competes, knowledge mobility and innovation performance
Papers: Raffaele Conti (Bocconi University) – Do non-competition agreements lead firms to pursue risky R&D projects? Karin Hoisl (LMU) – The causality between inventor mobility and inventor productivity
Commentators: Dietmar Harhoff; Marie Malaurie-Vignal & Bertrand Warusfel. Moderator: William van Caenegem |
| 12:15 – 13.00 | Concluding session – Conclusions and way ahead |
*Funding:
Team Australia acknowledges funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC)
Team Germany acknowledges funding from the Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (INNO-tec)