Brussels Conference On Innovation, Research and Competition In EU12/05/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 CommentShare this Story:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)IP-Watch is a non-profit independent news service and depends on subscriptions. To access all of our content, please subscribe now. You may also offer additional support with your subscription, or donate.By Elise De Geyter for Intellectual Property WatchAn academic conference this month will explore issues related to innovation, research and competition in the European Union, addressing topics such as 5G, big data, patents and standards. On 29-30 May, the conference ‘Innovation, Research and Competition in the EU: The Future of Open and Collaborative Standard Setting’ will take place in Brussels, in the building of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium. The conference is organised by the Liege Competition and Innovation Institute (LCII) and Tilburg Law and Economics Centre (TILEC).The conference offers a forum for debate on issues in standard essential patents licensing and standard setting at the intersection with competition law. The programme also covers big data and standard setting, patent litigation in the telecommunications sector and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing terms. The roundtables will deal with standard essential patents licensing for 5G and global competition amongst standard-setting organisations.The panels consist of academia, experts from European institutions and private practice. The conference will gather public officials, industry experts, legal practitioners and academics from universities such as Stanford, Berkeley, Tilburg, Liege and Eindhoven.Online registration for the conference is possible until 25 May. Share this Story:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Related"Brussels Conference On Innovation, Research and Competition In EU" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.