Events and Seminars

ITMA CPD points allocated as follows:

Cost effective Litigation - 1
Track B sessions - 1.50 each
Hot Topics- 1.50

“I.P. UNDER ATTACK”

PROGRAMME

Wednesday 30 September 2009
Welcome events –separate charge.

Thursday 1 October 2009

09.15 – 09.30 Welcome and introduction

09.30 – 11.00 How well is the EPO doing?
A review of the EPO’s performance and efficiency and of its current initiatives, with presentations from a senior spokesman from the EPO and an industrial user followed by contributions from the floor

11.00 – 11.40 Coffee break

11.40 – 13.00 Raising the bar
Presentations from senior spokespersons from the EPO and industrial users on standards of examination and inventive step, followed by contributions from the floor

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break

14.30 – 15.00 Keynote speech
A leading figure from the world of IP will entertain and provoke.

15.00 – 15.45 Employee Inventor Compensation
Presentations and discussion on Employee Inventor Compensation in the light of the GE Healthcare and other recent decisions.

15.45 – 16.25 Tea break

16.25 – 17.30 Cost effective Litigation
Presentations from a judge and an experienced user of the courts on how well the IP courts serve their users and the cost-effective alternatives to the High Court, both current and in prospect.

17.30 – 19.00 Break followed by pre-dinner drinks reception

19.00 – late Congress Dinner with special Guest speaker

Friday 2 October 2009

09.15 – 09.30 Welcome and introduction

09.30 – 11.00 Parallel sessions

TRACK A - PATENTS
The ethics of pharmaceutical patenting
Presentations and discussion on the dilemmas facing society and the industry.

TRACK B – TRADE MARKS & DESIGNS
Designs Case Law
Presentations and discussion of the implications of the Reckitt Benckiser and other recent decisions

11.00 – 11.40 Coffee break

11.40 – 1300 Parallel sessions continue

TRACK A - PATENTS
Patents vs Open Source Software
Speakers from both sides of this debate followed by an open floor discussion

TRACK B – TRADE MARKS & DESIGNS
Ad words / Keywords
Speakers representing the search engines and high-end brand owners followed by an open-floor discussion

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break

14.30 – 14.45 Keynote speech
A leading figure from the world of IP will entertain and provoke.

14.45 – 16.00 Hot Topics
Discussion and debate on developments and concerns too recent to be included in the formal programme.  Separate Patents and Trade Marks / Designs streams.

16.0 Congress ends

Confirmed Contributors:
Mr Justice Arnold
Mike Barlow, Fairoaks IP
David Barron, Wragge & Co LLP
Jim Boff, Philips & Leigh
Sharon Bowles MEP
John D Brown, President-nominate of CIPA
Alan Johnson, Bristows
Doug McCall, WP Thompson & Co
Ciarán McGinley, Head of the Controlling Office, EPO
Dave Musker, RGC Jenkins & Co
David Stone, Simmons & Simmons

REGISTRATION

Email congress@cipa.org.uk, telephone 0044 (0)208 944 5050 or visit www.cipa.org.uk for further information.