Exploring 5G, policy and the innovation economy

LeadershIP 2019 took place in the Knight Conference Center of The Newseum in Washington, D.C. on March 26, 2019

Event Details

The sixth annual LeadershIP conference took place on March 26, 2019 in Washington DC. Over the years, LeadershIP has grown to be a high-quality and recognized convener of thought-leaders who discuss innovation and Intellectual Property policies.

 

9:30am

The impact of 5G: Why Innovation Policy Matters

This panel examined 5G as the communications infrastructure of the future and explore what’s motivating the fierce competition in the 5G standards race, including how leadership in 5G technology will affect jobs, growth, and national security.

Olivier Blanchard

Principal Analyst, Creative Strategies
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Durga Malladi

SVP & GM, 4G/5G, Qualcomm

Jeanette Manfra

Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Brian Pomper

Executive Director, Innovation Alliance

David Teece

Tusher Professor of Global Business, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
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11:00am

The IP Policy Landscape: US and The World

Countries around the globe have signaled that developing IP and IP protection is a priority.  This panel discussed how the US and other countries are enforcing IP through various policies and legislation and explored lessons to be learned from strong and improving IP systems in, e.g., Europe and China.

Professor Jonathan Barnett

Torrey H. Webb Professor of Law, Gould School of Law, University of Southern California
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Mark Cohen

Senior Fellow of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, University of California Berkeley Law School

Patrick Kilbride

Vice President of International Intellectual Property, Global Innovation Policy Center, US Chamber of Commerce
1:00pm

Fireside Chat: Iancu & O’Malley

Andrei Iancu

Former Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, US Patent Trademark Office (USPTO)
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Hon. Kathleen O’Malley

United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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1:30

Fireside Chat: O’Malley & Ohlhausen

Hon. Kathleen O’Malley

United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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Maureen Ohlhausen

Partner, Baker Botts; Former Acting Chair and Commissioner, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
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2:00pm

IP and Antitrust: Global Agency Dynamics

This panel reflected upon how the global agency dynamics at the intersection of IP & antitrust have evolved in the last few decades.  What are the lessons learned and the way forward for global businesses?

Luke Froeb

William C. Oehmig Assoc. Professor of Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, Vanderbilt University

Jenni Lukander

Head of Patent Business, Nokia Technologies

Maureen Ohlhausen

Partner, Baker Botts; Former Acting Chair and Commissioner, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
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3:30pm

International Antitrust: What rules and whose standards?

Companies that operate globally today are subject to the jurisdiction of more than 130 competition agencies world-wide, as opposed to a handful of agencies just a couple of decades ago. Some of these agencies maintain the goal of preventing practices that harm consumers and the competitive process itself. Other agencies, however, may be guided by different goals and follow a different set of procedural guidelines. This panel discussed the intersection between antitrust and trade as these global trends in antitrust enforcement are developed and implemented.

Kevin Coates

Partner, Covington & Burling

Stuart Chemtob

Sr. of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini

Simon Evenett

Academic Director and Professor of International Trade and Economic Development, University of St. Gallen

Abbot (Tad) Lipsky

Director, Competition Advocacy Program, Global Antitrust Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

Christopher Yoo

Director, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, PENN Law School