Annual DCP IP Seminar

PROGRAMME

Morning session
Chaired by Andrej Michalík (Partner – De Clercq & Partners)

08.30h Registration and Coffee 

09.00h Welcome and introduction 
Ann De Clercq (Founding Partner – De Clercq & Partners)

09.05h Public Prior Use in Patent Disputes: Burden of Proof, Strategies and Implications of Recent Case Law
David Lesthaeghe (European Patent Attorney - De Clercq & Partners)
Sarah Thysen (European Patent Attorney - De Clercq & Partners)

09.30h SPCs and Unitary SPCs: where are we now?
Mike Snodin (Founder - Park Grove IP)

10.30h Coffee break 

11.00h From Chaos to Clarity: Navigating Unity of Invention before the EPO
Sytse de Jonge (Operational director - EPO, NL)
Koen Vanhalst (Partner - De Clercq & Partners)

12.00h Walking lunch, served in Auberge du Pêcheur 

Afternoon session 
Chaired by Liesbet Paemen (Partner– De Clercq & Partners)

13.30h The Unified Patent Court
Christophe Ronse (Partner – Altius, BE)
Kirian Claeyé (Partner - Altius, BE)

14.30h The health of patent quality: epistemology, etiology and remedy
Filip De Corte (Head IP Crop Protection - Syngenta, CH)

15.30h Coffee break 

16.00h Upcycling & Recycling of Brands in Fashion
Sarah van den Brande (Partner - Liedekerke, BE)

17.00h Closing remarks 

17.05h Closing reception at the Conference Venue, Auberge du Pêcheur 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

•    Practitioners involved in drafting, prosecuting and litigating patents
     and trademarks
•    Representatives from technology transfer offices
•    Legal representatives
•    Policymakers
•    Inventors
•    Investors
•    CEOs