Professor Lee Speaks at Intellectual Property Workshop, University of Copenhagen

Professor Peter Lee participated in an invitation-only, intellectual property workshop co-sponsored by the New York University Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy and the UC Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.

The workshop, "User and Open Innovation: How Should Intellectual Property Law Respond?" took place in St. Helena, California on May 28-29.  The workshop brought together an interdisciplinary group of scholars of law, management, and economics to consider whether and how intellectual property law should be modified to accommodate the increasing importance of innovation by users and of open processes of innovation. 

Additionally, in June, Professor Lee presented a work-in-progress entitled "The Limitations of Intellectual Property: Tacit Knowledge and Vertical Academic Integration" to the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen.  The piece examines technology transfer from universities to the private sector; it argues that patenting and licensing alone are often insufficient to transfer the tacit knowledge necessary to practice early-stage inventions.  Professor Lee's talk was hosted by the University of Copenhagen's newly-created Centre for Information and Innovation Law.   

Peter Lee is a Professor of Law at King Hall whose special interests include intellectual property, patent law, and property.  His research has examined the intersection of science and society as well as the patent system's impact on scientific and technological progress.