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Antitrust and the Dynamics of Competition in High-Tech Industries

On Friday, I will be participating at an event at Technology Policy Institute, where I will be discussing the titular question along with Bob Crandall, Charles Jackson, Christopher Yoo, and Bruce Owen.  Discussants are Joe Farrell, Tim Brennan, Carl Shapiro and Michael Salinger.  As suggested below, my topic will be the recent antitrust enforcement actions against Intel (and the proposed FTC settlement).  Should be a fun event.

Here is the program:

Registration ? 8:30, Program ? 9:00
October 22, 2010
Polaris Suite
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC

Antitrust enforcement in technology industries is complex, in part because the sector is characterized by more or less continuous innovation.  The global nature of the sector, combined with oversight by multiple enforcement agencies, also presents its own unique issues for antitrust policy.  Given these complexities, how can antitrust policy be formulated to promote innovation in these dynamic sectors?

Please join the Technology Policy Institute for a half-day event on antitrust policy in the technology sector on October 22 at the Ronald Reagan Building.  The event is part of the TPI project ?Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Information and Communications Technology: Antitrust and the Dynamics of Competition in ?New Economy? Industries.?  Academic experts will discuss their papers prepared for the project on such topics as recent enforcement actions, vertical integration, and antitrust implications for cloud computing.

8:30 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM	Panel 1:  Thomas Lenard, Technology Policy Institute (moderator) Robert Crandall, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution and Charles Jackson, Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering, George Washington University Antitrust in High-Tech Industries: The Three Major Recent Monopolization Cases Joshua Wright, Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University Law School Does Antitrust Enforcement in High Tech Markets Benefit Consumers? Stock Price Evidence from FTC v. Intel Discussants: Timothy Brennan, Professor, Public Policy and Economics University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future Joseph Farrell, Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission
10:30 AM	Panel 2:  Scott Wallsten, Technology Policy Institute (moderator) Bruce Owen, Director, Public Policy Program, Stanford University and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Antitrust and Vertical Integration in “New Economy” Industries Christopher Yoo, Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer and Information Science and Director, Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition, University of Pennsylvania Law School Cloud Computing:  Architectural and Policy Implications Discussants: Michael Salinger, Professor/Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University School of Management Carl Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics, U.S. Department of Justice

Registration

If you would like to register to attend this event, please use our online form for immediate confirmation. You may also contact us at the Technology Policy Institute offices to request and confirm your attendance.

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Filed under: antitrust, economics, federal trade commission, intellectual property, monopolization, patent, technology

Full post as published by Truth on the Market on October 19, 2010 (boomark / email).