Richard Gilbert (professor)

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Richard J. Gilbert is an American Economist, professor at UC Berkeley from 1976 to 2000, and founder of LECG Corp. (Law and Economics Consulting Group). Richard ('Rich') Gilbert served as Deputy Assistant General in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in the White House from 1993 to 1995, and author of Innovation Matters: Competition Policy for the Knowledge Economy, published by M.I.T. Press. While serving for the United States Justice Department, Richard Gilbert led the development of Joint Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property. Currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley, Richard Gilbert was president of the Industrial Organization Society at University of California, Berkeley during his tenure and from 2002 to 2005 the Chair of the Economics department there. Professor Gilbert has taken special interest in Innovation, Organizational behavior, and Energy economics. Richard J. Gilbert now works as Emeritus from the University, as a consultant for Compass Lexecon and was on the Board of the East Bay College Fund Oakland Promise Association.

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Career

Richard Gilbert contributed to the improvement of the Joint Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Antitrust, Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property during the two years, 1993-1995 when he was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department. Until becoming a Deputy Assistant Attorney General Professor Gilbert was the director of the University of California Energy Institute. At the same time, he was an associate editor in several journals such as '[The Journal of Economic Theory], [The Journal of Industrial Economics] and [The Review of Industrial Organization]'. [1]

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering at Cornell University 1966 M.S. Electrical Engineering at Cornell University 1967 Ph.D from Stanford University 1976

Research areas:: Intellectual Property Research and Development Energy Markets Antitrust Economics

Sabbatical working for the Cambridge University Worked with expert economists in Bergen, Norway. [2]

Recently published papers

Stepwise Innovation [3]

Licensing and Innovation [4]

Collective Rights Organizations: A Guide to Benefits, Costs and Antitrust Safeguards [5]

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References

  1. "Richard J. Gilbert Biography | ATR | Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  2. "Faculty profiles | Department of Economics". www.econ.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  3. "Stepwise Innovation by an Oligopoly" (PDF).
  4. "Licensing and Innovation with Imperfect Contract Enforcement" (PDF).
  5. "Collective Rights Organizations: A Guide to Benefits, Costs and Antitrust Safeguards" (PDF).