Unitary Patent Seminar

Seminar (Part of IPR Summer School)

Event time

12.6.2014 12.00 – 18.00

Location

Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Runeberginkatu 2, Helsinki

Pricing

325,00 € + VAT 24 %, to members of STY and Finnish AIPPI 60,00 €  + VAT 24 %. Price includes the materials, lunch and afternoon coffee.

Seminar is chaired by Professor Niklas Bruun, IPR University Center and Hanken School of Economics

13.00 – 13.10 Opening seminar and welcome 
Ella Mikkola, Chair of the board of Finnish Association for Industrial Property Rights STY, Partner, Bird & Bird
Esa Korkeamäki, President of the  Finnish AIPPI Group, Partner, HH Partners Attorneys at Law

13.10 – 13.45 The Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent: State of play and the next steps
Alexander Ramsay, Vice Chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court and Deputy Director of Ministry of Justice in Sweden 

13.45 – 14.20 Unitary Patent: a new kid of the block – how to optimise company’s filing strategy

  • How to prepare for the new system? To opt-out or not? In certain fields the companies beginning to file (more) national patent applications?

Karri Leskinen, Managing Partner, Boco IP Oy Ab
Matti Brax, Patent Engineer, Helvar Oy Ab

14.20 – 15.00 The Limits of the Jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court – from injunctions to unjustified warning letters
Ansgar Ohly, Professor, University of Munich
Marcus Norrgård, Professor, University of Helsinki

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee and tea break 

15.30 – 16.15 Rules of Procedure for the Unified Patent Court – where do opinions differ, which are the tricky provisions?
Kevin Mooney, Chairman of the Drafting Committee for the Rules of Procedure for the Unified Patent Court and Partner at Simmons & Simmons LLP 

16.15 – 17.15 Strategies for litigation at the UPC – case examples by companies of different technological fields, sizes and strategies 
Wouter Pors, Partner, Bird & Bird 
Richard Vary, Head of Litigation, Nokia Corporation
Pekka Salomaa, Head of Legal, Novartis Finland

17.15 – 18.00 A new harmonised litigation culture – reality to happen or heavy forum shopping between the various local and regional divisions and language regimes?

  • What will the new system require from judges, lawyers and patent agents

Views and discussion by
Richard Vary, Head of Litigation, Nokia Corporation
Kevin Mooney, Partner, Simmons & Simmons LLP
Jussi Karttunen, Market Court Judge, Market Court
Rainer Hilli, Partner, RoschierAttorneys Ltd

18.00 Closing words

Arranging organization

IPR University Center,Finnish Association for Industrial Property Rights STY / Suomen teollisoikeudellinen yhdisty STY and  Finnish AIPPI Group

Additional information

Please register for the seminar by completing the online registration form no later than 2 June 2014. You will receive an automatic confirmation of registration to the email address you have given. You can only register one person at a time with the registration form.

Cancellation before 2.6.2014. After this, 100% fee applies.

Cancellations, changes and further information: koulutus(a)iprinfo.com

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