De Clercq & Partners Annual Seminar 2015
WHAT'S HOT IN THE IP FIELD
As technology boundaries blur and legislation evolves…
ONE-DAY SEMINAR
Friday November 27, 2015
Auberge du Pêcheur
Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Our yearly seminar provides an excellent opportunity to become updated on the latest developments in IP, and to exchange experiences and information with others in your field.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
• Practitioners involved in drafting, prosecuting and litigating patents,
• Representatives from technology transfer offices,
• Industry representatives involved in IP,
• Legal representatives,
• Policymakers,
• Inventors,
• Investors,
• CEOs
MORNING SESSION
Chaired by Liesbet Paemen
(Partner, De Clercq & Partners - BE)
08.30h: Registration and Coffee
09.00h: Welcome and introduction
Ann De Clercq, Founding Partner – De Clercq & Partners
09.05h: Nagoya Protocol and patenting of microorganisms
Bo Hammer Jensen, CEO – Hammer IPR, DK
Former Director and Senior Counsel – Novozymes, DK
Patrick Rudelsheim, General Partner – Perseus, BE
ABS-int, BE
09.55h: Latest developments in EPO Case Law
Siobhán Yeats, Director Biotechnology – European Patent Office
10.45h: Coffee break
11.15h: Second medical indication patents: scope and infringement
Sven Bostyn, Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law – University of Liverpool, UK
Koen Vanhalst, European & Belgian Patent Attorney – De Clercq & Partners, BE
12.15h: Walking lunch, served in Auberge du Pêcheur
AFTERNOON SESSION
Chaired by Sakina Bounaga
(Partner, De Clercq & Partners - BE)
13.45h: SPC developments
Mike Snodin, CPA EPA Director – Park Grove IP, UK
14.40h: The Unified Patent Court: the only way forward?
Bruno Vandermeulen, Partner – Bird & Bird, BE
15.30h: Coffee break
16.00h: Licensing and enforcement in China
Aaron Hurvitz, Foreign Counsel – Kangxin Partners, P.C., CN
16.50h: Computer Implemented Inventions at the EPO
Koen Lievens, Director Patent Examination Operations, Directorate 1857, Joint Cluster Telecoms – European Patent Office
17.15h: Closing remarks
17.25h: Closing reception at the Conference Venue, Auberge du Pêcheur
LOCATION
Auberge du Pêcheur
Pontstraat 41
9831 Sint-Martens-Latem
Belgium
www.auberge-du-pecheur.be
Please click here for a route description.
REGISTRATION
To register, please click this link to open a pre-filled e-mail form, and confirm your presence.
Your registration will be confirmed by reply e-mail.
Registration fee (ex VAT):
€ 200.00 for companies and private practitioners
€ 100.00 for universities and non-profit organizations
An invoice will be issued after payment of the registration fee.
We hope to meet you there!
Best regards,
De Clercq & Partners
Bar points are available for the Flemish bar. Dutch bar points can be available upon individual request.
Only a limited number of attendees can be accepted: first come, first served.