Stefan Bechtold: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Stefan Bechtold |
| Field | Intellectual Property |
| Address | Professur f. Intellectual Property ETH Zürich, IFW E 47.2 Haldeneggsteig 4 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 26 70 |
| sbechtold@ethz.ch | |
| URL | https://ip.ethz.ch/group/professor/bechtold.html |
| Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851-0735-09L | Workshop & Lecture Series on the Law & Economics of Innovation  | 2 credits | 2S | S. Bechtold, H. Gersbach, A. Heinemann | |
| Abstract | This series is a joint project by ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. It provides an overview of interdisciplinary research on intellectual property, innovation, antitrust and technology policy. Scholars from law, economics, management and related fields give a lecture and/or present their current research. All speakers are internationally well-known experts from Europe, the U.S. and beyond. | ||||
| Learning objective | After the workshop and lecture series, participants should be acquainted with interdisciplinary approaches towards intellectual property, innovation, antitrust and technology policy research. They should also have an overview of current topics of international research in these areas. | ||||
| Content | The workshop and lecture series will present a mix of speakers who represent the wide range of current social science research methods applied to intellectual property, innovation, antitrust policy and technology policy issues. In particular, theoretical models, empirical and experimental research as well as legal research methods will be represented. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Papers discussed in the workshop and lecture series are posted in advance on the course web page. | ||||
| Literature | William Landes / Richard Posner, The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law, 2003 Suzanne Scotchmer, Innovation and Incentives, 2004 Peter Menell / Suzanne Scotchmer: Intellectual Property Law, in: Polinsky / Shavell (eds.), Handbook of Law and Economics, Volume 2, Amsterdam 2007, pp. 1471-1570 Bronwyn Hall / Nathan Rosenberg (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, 2 volumes, Amsterdam 2010 Bronwyn Hall / Dietmar Harhoff, Recent Research on the Economics of Patents, 2011 Robert Litan (ed.), Handbook on Law, Innovation and Growth, Cheltenham 2011 Paul Belleflamme / Martin Peitz, Industrial Organization: Markets and Strategies, Cambridge 2010 Einer Elhauge / Damien Geradin, Global Competition Law and Economics, 2007 Dennis Carlton / Jeffrey Perloff, Modern Industrial Organization, 4th edition, 2004 Martin Peitz / Joel Waldfogel, The Oxford Handbook of the Digital Economy, Oxford 2012 September 2013 issue of the Journal of Industrial Economics, available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joie.2013.61.issue-3/issuetoc Stefan Bechtold, Law and Economics of Copyright and Trademark on the Internet, in: Durlauf/Blume (eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, online edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, available at http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2013_L000245 Robert Merges, Economics of Intellectual Property Law, forthcoming 2015 in Parisi (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Law & Economics, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2412251 | ||||
| 860-0001-00L | Public Institutions and Policy-Making Processes  Number of participants limited to 25. Priority for Science, Technology, and Policy MSc students. | 3 credits | 3G | T. Bernauer, S. Bechtold, F. Schimmelfennig | |
| Abstract | Students acquire the contextual knowledge for analyzing public policies. They learn why and how public policies and laws are developed, designed, and implemented at national and international levels, and what challenges arise in this regard. | ||||
| Learning objective | Public policies result from decision-making processes that take place within formal institutions of the state (parliament, government, public administration, courts). That is, policies are shaped by the characteristics of decision-making processes and the characteristics of public institutions and related actors (e.g. interest groups). In this course, students acquire the contextual knowledge for analyzing public policies. They learn why and how public policies and laws are developed, designed, and implemented at national and international levels, and what challenges arise in this regard. The course is organized in three modules. The first module (Stefan Bechtold) examines basic concepts and the role of law, law-making, and law enforcement in modern societies. The second module (Thomas Bernauer) deals with the functioning of legislatures, governments, and interest groups. The third module (Frank Schimmelfennig) focuses on the European Union and international organisations. | ||||
