Call for Papers
Patent Statistics for Decision Makers 2013 Conference

12-13 November 2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Intellectual property (IP) aims to encourage investment in innovation, by enabling innovators to make a return on their investments. IP also plays an important role in the creation, dissemination and use, for further technological development, of the knowledge and innovations contained for example in the inventions disclosed in patent documents. The dynamics of the knowledge economy, the globalisation of markets and the increasing complexity of products have also changed the way market actors use IP rights and policy- makers understand IP rights and their role. Furthermore, emerging economies are increasingly featuring as new players in this game and are adapting their IP policies in order to become pro-active users of the system.

In a global environment of new technological and political challenges, IP right systems and in particular the patent system are undergoing continuous changes as they seek to optimise the balance between private and social benefits and thus contribute both to economic growth and to the welfare of societies.

To enable economies to meet these challenges, policy-makers need analysis based on reliable data. Patent data are a unique source of information that can be used to address a wide range of policy issues in the fields of science and technology, R&D and innovation, entrepreneurship and enterprise dynamics, development and economic growth. They support evidence-based decision-making and reveal important facts about how the patent systems themselves are performing.

FOCUS: For the first time, and as a result of worldwide collaboration between our different organisations, the Patent Statistics for Decision Makers conference is moving to the southern hemisphere. The conference will broaden its scope and expand its focus to include emerging economies and the role of technology transfer. As with every edition, the goal of the 2013 conference is to present the latest empirical evidence based on patent and IP statistics and to discuss these findings with decision-makers from both the private and public sectors. The conference also aims to share cutting-edge knowledge on topics relevant to policy-makers, academics, companies and practitioners, including:
- the development of new technology fields and the role of IP in attracting R&D;
- patent 'quality' and the use of patents as indicators of research productivity;
- IP, knowledge markets and technology transfer;
- patenting trends, patent policies and innovation policies;
- IP and societal challenges (e.g. environment, health, aging);
- the financing of innovative enterprises and the role of IP as collateral;
- patenting, IP activities and the strategies of global firms;
- the IP 'bundle': the combined use of different IP rights (e.g. patents and trademarks).

Papers focusing on emerging economies or cross-country analysis are particularly welcome.

TARGET AUDIENCE: The event is targeted at decision-makers, academics, analysts, practitioners and other experts dealing with innovation, knowledge-based assets, academic entrepreneurship, enterprise dynamics, and science and technology-related issues.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Researchers and all those interested in any relevant patent and IP statistics-related issue are invited to submit an electronic version of their paper, or an extended abstract of at least three pages, to psdm@oecd.or

DEADLINES:
Deadline for submissions: 7 July 2013
Notification of acceptance: 31 July 2013
Full papers due by: 13 October 2013
Presentations due by: 3 November 2013

VENUE: Hotel Rio Othon Palace (http://www.othon.com.br/hoteis/rio-othon-palace#o-hotel)
Avenida Atlantica, 3264 - Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, 22070-000 - Brazil

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: The conference will feature presentations by members of the Scientific Committee, including:
Mario Alexandre Goncalves, Whirlpool
Tony Clayton, UK Intellectual Property Office (GB)
Paulo Furquim de Azevedo, University Getulio Vargas Foundation (BR)
Stuart Graham, Georgia Tech (US) and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Bronwyn Hall, University of California at Berkeley (US) and UNU-MERIT
Dietmar Harhoff, Max Planck Institute and University of Munich (DE)
Marlos Mazzeu Silveira, EMBRAER S.A.
Benjamin H. Mitra-Kahn, IP Australia (AU)
Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque, Federal University of Minas Gerais (BR)
Sadao Nagaoka, Hitotsubashi University (JP)
Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, US)

ORGANISED BY:
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
Brazilian Government (BR)

IN CO-OPERATION WITH:
Eurostat
Japan Patent Office
Korean Intellectual Property Office
National Science Foundation
United States Patent and Trademark Office

FURTHER INFORMATION: For more information, visit: http://www.oecd.org/sti/patents or http://www.epo.org/psdm2013