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Conference on Intellectual Property and Effective Dispute Resolution in a Global Marketplace – R&D, Life Sciences and ICT

Organized by
the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, and the law firms Scandia-Germania-Davis, PLLC and Advokatfirman Lindahl

Supported by
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and by AIPPI Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden, Monday and Tuesday, May 14 and 15, 2012

Monday, May 14, 2012 - Collaboration and Negotiation of Cross-Border Research and Development (R&D) and Technology Transfer Agreements

09:00 - 10:00 Check-In and Coffee  
   
10:00 -10:10 Welcome  
 
  • T. Michael Davis, Managing Attorney, Scandia-Germania-Davis, PLLC, Minneapolis, USA
  • Ignacio de Castro, Deputy Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
  
     
10:10 - 10:30 Keynote  
 
  • Frank Carrico, Head of U.S. Commercial Services, U.S. Embassy to Sweden
  
     
 10:30 - 12:15 International Patent Disputes  
 
  • WIPO Survey on Dispute Resolution in Technology Transactions
    Ignacio de Castro, Deputy Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
  • The Challenges and Risks of a Unified EU Patent Court System
    Evelina Janunger, Swedish Department of Justice
  • U.S. Patent Litigation and Dispute Resolution
    T. Michael Davis, Managing Attorney, Scandia-Germania-Davis, PLLC
  • Patent litigation in China
    Richard Bird, Freshfields, LLP, Hong Kong, SAR of China
  
     
12:15 - 12:30 Q&A Session  
     
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch  
     
 13:30 - 15:00 Cross-Border Agreements in Research and Development (R&D) and Technology Transfer: Collaborations and Negotiations – Perspectives from Technology Transfer Offices and Legal Practitioners  
 

Speakers

  • Knut Jørgen Egelie, IPR Manager, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Technology Transfer AS, Trondheim, Norway
  • Richard Bird, Freshfields, LLP 
  
     
15:00 - 15:15 Q&A Session  
     
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee Break  
     
15:30 - 17:00 Prevention and Resolution of IP Disputes: WIPO Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Procedures in R&D and Technology Transfer Disputes with WIPO Case Examples  
  Moderator
Speakers
  • Ignacio de Castro, Deputy Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
  • Thierry Calame, Reporter General of AIPPI, Partner/Head of IP Lenz & Staehelin, Zurich, Switzerland
  • T. Michael Davis, Managing Attorney, Scandia-Germania-Davis, PLLC
  
 

 
17:00 - 17:15 Q&A Session  
   
17:15 - 17:30 Concluding Remarks  
     
17:30 - 18:30

Break/Free Time
     
18:30 - 21:00 Networking Cocktail and Dinner at Advokatfirman Lindahl – Co-Hosted by Advokatfirman Lindahl, Scandia-Germania-Davis, PLLC, and WIPO Center
     
     

Tuesday, May 15, 2012: Preventing and Resolving Licensing and Patent Disputes within the Life Sciences Sector

08:00 - 09:00 Check-In  
   
09:00 -09:10 Welcome  
 
  • T. Michael Davis, Managing Attorney, Scandia-Germania-Davis, PLLC, Minneapolis, USA
  • Ignacio de Castro, Deputy Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
  
     
09:10 - 09:45 Keynote  
 
  • Lars Leijonborg, Former Swedish Minister of Research
  
     
09:45 - 10:30 Overview of Contractual Arrangements in the Life Sciences Sector: Focus on R&D, Licensing, and Distribution Agreements  
  Speaker
  • Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, Head of Legal & Business Department, Member of Litigation Department, Elzaburu S.L.P., Madrid, Spain
  • Claudia Wallman, Specialist Counsel, Mannaheimer Swartling, Stockholm, Sweden
  
     
10:30 - 10:45 Q&A Session  
     
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break  
     
11:00 - 12:00 Dispute Resolution in the Life Sciences Sector with WIPO Case Examples  
  Moderator
  • Håkan Borgenhäll, Partner/Head of IP, Advokatfirman Lindahl
Speakers
  • David Perkins, Partner, Arnold & Porter, LLP, London, United Kingdom
  • Thierry Calame, Reporter General of AIPPI, Partner/Head of IP Lenz & Staehelin
   
 12:00 - 12:15  Q&A Session
   
12:15 - 13:00 Lunch
   
  New Worlds in Information and Communication Technologies (IT/ICT) – New Pitfalls and New Possibilities in Protecting IP 
   
13:00 - 13:05 Introductions
 
  • T. Michael Davis, Managing Attorney, Scandia-Germania-Davis, PLLC, USA
13:05 - 14:30 Infrastructure, Devices, and Technology – Ownership and Openness
 
  • Interoperability, Interconnection, and Patent Standards
    Michael Fröhlich, Senior Director, EU Intellectual Property Strategy at Research In Motion (RIM), Munich, Germany
  • Outsourcing and Cloud Computing
    Tobias Edvardsson, Senior Associate, Advokatfirman Lindahl
  • Content and Copyright in the Globally Networked Environment
    Stefan Widmark, Mannheimer
   
14:30 - 14:45 Q&A Session
   
14:45 - 15:00 Coffee Break
   
15:00 - 16:00
Dispute Resolution in the IT/ICT Sectors with WIPO Case Examples
 
  • Content as the Revenue Driver of ICT
  • Patent Standards
  • Digital Broadcasting and Online Music and Audiovisual Content: Multi-territorial Licensing, Rights-owner Platforms, Collective Management Organizations and Users
  Moderator
  • Ignacio de Castro, Deputy Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Speakers
   
16:00 - 16:15 Q&A Session
   
16:15 - 16:30 Concluding Remarks
 
  • T. Michael Davis, Managing Attorney, Scandia-Germania-Davis, PLLC
  • Håkan Borgenhäll, Managing Partner/IP, Advokatfirman Lindahl
  • Ignacio de Castro, Deputy Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

 

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