11th OPEN FORUM
Florence

8-11 October 2008
Presentations
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  • FICPI's 11th Open Forum opened and closed with a plenary session and maintained the well-tested multi-choice format of three series of topics of current interest in PATENTS, TRADEMARKS and GENERAL issues during the two days of the Forum. The sessions were presented concurrently in English, which gave delegates the choice to attend during each session the seminar which was of most interest to them.

    The session subjects were chosen to be topical, practical and relevant to day-to-day practice.

    A lively social programme, interwoven with the working programme, gave Delegates and Accompanying Persons alike an opportunity to see some of the local treasures and provided plenty of opportunity to exchange ideas and make new friends.

  • FICPI is pleased to make the papers presented during the daily sessions available herewith together with short CVs of their presenters and summaries of the sessions, all of which can be downloaded or printed by clicking on the various links.

  • N.B. In the "Table of Presentations" below the Forum presentations have been grouped together by STREAM (Patents, Trademarks and General) rather than by chronological order of presentation.

  • All presentations and CVs are either in .PDF (Adobe Acrobat) or .PPT (Powerpoint) format.
 
Stream Session Title Speaker Presentation
Opening
Plenary Session
STOP! - Injunctions in patents/trademarks and designs - (read summary)
Moderator: Andrew Parkes (IE)
Leo Jessen (NL)
Alan Aucoin (CA)
Judge Paul Michel (US)
1-Plenary-Jessen.pdf
1-Plenary-Aucoin.pdf
1-Plenary-Michel.pdf
Stream Session Title Speaker Presentation
TRADEMARKS 1.2 Managing Trademark Oppositions - (read summary)
Moderator: Lars Thyresson (SE)
Gabriella D. Modiano (IT)
Coleen Morrison (CA)
1-2_Modiano.pdf
1-2_Morrison.ppt
TRADEMARKS 1.3 Criminal Sanctions for Trademark Infringement - (read summary)
Moderator: Gabriel Leonardos (BR)
Ge Bo(CN)
Quang-Minh Lepescheux (UNIFAB)
Dr. Maria Ludovica Agrò (Italian
Patent & Trademark Office)
1-3_Ge_Bo.pdf
1-3_Lepescheux.pdf

1-3_Agro.pdf
TRADEMARKS 1.4 Search Strategies - (read summary)
Moderator: Ignacio D Rivera Elzaburu (ES)
Keith Hodkinson (GB)
Steve Stolfi(CT Coresearch)
1-4_Hodkinson.pdf
1-4_Stolfi.ppt
TRADEMARKS 1.5 Territorial Reputation - (read summary)
Moderator: Gonçalo de Sampaio (PT)
John Hardaway (US) and
Elia Sugrañes (ES)
1-5_Sugranes-Hardaway.pdf
TRADEMARKS 1.6 The scope of registered design protection - (read summary)
Moderator: Mike Hawkins (NZ)
Robert Katz (US)
Robert Watson (GB)
1-6_Katz.pdf
1-6_Watson.pdf
Stream Session Title Speaker Presentation
PATENTS 2.2 Inventive Step - (read summary)
Moderator: Maxim H. Waldbaum (US)
Vittorio Faraggiana (IT)
Wim van der Eijk (EPO)
Michael Warnecke (US)
not available
2-2_Eijk.pdf
2-2_Warnecke.pdf
PATENTS 2.3 TRUST AND FAITH: The Credibility of a Patent System Depends on the Output - (read summary)
Moderator: Daniel Alge (AT)
Julian Crump (GB)
Wim van der Eijk (EPO)
John Doll (USPTO)
2-3_Crump.ppt
2-3_Eijk.ppt
2-3_Doll.ppt
PATENTS 2.4 Continuing to divide - (read summary)
Moderator: Francesco Paolo Vatti (IT)
Jason Cooper (US)
John Doll (USPTO)
2-4_Cooper.pdf
2-4_Doll.pdf
PATENTS 2.5 PATENT PROSECUTION HIGHWAY: Stairway to Heaven or Highway to Hell? - (read summary)
Moderator: David Bannerman (GB)
Ron Marchant (GB)
Kazuaki Takami (JP)
Mike Gnibus (General Electric, US)
2-5_Marchant.ppt
2-5_Takami.ppt
2-5_Gnibus.ppt
PATENTS 2.6 Third party intervention - (read summary)
Moderator: Ena Pugatsch (IL)
Barry Graham (US)
Axel Stellbrink (DE)
Leon van den Broek (Schering-Plough)
2-6_Graham.pdf
2-6_Stellbrink.pdf
2-6_Broek.ppt
Stream Session Title Speaker Presentation
GENERAL 3.2 Privilege for patent attorneys - (read summary)
Moderator: John Orange (CA)
Eric Le Forestier (FR)
Joan Van Zant (CA)
Greg Chambers (AU)
3-2_Forestier.ppt
3-2_Zant.ppt
3-2_Chambers.ppt
GENERAL 3.3 Research-related aspects of Intellectual Property - (read summary)
Moderator: Francis Ahner (FR)
Francis Ahner (FR)
Mark Wilson (US)
Teri F. Willey (Cambridge University)
3-3_Ahner.ppt
3-3_Wilson.ppt
3-3_Willey.ppt
GENERAL 3.4 Intellectual property insurance - (read summary)
Moderator: Doug Deeth (CA)
Grahame Marshall (GB)
Sophie Yana (Gras Savoye)
3-4_Marshall.ppt
3-4_Yana.ppt
GENERAL 3.5 FULL SPEED AHEAD - Europe at its best: the future integrated European patent litigation system - (read summary)
Moderator: Eric Le Forestier (FR)
Oliver Varheyli (European Commission)
Rainer Beetz (AT)
not available
3-5_Beetz.ppt
GENERAL 3.6 Update on Alternative Dispute Resolution in intellectual property - (read summary)
Moderator: Dan Collopy (US)
Erik Wilbers (WIPO)
Kenji Yoshida (JP)
3-6_Wilbers.ppt
3-6_Yoshida.ppt
Stream Session Title Speaker Presentation
Closing
Plenary Session
POWER & BALANCE: The First Four Years of the European IP Enforcement Directive - (read summary)
Moderator: Daniel Alge (AT)
Background Document
HH Judge Michael Fysh(QC,SC,UK County Court)
Jochen Pagenburg (DE)
7-PlenaryBgrnd.pdf
7-Plenary-Fysh.pdf
7Plenary-Pagenberg.ppt

 
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