| Content | Schedule (for up-to-date information, see the syllabus that will be distributed to participants electronically): W1: Bechtold, Bernauer: Introduction How are laws created and interpreted? How are they enforced? W2: Bechtold: Why do we need laws and why do people and firms usually obey the law? What are possible goals of legal systems? What is the relationship between laws, social norms, and moral values? W3: Bechtold: What role does scientific evidence play in the creation and enforcement of the law? How does the law deal with non-quantifiable factors or incommensurable values? W4: no class W5: Bernauer: How are parliaments (legislatures) elected, how do they work, and how do their characteristics and processes affect policy-making? W6: Bernauer: Why do forms of government differ and how does this affect policy-making? Why and in what respect are public administrations efficient/effective, and why sometimes not? W7: Bernauer: How do interest groups and social movements affect policy-making. W8: Study week W9: Schimmelfennig: Governance beyond the state: why and how states create international institutions. W10: Schimmelfennig: International organizations and regimes: case studies of global governance. W11: Schimmelfennig: Institutions and policy-making in the European Union. W12: Schimmelfennig: International organizations and policy diffusion. W13: End-of-semester exam An add-on module to this course (3 ECTS) involves an essay. This part of the course is accessible only to ISTP MSc students and requires enrollement in the main course (3 ECTS). ISTP MSc students must enrol in both parts. Other students can only enrol in the main course. 3rd week of January: deadline for review essay | ||||
| Lecture notes | Reading materials will be distributed electronically to the students when the semester starts. | ||||
| Literature | Baylis, John, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens (2014): The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Caramani, Daniele (ed.) (2014): Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. European Court of Justice (2013): ITV Broadcasting Ltd. and Others v. TV Catch Up Ltd., Case C-607/11, March 7, 2013, EU:C:2013:147. Federal Communications Commission (2015): Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet, 80 Federal Register 19738-19847. Gilardi, Fabrizio (2012): Transnational Diffusion: Norms, Ideas, and Policies, in Carlsnaes, Walter, Thomas Risse and Beth Simmons, Handbook of International Relations, 2nd Edition, London: Sage, pp. 453-477. Hage, Jaap and Bram Akkermans (eds.) (2014): Introduction to Law, Heidelberg: Springer, available as an ebook at ETH library. Jolls, Christine (2013): Product Warnings, Debiasing, and Free Speech: The Case of Tobacco Regulation, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 169: 53-78. Lelieveldt, Herman and Sebastiaan Princen (2011): The Politics of European Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Lessig, Lawrence (2006): Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0, New York: Basic Books. Available at http://codev2.cc/download+remix/Lessig-Codev2.pdf. Schimmelfennig, Frank and Ulrich Sedelmeier (2004): Governance by Conditionality: EU Rule Transfer to the Candidate Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, in: Journal of European Public Policy 11(4): 669-687. Shipan, Charles V. and Craig Volden (2012): Policy Diffusion: Seven Lessons for Scholars and Practitioners. Public Administration Review 72(6): 788-796. Sunstein, Cass R. (2014): The Limits of Quantification, California Law Review 102: 1369-1422. Thaler, Richard H. and Cass R. Sunstein (2003): Libertarian Paternalism. American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 93: 175-179. U.S. Supreme Court (2014): American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc., 134 S.Ct. 2498. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | This is a Master level course. The course is capped at 25 students, with ISTP Master students having priority. | ||||
| 860-0001-01L | Public Institutions and Policy-Making Processes; Research Paper Only for Science, Technology, and Policy MSc. Prerequisite: you have to be enrolled in 860-0001-00L during the same semester. | 3 credits | 3A | T. Bernauer, S. Bechtold, F. Schimmelfennig | |
| Abstract | This is an add-on module to the course: 860-0001-00L. It focuses on students writing an essay on an issue covered by the main course 860-0001-00L. | ||||
| Learning objective | Students learn how to write an essay on a policy issue they select. | ||||
| Content | Students learn how to write an essay on a policy issue they select. | ||||
| Lecture notes | See 860-0001-00L | ||||
| Literature | See 860-0001-00L | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Access only for ISTP MSc students also enrolled in 860-0001-00L | ||||