Unitary Patent Seminar
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