Intellectual Property Beyond Brexit - Palo Alto
Event Information
Event description
Description
12:30 - 13:00
Registration
Registration
13:00 - 13:15
Introduction by Tony Rollins, Past President, CIPA
Introduction by Tony Rollins, Past President, CIPA
13:15 - 13:45
Lunch with keynote speech
Adam Williams, Director, International Policy Directorate UK IPO
13:45 - 15:00
Patent aspects of Brexit and hot topics (including the patentability of artificial intelligence)
Panellists:
Moderator – Michael W. Piper, Conley Rose
Julia Florence, President, CIPA
Panellists:
Moderator – Michael W. Piper, Conley Rose
Julia Florence, President, CIPA
Gwilym Roberts, Partner at Kilburn & Strode
Mike Jennings, Partner at AA Thornton
James Cross, Maucher Jenkins
15:00 – 16:00
Trademark and Design aspects of Brexit and hot topics
Moderator – Cary Levitt, Chief Operating Officer, Dennemeyer & Associates
Tania Clark, President, Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)
Richard Goddard, Vice President, CITMA
Paula Flutter, EIP LLP
Moderator – Cary Levitt, Chief Operating Officer, Dennemeyer & Associates
Tania Clark, President, Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)
Richard Goddard, Vice President, CITMA
Paula Flutter, EIP LLP
Clare Cornell, Finnegan Europe LLP
16:00 - 16:30
Refreshment Break
16:30 - 17:15
Strategy in international IP Litigation
- US and European perspectives on jurisdiction
- Forum shopping
- Co-ordinating multi-country proceedings (including post-Brexit)
Moderator - Laurie Hill, Vice President IP, Genentech
Nick Aries, Partner and Co-Head of San Francisco Office, Bird & Bird
Catherine Maresh, Vice President, Intellectual Property Portfolio Management and Litigation, Immersion Corp
Rebecca Grant, Genentech
17:15 - 18:00
The global IP system threats and opportunities: A view from the UK IPO
Andy Bartlett, Divisional Director, UK IPO
USPTO speaker TBC
18:00 - 18:15
Closing remarks
Julia Florence, President, CIPA
Tania Clark, President, CITMA
18:15 - 20:00
Drinks reception with canapés
(This program maybe subject to minor alterations)
