16th Open Forum - St Petersburg 2016 - Presentations

1. Business Development: A New Formula for Success – Developing a New Relationship with the Client

2.1 Quality Patents: Drafting “good claims”

3.1 Enforcement: When and where to act?

2.2 Search orders and effective cooperation with state authorities

3.2 Apple v. Samsung Global Design and Trade Dress Litigation

4.2 Trade mark practice beyond the Roman alphabet

2.3 Quality Control - Using Quality Assurance Methods to Bring your Firm to the Next Level

3.3 Economic Parameters of an IP Firm - Applying the Principle “What Gets Measured Gets Managed” in IP Practice

4.3 Retirement and Mentoring - Keeping knowledge within the firm

4.1.1 Workshop: Interplay between patents and regulation: Telecommunications - FRAND

4.1.2 Workshop: Interplay between patents and regulation: Pharma

5. Keynote Speech: The EPO and EAPO

6.1 Keep it secret, keep it safe: How to identify and protect a trade secret

7.1 What is an invention? How to capture them?

8.1 The Unitary Patent and UPC is coming…soon?

6.2 Trade mark coexistence and its effects on rights

7.2 Unauthorised use of trade marks on the Internet: How can trade mark law help?

8.2 Geographical Indications: Practical Strategies and Pitfalls for Businesses

6.3 Hedging the Risks – How to Deal with the Unexpected or the Unwanted

7.3 Rationalising the Firm - Competing with Non-Lawyer Companies

8.3 Non-Lawyer Ownership of IP Firms