14th Open Forum, Sorrento 2013
Sorrento, Italy - 2 - 5 October 2013
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Working Programme — Day One
| Session Number | Session Name | Presenter Name | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plenary – Designing and Maintaining a Profitable Firm that will have a Future | Moderator: Dr. Francesco Paolo Vatti (IT) | |
| David Bannerman (GB) | |||
| Dr. Patrick Erk (DE) | |||
| John Orange (CA) | |||
| 2.1 | Unity and Restriction Requirements in Different Jurisdictions | Moderator: Jan Modin (SE) | |
| Steve Beyer (US) | |||
| Hiroaki Murase (JP) | |||
| Robert Stoll (US) | |||
| Dr. Alexander Wyrwoll (DE) | |||
| 2.2 | Are Goods and Services Specifications Inflation Proof? | Moderator: James Fish (GB) | |
| Ho-Hyun Nahm (KR) | |||
| Susan Weller (US) | |||
| 2.3 | Communications Between Offices of Associate Firms | Moderator: Iván Poli (AR) | |
| Alan Kasper (US) | |||
| Arild Tofting (NO) | |||
| Workshop 3.1.1 | Patent Workshop – The UPC and its Rules of Procedure | Nassim Kiani (FR) | |
| Dr. Harald Springorum (DE) | |||
| Workshop 3.1.2 | Patent Workshop – Update on Computer Related Patent Issues | Richard Gilly (US) | |
| Workshop 3.1.3 | Patent Workshop – Non-Pooled and Non-FRANDED Standard Essential Patents | Dr. Alexander Esslinger (DE) | |
| Workshop 3.1.4 | Trade Mark Workshop – What’s New in the EU? | Luis-Alfonso Durán Moya (ES) | |
| 3.3 | What do large clients and in-house advisors expect from an IP attorney by way of strategic advice | Moderator: Huw Hallybone (GB) | |
| Dr. Bobby Mukherjee (GB) (IP Federation, BAE Systems) | |||
| Tony Tangena (NL) (epi) | |||
| 4.1 | Protecting Inventions Quickly | Moderator: Antonio Pizzoli (IT) | |
| David Cheng (CN) | |||
| Markus Hössle (DE) | |||
| John Knox (CA) | |||
| 4.2 | International Developments in Designs Law | Moderator: Jon Heggstad (NO) | |
| Grégoire Bisson (WIPO) | |||
| Dr. Henning Hartwig (DE) | |||
| Robert Katz (US) | |||
| 4.3 | Internal Audit Committees – Quality Control in a Fast-Moving Environment | Moderator: Peter Huntsman (AU) | |
| Iván Ahlert (BR) | |||
| Alain Leclerc (CA) |
Working Programme — Day Two
| Session Number | Session Name | Presenter Name | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Enablement/Disclosure Across the Scope of the Claims - What Does it Mean? | Moderator: Eric le Forestier (FR) | |
| Judge Peter Meier-Beck (DE) | |||
| Chief Judge Randall Rader (US) | |||
| Greg Chambers (AU) | |||
| Leo Jessen (NL) | |||
| Yoshikazu Tani (JP) | |||
| 5.2 | Mock Trial – Necessary Geographic Extent of Use and Use of a Translation of a Mark | Moderator: Toni Ashton (CA) | |
| Daniel Alge (AT) | |||
| Susie Arnesen (DK) | |||
| Naresh Kilaru (US) | |||
| Lena Shen (CN) | |||
| 6.1 | Cross-border patent infringement litigation in the EU - Revival via Interim Injunctions | Moderator: Jürgen Schmidtchen (DE) | |
| Richard Ebbink (NL) | |||
| Ian Kirby (GB) | |||
| 6.2 | Social Media – When Legal Risks Go Viral | Moderator: Elia Sugrañes (ES) | |
| Gabriel Leonardos (BR) | |||
| Ana de Sampaio (PT) | |||
| Petter Rindforth (SE) | |||
| 6.3 | The Internet as a practice development tool | Moderator: R. Danny Huntington (US) | |
| Marc Chinoy (US) | |||
| Doug Deeth (CA) | |||
| 7.1 | Extending the Monopoly | Moderator: Robert Watson (GB) | |
| Dr. Christopher Brückner (DE) | |||
| Michael Caine (AU) | |||
| Tom Irving (US) | |||
| Dr. Roberto Pistolesi (IT) | |||
| 7.2 | Lost and Found – Reclaiming Trade Mark Rights | Moderator: Coleen Morrison (CA) | |
| Hiromichi Aoki (JP) | |||
| Aurélia Marie (FR) | |||
| John Pickerill (US) | |||
| 7.3 | Multiple Locations: development opportunity or source of headache? | Moderator: Didier Intès (FR) | |
| Keith Hodkinson (GB) | |||
| Jan Nilsson (SE) | |||
| Dr. Marie-Hélène Rochon (CA) |