The videos and slides from a May 20 event “New Perspectives on Innovation and Intellectual Property Policy in China: What Does the Evidence Say?”, co-hosted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and UC San Diego are now available on line.

This valuable program included economists, political scientists, trade associations and lawyers looking into data-driven approaches to analyzing China’s IP and innovation.  Presentations discussed such topics as antitrust economics in China, global benchmarking of iP and innovation, analyses of patent data and patent quality,

Here’s the full list of individual presentations:

Panel I: Chinese IP Data and Innovation

Introduction of the USPTO China Resource Center and Various Examples of Empirical IP Data We Analyze (PDF) Larry LIAN, USPTO Office of Policy and International Affairs

What Chinese Patenting Data and USPTO Data Show about Innovation (PDF) Rick MILLER, USPTO Office of Chief Economist

GIPC International IP Index (PDF) Ellen SZYMANSKI, Global Intellectual Property Center at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Panel II: Chinese IP & Innovation Policy and its Effects (Part I)

How Economists Can Drive Change in IP Policy (PDF) Stuart GRAHAM, Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech

Roads Less Traveled: Using Empirical Data to Revisit Assumptions About IP in China (PDF) Mark COHEN, USPTO Office of Policy and International Affairs

Panel III: Chinese IP & Innovation Policy and its Effects (Part II)

China’s planning for patenting: planning for patently unplannable (PDF) Brian WRIGHT, UC Berkeley

China’s patent subsidy policy: evidence from a firm level study (PDF) LEI Zhen, Penn State University

Innovation Driven Development and Its Implication for Innovation and IPR in China (PDF) LIU Xielin, School of Management at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Panel IV: Industry and Corporate Perspectives

Competition Data and Antitrust – a Corporate Perspective (PDF) CHEN Liren and Kirti GUPTA, Qualcomm Inc.

Legal and Regulatory Context for China’s Antitrust Enforcement (PDF) Elizabeth WANG, Charles River Associates

How to Calculate Piracy and Its Impact on the Economy (PDF) Jared RAGLAND, Business Software Alliance