Workshop & Lecture Series on the Law & Economics of Innovation

All events are open to the public. Participants are expected to have read the papers presented in advance.

1. Receiving Credits

a) ETH students

In order to receive 2 ECTS credits for the course, regular ETH students must cumulatively

1. attend 10 of the 12 lectures/workshops on the program,
2. write a graded comment (2 pages minimum, in English) on one of the posted papers in advance of the lecture/workshop (model comments are available Download here (PDF, 294 KB) and Download here (PDF, 71 KB), 
3. participate actively in the course. In order to facilitate an active discussion, everyone is required to provide two questions each on four of the presented papers (including the commented paper) in advance on the Moodle platform.

b) University of St. Gallen students

In order to receive 4 ECTS credits for the course, University of St. Gallen students must cumulatively

1. attend 8 out of 12 lectures/workshops,
2. write a graded comment (approximately 3000 words long including footnotes, in English) on one of the posted papers in advance of the lecture/workshop
3. participate actively in the course. In order to facilitate an active discussion, everyone is required to provide two questions each on four of the presented papers (including the commented paper) in advance on the Moodle platform.

c) University of Zurich students

In order to receive 6 ECTS credits for the course, University of Zurich students must cumulatively

1. attend 10 of the 12 lectures/workshops on the program,
2. write one graded comment (8 pages minimum, in English) on one of the posted papers in advance of the lecture/workshop, using the template which is available on the Moodle platform (a model comment is available Download here (PDF, 122 KB)), and
   
3. participate actively in the course. In order to facilitate an active discussion, everyone is required to provide two questions each on four of the presented papers (including the commented paper) in advance on the Moodle platform.
   

3. Important Information  

a) Attendance

The Workshop & Lecture Series will take place on site/physically, i.e. the students are expected to attend the lectures and workshops in person. Attendance will be determined on the basis of an attendance list that will be circulated during the lectures.  

b) Written Comments

Comments should relate to one of the background papers posted for a lecture or to a paper to be discussed during a workshop. The idea is not to summarize the paper, but to either shortly comment on one of the issues it deals with or, to the extent it is a working paper, provide constructive criticism about points that deserve further analysis. Comments will not be discussed as such during lectures or workshops. However, students will have ample opportunity to participate in the discussions following each presentation. Comments must be submitted until 23:59 on the day before the presentation takes place. They should be sent to

• Prof. Stefan Bechtold () for ETH Zurich students,
• Prof. Peter Picht () for University of Zurich students, and to
• Prof. Mariana Valente () for University of St. Gallen students.

If you are a University of Zurich law student, you must submit your comment as a PDF and Word file.

c) Questions on Moodle

In order to facilitate an active discussion, everyone is required to provide two questions each on four of the presented papers (including the commented paper) in advance on this Moodle platform.

4. Further Information

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Prof. Stefan Bechtold via email or in person (office hours available on request, ).