Papers and Presentations
SESSION 1: PATENT LAW
1A. INJUNCTIONS
- Hon. Dr. Klaus Grabinski, President, Unified Patent Court, Court of Appeal, Luxembourg, When Injunctions Can Be Disproportionate in European Patent Disputes and What to Do About It
- Jill Ge, Allen & Overy LLP, Shanghai, Injunctions in China
1B. FORUM SHOPPING & EXTRATERRITORIALITY
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David Por, Allen & Overy LLP, Paris, Forum Shopping in Europe – Making the Best of a Scattered Landscape
- Shimako Kato, Abe, Ikubo & Katayama, Tokyo, The Japanese Approach to an Extraterritorial Infringement
1C. U.S. PATENT DEVELOPMENTS
- Dimitrios T. Drivas, White & Case LLP, New York, U.S. Patent Developments Overview
SESSION 2: COPYRIGHT LAW
2A. E.U. COPYRIGHT DEVELOPMENTS
- Eleonora Rosati, Stockholm University, Stockholm, The National Transpositions of the DSM Directive: How are Things Playing Out in Practice?
- Benoit van Asbroeck, Bird & Bird LLP, Belgium, The Interplay Between the EU DATA ACT and Copyright
- Matthias Leistner, LMU Munich Faculty of Law, Munich, The New Liability and Diligence Regime in the Digital Services Act and Its Impact on Future Copyright Infringement Liability in the EU
2B. COPYRIGHT CLAIMS BOARD: WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
- David Carson, Copyright Claims Officer, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C., The Copyright Claims Board in Action
2C. COPYRIGHT EXCEPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS
- Faith Majekolagbe, University of Alberta Faculty of Law, Alberta, The Role of Copyright Exceptions in Democratising Education in Regular & Challenging Times
- Nicholas R. Bartelt, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington D.C., Fair Use at the Supreme Court: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith
SESSION 3
3A. IP & LIVE CONTENT PIRACY IN SPORTS
- Barry B. Sookman, McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto, Content Blocking and Search Engine De-Indexing Orders in Canada
3B. MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENTS
- Clark Lackert, Deputy General Counsel, World Trade Centers Association, New York, IP in Space: The Time To Act is Now!
3C. BAD FAITH
- Anke Nordemann-Schiffel, Nordemann, Berlin, Orphan Brands – Foundlings Saved or Treasures Stolen?
- Paolo Catallozzi, Unified Patent Court, Central Division, Paris; Supreme Court of Italy, Rome, The Banksy Saga
- Peter Ruess, ARNOLD RUESS, Düsseldorf, Evergreening – Is It a Red Flag?
- Joel Smith, Hogan Lovells International LLP, London, Filing in Bad Faith UK Supreme Court to settle penalty shoot-out in Sky v. SkyKick
- Mark A. Cohen, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, Parallel Play: How the United States and China Engaged in Simultaneous Professional Responsibility Campaigns Against Unethical Lawyers and Agents And Lessons Learned
SESSION 4: PLENARY SESSIONS
4A. GOVERNMENT LEADERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON IP
- Antony S. Taubman , World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva, TRIPS in a Pandemic: Unwavering Support?
- Motoyuki Nakashima, Presiding Judge, Tokyo District Court of Japan, Brand New IP Conciliation Proceedings in Japan
4B. KEY CURRENT IP ISSUES: REFLECTIONS & ANALYSIS
4C. UNIFIED PATENT COURT
- Maximilian Haedicke, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg; Unified Patent Court, Central Division, Paris, Past the Rocky Road to the Unified Patent System – Clear Road Ahead?
- Anne-Charlotte Le Bihan, Bird & Bird AARPI, Paris, What Control Will the CJEU Have Over UPC Rulings?
- Edger F. Brinkman, Unified Patent Court, Central Division, The Hague; Court of The Hague, The Hague, To UPC or Not to UPC?
- Rian Kalden, Unified Patent Court, Court of Appeal, Luxembourg; Court of Appeal of The Hague, The Hague, The Possibilities to Preserve and Obtain Evidence
SESSION 5: PATENT LAW
5A. PLAUSIBILITY, ENABLEMENT & WRITTEN DESCRIPTION
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Carl Josefsson, Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office, Haar, G2/21 “Plausibility”
- Dr. Ute Kilger, Boehmert & Boehmert, Berlin, Plausibility – Between Scylla and Charybdis
- Amit H. Thakore, White & Case LLP, New York, Enablement at the Supreme Court: What is the Test for “Genus” Claims?
