CIPA Congress The lifecycle of intellectual property: from cradle to grave
02 Oct 2014
The business programme takes a fresh look at the IP process from making an invention, realising that there might be an invention, protecting the invention (including prosecution and post-grant issues) and commercialisation of IP, including a session on the new trade mark directive and regulation.
Topics discussed included: Invention Harvesting; Portfolio Management; the new Trade Mark Directive and Regulation;
Prosecution; Oppositions (Post-Grant Issues); Commercialisation of IP; Litigation; and Access to Medicine.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe, DBE, CMG, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property
Chair: Gwilym Roberts, Kilburn & Strode; Christopher Palermo, Hickman Palermo Truong Becker Bingham Wong LLP; Tony Rollins, Merck & Co Inc; Graham Stuart, Global Head of Patents, NIBR Patents, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research.
Chair: Rohan Setna, Boult Wade Tennant; Richard Davis, Hogarth Chambers; Christopher Rennie-Smith, Consultant at Collyer Bristow LLP and former member of the EPO Boards of Appeal; Calum Smyth,, Global Head of IP, Barclays Bank.
Session 7: Licensing in and licensing out technology
Chair: Greg Corcoran, ASML Corporate Intellectual Property; Kevin Scott, Philips Research Labs; Hayley French, Apitope, International NV; Dr Adam Stoten, Isis Innovation Ltd.
Session 8: Pulling it all together - creating a virtuous circle
Chair: Tony Prideaux, Inside Edge Media Training; Catriona Hammer, GE Healthcare; Dr Michael Jewess, Research in Intellectual Property Law; Simon Malynicz, Three New Square; Vicki Salmon, IP Asset.
Session 9: Open meeting of the institute - status, influence, learning, communityPanel
Chair: Lee Davies, Chief Executive, CIPA; Andrea Brewster, Vice-President, CIPA and Greaves Brewster LLP; Roger Burt, Immediate Past President,CIPA; Catriona Hammer, President, CIPA; Chris Mercer, Chris Mercer Consulting Ltd.