Papers and Presentations
SESSION 1: PLENARY SESSIONS
1A. GOVERNMENT LEADERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON IP
1B. KEY CURRENT IP ISSUES: REFLECTIONS & ANALYSIS
1C. VIEWS FROM THE JUDICIARY
SESSION 2: PATENT LAW
2A. SUBJECT MATTER ELIGIBILITY
John B. Pegram, Fish & Richardson, P.C., New York, Let’s Seek a Better § 101
Shimako Kato, Abe, Ikubo & Katayama, Tokyo, What Is the Proper Approach to Patent Subject Matter Eligibility in Japan?
Michael Williams, Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney, Not Eligible Downunder: How Computer Software Inventions become “Abstract Ideas” in Australia
2B. PATENTS AND THE PANDEMIC
John Todaro, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, The Role of IP Rights in the Development and Production of Medicines in Response to the Pandemic
Justin Hughes, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Keeping Everyone to the Bargain
2C. U.S. PATENT DEVELOPMENTS
Dimitrios T. Drivas, White & Case LLP, New York, U.S. Patent Developments Overview
SESSION 3: COPYRIGHT LAW
3A. EU COPYRIGHT REFORM
Eleonora Rosati, Stockholm University, Stockholm, An Overview of the Digital Single Market Directive 2 Years On: What Lies Ahead for EU Copyright Law
Jan Bernd Nordemann, Nordemann, Berlin, Author Remuneration in Copyright – New Mandatory EU Rules
Jerker Rydén, Senior Legal Advisor, National Library of Sweden, Stockholm, Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market – From Theory to Praxis
3B. COPYRIGHT POTPOURRI
Steven J. Shapiro, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), New York, IP Attorney to Supervisory Special Agent: An Overview of the Journey
3C. U.S. COPYRIGHT DEVELOPMENTS
Nick Bartelt, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C., A Fair Use Update: Embedding, Tattoos, Experimenting, and Seuss
Steven Tepp, Sentinel Worldwide, Washington D.C., Google v. Oracle: Cheat Code vs. Declaring Code
Kevin Madigan, Copyright Alliance, Washington D.C., Copyright Small Claims and Closing the Streaming Loophole: An Overview of the PLSA and CASE Act
SESSION 4: TRADEMARK LAW
4A. EU TRADEMARK LAW UPDATE
Peter Ruess, ARNOLD RUESS, Düsseldorf, Liability of Marketplaces Reloaded – CJEU on Coty v Amazon (C-567/18) and “Merely Storing”
Tobias Timmann, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Düsseldorf The F Word and Goethe: Freedom of Expression in EU Trademark Law
4B. TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT IN BAD FAITH
Alexander Tsoutsanis, DLA Piper Nederland N.V., Amsterdam, Skykick and Beyond
4C. TRADEMARK POTPOURRI
Joel Smith, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, London, Extended Protection Across Europe for Geographical Indications
Daan Erikson, Husch Blackwell LLP, Chicago, Say, “Gruyere”: USPTO Deference to FDA and USDA
Gordon Humphreys, European Intellectual Property Office, Alicante, Getting Real: The Empirical Evidence Toolkit in EU Trademark Law
SESSION 5: PATENT LAW
5A. REMEDIES
Maximilian Haedicke, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Proportionality and Injunctive Relief in German Patent Law – A Paradigm Shift?
Adrian Howes, Nokia, London, Anti-Suit Injunctions: A New Fad or Here to Stay?
5B. PATENT LITIGATION
Ronald E. Dimock, Gowling WLG, Toronto, What Keeps the Doctrine Away? PowerPoint
5C. INTERNATIONAL PATENT DEVELOPMENTS
Heinz Goddar, Boehmert & Boehmert, Munich, Second Medical Use Patents and Compulsory Cross-Licenses
5D. PTAB
Patricia Martone, NYU Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, New York, Has the AIA Finally Hit the Wall in the Arthrex Cases? (Paper), Has the AIA Finally Hit the Wall in the Arthrex Cases? (PPT)
John Richards, Ladas & Parry LLP, New York, Standing Requirement for Losing Challengers in PTAB Proceedings to Appeal to the Federal Circuit
George E. Badenoch, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, Discretionary Denial of Inter Partes Review
SESSION 6: COPYRIGHT LAW, COMPETITION & TRADEMARK LAW
6A. PLATFORM LIABILITY IN THE U.S. AND EU
Julia Reda Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, Cambridge, Article 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: a Fundamental Rights Assessment
Maria Strong, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C., Five on 512
Stanford McCoy, President & Managing Director, Motion Picture Association EMEA, Brussels, Cybercrime and the Proposed EU Digital Services Act
6B. COPYRIGHT & MUSIC
Daniel J. Abowd, The Royalty Network, Inc., New York 2021: A Songwriter’s Odyssey;
6C. FRAND
6D. U.S. TRADEMARK LAW UPDATE
Gerald M. Levine, Levine Samuels LLP, New York, UDRP and ACPA: 21 Years On
SESSION 7: COMPETITION & FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS
7A. IP IN CHINA
Guan H. Tang, Queen Mary University of London, London, Social Media, Copyright and Censorship: Will Technology Be the Saviour?
7B. ANTITRUST: AI AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS
Angela Zhang, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, Hong Kong, In China, Behave or Face a Campaign
7C. ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE
Carlo Scollo Lavizzari, Lenz Caemmerer, Basel, “Feed Me!” Said the Machine, and so Said Its Feeder: How to Square IP with AI, TDM and Machine Learning (2021); Textbooks for AI and Clean Data to Train Machines? – How Machines Learn and What It Means for Authors, Publishers and Media Businesses (2019)
Ian C. Ballon, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Palo Alto, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING, AND DATA PRIVACY; DATA SCRAPING, DATABASE PROTECTION AND THE USE OF BOTS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GATHER CONTENT AND INFORMATION
7D. TRADE SECRETS
7E. IP AND COURTS: CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
Carl Josefsson, European Patent Office, Haar, The Boards of Appeal of the EPO – Judicial Authority of First and Final Instance: Recent Developments in the Appeals Procedure