5B. WOMEN IN PATENT LAW
- Prof. Patricia A. Martone, Affiliate Fellow, NYU Law Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, New York, Women’s Struggle to Become First Chair Trial Lawyers in Patent Cases; PowerPoint
5C. PHARMA UPDATE
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Brian D. Coggio, Fish & Richardson, P.C., New York, Hatch-Waxman Safe Harbor May Not Shield the Development of Pharma/Biotech Products from Patent Infringement (Summary)
- Gesheng (George) Huang, Zhongzi Law Office, Beijing, The New Chinese Drug Patent Linkage System
SESSION 6: COPYRIGHT LAW, COMPETITION & TRADEMARK LAW
6A. FRAND
6B. COMPETITION
6C. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- Marcus von Welser, Vossius & Partner, Munich, ChatGPT and EU Copyright Law
- Matthew Stratton, Association of American Publishers, Washington, D.C., TDM Legal Framework
- Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, ONO Academic Law School, Israel, Amicus Brief US Supreme Court DABUS AI case
SESSION 7: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
7A. ENFORCEMENT
- Tobias Timmann, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Düsseldorf, Exhaustion of Trademark Rights – New Developments in the EU
7B. THE METAVERSE AND NFTS: NEW FRONTIERS FOR TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS
- Sarah Wright, CMS United Kingdom, London, Trademark Protection in the Metaverse: Do We Need a Meta-Jurisdiction or Will Platform Owners Be Forced to Enforce Their Worlds?
- Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, The nail and the hammer: the role of copyrights and trademarks in NFT projects (co-written with David Kappos and Daniel M Barabander)
- Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, Decentralization and IP: The Challenges of Enforcing IP Rights in NFT Collections
- Lauri Rechardt, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), London, Copyright Protection in the Metaverse
- Susan Scafidi, Fordham University School of Law, New York, Hermès v. Mason Rothchild (“Metabirkin case”)
7C. IP IN CHINA
- Prof. Peter K. Yu, Regents Professor of Law and Communication, Director of Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, Third Amendment to the Chinese Copyright Law
- Prof. Peter K. Yu, Regents Professor of Law and Communication, Director of Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, The Long and Winding Road to Effective Copyright Protection in China, 49 Pepp. L. Rev. 681 (2022)
SESSION 8: SESSIONS
8A. PATENT POTPOURRI
- Melanie Müller, Boehmert & Boehmert, Bremen, Status of the implementation of the 2nd Patent Modernization Act in Germany
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Vittorio Cerulli Irelli, Trevisan & Cuonzo, Rome, Overlapping Competences Between UPC and National Courts: Implications and Strategy Options
8B. PTAB
- Kenneth R. Adamo, Law Office of KRAdamo, Chicago, 35 U.S.C. §§ 315(e)(1)/(e)(2): Estopped or Not to Be Estopped, That Is the Question
- Kenneth R. Adamo, Law Office of KRAdamo, Chicago, The Guns of August (2022):
IPR Estoppel Under Cal. Tech. v. Broadcom; Intuitive Surgical v. Ethicon; Click-to-Call Technology - F. Scott Kieff, Kieff Strategies LLC, Washington, D.C., Appointing Arbitrators: Tenure, Public Confidence, and a Middle Road for ISDS Reform (co-written with Thomas D. Grant)
- George E. Badenoch, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, New Guidance Limiting Discretionary Denial of IPRs
SESSION 9: COPYRIGHT SESSIONS
9A. U.S. COPYRIGHT DEVELOPMENTS
9B. COPYRIGHT POTPOURRI
- Casey Chisick, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Toronto, Rethinking Technological Neutrality in Canada
- Laura Fresco, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER, Amsterdam, Protecting Product Design: From Fast Fashion to Furniture and Beyond
- Jane C. Ginsburg, Columbia Law School, New York, Authors’ Rights and Platform Licenses
- Regan Smith, Spotify, Washington, D.C., Copyright, Remunerative Rights and Collective Management – Oh My!
SESSION 10: TRADEMARK SESSIONS
10A. EU TRADEMARK LAW UPDATE
- James Nurton, IP Writer/Editor, LondonRed Soles, Extraterritorial Services and the Legacy of Brexit: A Year in Luxembourg
- Gordon Humphreys, European Intellectual Property Office, Alicante, Names of Countries as a Trademark: Differing Dynamics?
10B. U.S. TRADEMARK LAW UPDATE
- Daan G. Erikson, Husch Blackwell LLP, Boston, The U.S. Supreme Court’s Bad Spaniels Case
- Justin Hughes, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Trademark’s Troubles With T-shirts