Innovation to products: why is Europe lagging? \ Tech. transfer: how infrastructures help \ Why is public support needed for an IP marketplace?
Richard Pelly
Chief Executive
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT FUND\ Luxembourg
9:30 - 10:00 am
> Corporate IP Moving from Cost-Centre to Profit-Centre: the Critical Steps
Intangibles accounting for 80% of the overall value of companies: what are the real figures for IP? \ How to make the most of IPR portfolios through licensing programmes, strategic divestments, litigation, etc. \ No patent, no investment? \ IP in the strategic toolbox for C-level execs
Matthew Goodwin
VP, Global Head of Patents and Chief Patent Counsel
UNILEVER\ United Kingdom
Raymond Hegarty
VP and General Manager of Global Licensing Europe
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES\ Ireland
Daniel Hermele
Director IPRs and Licensing
QUALCOMM EUROPE\ United Kingdom
Jérôme Laguette
Intellectual Property Licensing Director
RENAULT\ France
Chair
John M. DiMatteo
Partner
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP\ United States
10:30 - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am- 12:00 pm
> Litigation Strategies: the Importance of Being Earnest
Offensive and defensive strategies: which choices? what financial consequences? \ Why an EU Patent Court is still required \ Damages: what is an adequate compensation? European and American views \ NPEs: how they have changed the litigation landscape and patent ecosystem
Peter Berg
Vice President Legal for Development & Engineering
FINNEGAN HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP\ United States
12:00 - 1:00 pm
> IP Transactions: Reaping the Full Industrial Potential of Innovation Capacities
Marketing inventions for profit: better than products? \ Strategic leads: selecting M&A targets according to their IP (and yours) \ Crafting the best portfolios according to your business strategies \ More complex deals: how do brokers match customers' needs and suppliers' offer?
Alfred Chaouat
President
les france
Senior Vice President, Licensing
Technicolor\ France
André-Pascal Chauvin
President
Avalue\ France
Wayne Sobon
Vice President and Chief IP Counsel
RAMBUS\ United States
Chair
Michael Lennon
Partner
KENYON & KENYON 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 2: In Depth-Analysis and Strategies
2:30 - 3:30 pm
> IP Valuation and Due Diligence: Maximizing the Value, Minimizing Risks
IP valuation tools and methods; what's best in your situation? \ Due diligence checklist: Are inventions protected? who owns the ipr? which licenses for which revenues? what relationships with licensees? what are the impacts of litigation? \ Assessing market strengths/weaknesses
Wulf Höflich
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
EADS\ Germany
Herb Munsterman
General Counsel
DUPONT DANISCO CELLULOSIC ETHANOL\ United States
Pekka Valkonen
Patent Manager
FORTUM POWER SOLUTIONS\ Finland
Chair
Raymond Zenkich
Partner
RED CHALK GROUP\ United States
3:30 - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm
> Innovation New Behaviours: is Collaboration Changing the Face of IP?
The trend of collaborative innovation: new Eldorado? who researches what with whom? \ New IP behaviours: contractual negotiations and successful collaborations' good IP recipes
Olivier Corticchiato
Head of Patents, Nutrition & Dairy
NESTLE NUTRITION\ Switzerland
Stéphane Drouin
Vice-chair of Intellectual Property Policy Committee
EFPIA
Vice President, Head of International Patents
PFIZER\ France
Monika Kavaliauske
Marketing Manager
BIOCENTRAS\ Lithuania
Chair
Luis Fernández-Novoa
Partner
Hoyng Monegier, LLP\ Spain
5:00 - 6:00 pm
> IP Marketplace: Dusk of an Era or New Beginning?
Realizing IP value potential, reinforcing patent portfolio, escaping litigation: why buying patents? why outsourcing? \ Will the market recover? \ Rating methods: shall there be a unique model?
Jean-Charles Hourcade
Chief Executive Officer
FRANCE BREVETS\ France
Gerard J. Pannekoek
President & Chief Executive Officer
IPXI HOLDINGS\ United States
Chair
Roberto Dini
President
DINI, GARAVELLI & PARTNERS\ Italy
7:30 pm
Reception at Bozar (Brussels Centre for Fine Arts)
and visit of 'europalia.brasil' (sponsored by APEX)