>Boosting Innovation and Creativity: How 2011
Has Changed the Face of IP
Cecilia Wikström
Member of Parliament
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT\ Belgium
9:30 - 10:30 am
> Unitary Patent Revealed: Putting the Finishing Touches
Unitary Patent final setting \ How does it look like, why it will improve companies' life \ Which impact for those which stay outside \ Costs: the whole truth \ Translation's mechanics, quality of machine tools \ Unitary Patent Court's new clothes \ Patent litigation in practice
Pierre Delsaux
Deputy Director General, DG Internal Market and Services
EUROPEAN COMMISSION\ Belgium
Jürgen Koch
Head of Corporate IP
ROBERT BOSCH\ Germany
Thierry Sueur
Chairman Patent Working Group
Business Europe
Vice President, IP
L'AIR LIQUIDE\ France
Chair
Willem Hoyng
Partner
Hoyng Monegier, LLP\ The Netherlands
10:30 - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am- 12:00 pm
> Green Technologies: Dealing with Urgent Innovation Now
Pushing Green technologies: governments' choice or private investments? \ Speeding patent procedures (UK, US, Japan experiences) and ensuring optimum use of patents for green tech (pools, patent commons, licenses) \ Climate Change and tech transfers: follow-up to Cancun
Kai Brandt
Patent Attorney
AUDI\ Germany
Nils Breidenstein
VP Group IP Counsel & Associate General Counsel
INVENSYS GROUP\ United Kingdom
Erik Müller
Vice President IPR and R&D
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS\ Denmark
Chair
R. Mark Halligan
Partner
NIXON PEABODY, LLP\ United States
12:00 - 1:00 pm
> Trade Secrets and Industrial Espionage: the Grey Zone
Confidentiality and patent protection: the right mix, best practices in technology transfers \ Avoiding disclosure of trade secrets through legal proceedings \ Ways to ensure an optimum protection for trade secrets at an international scale
Alessandro De Antoniis
Head of IP Legal
BOREALIS\ Austria
David Simon
Associate General Counsel for IP Policy
INTEL\ United States
Anne Laurent
General IP Counsel, Legal Europe Services
AMER SPORTS\ France
Chair
John F. Hornick
Partner
FINNEGAN HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP\ United States
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
by invitation, LUNCH with Sughrue Mion pllc
The Future Of Patent Litigation Under The America Invents Act – Strategic Use Of New USPTO Post-Grant Oppositions - part 1: Overview
Mixing technical & legal protection \ IP Infringements' map: where to put efforts, winning strategies \ Revision of EU IP Enforcement directive: IPRED shortcomings, expected improvements \ Border protection: new EU Customs Regulation (24 May 2011) \ Follow-up on goods in transit
Jean Bergevin
Head of Unit D3, DG Internal Market and Services
EUROPEAN COMMISSION\ Belgium
Carl De Meyer
Partner
Hoyng monegier\ Belgium
Thomas Striffling
Patent ManagHead of IP Department
ARC INTERNATIONAL\ France
Ronald Zink
Chief Operating Officer European Affairs & Associate General Counsel
MICROSOFT\ France
Chair
Lidy-Anne Jeswiet
Head of Trademark Practice
GEVERS\ Belgium
3:30 - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm
> Fighting Fakes in Automotive & Vehicle Industries
The parts and accessories' issue: mapping, measures taken, technical solutions, co-operations \ How to protect against Slavish Imitation
Bettina Hermann
General Counsel, Legal Affairs EMEA
FEDERAL-MOGUL\ Germany
Dennis Skarvan
Chief IP Counsel
CATERPILLAR INC.\ United States
Dr Jan Zecher
Principal
Fish & Richardson\ Germany
Chair
Philippe Péters
Partner
NAUTADUTILH\ Belgium
5:00 - 6:00 pm
> Life & Patents: The Moral Challenges of Innovation
Stem cells: EU Court of Justice decision on Brüstle vs. Greenpeace (C-34/10): scope of exclusion, assessing the criteria of destruction for pluripotent cells \ Reducing divergence of interpretation between patent offices in Europe? \ Differences with US practice? Impact on Research? \ Genes: news from Myriad case (AMP vs. USPTO) \ Biosimilars: recent developments
Carine Crépin
Head of Biotech Patent Support – Global Innovative Healthcare
SANOFI\ France
Bo Hammer Jensen
Director and Senior Patent Counsel
NOVOZYMES\ Denmark
Clara Sattler de Sousa e Brito
Partner
LIERMANN-CASTELL\ Germany
Dr Jürgen Schneider
Vice President, IP and IP Litigation
QIAGEN\ Germany
Chair
Simon Dack
Partner
Hoyng Monegier\ The Netherlands
7:00 pm
Cocktail reception
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