2022 WIPO Intellectual Property Judges Forum

Promoting transnational dialogue among judiciaries

The annual WIPO Intellectual Property Judges Forum aims to provide a platform for judges from across the globe to exchange their expertise on the most pressing intellectual property (IP) challenges raised by accelerating innovation and the increasingly transnational use of IP.

Past Editions

In 2021, the Forum brought together 360 judges from 94 national and regional jurisdictions, to engage with their global peers around a special theme: judicial patent case management. The topics covered issues such as distinctive judicial case management, challenges for patent disputes, patent invalidity and infringement proceedings, and unique issues in biologic and pharmaceutical patent disputes. The discussions also addressed case management issues of relevance to IP disputes more broadly, such as the role of experts, and damages.

The WIPO Intellectual Property Judges Forum is an annual event organized by the WIPO Judicial Institute as part of the Organization’s work with the judiciaries.

November 16-18, 2022

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Hybrid meeting

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Previous editions of the Forum

Program (Hybrid)

Day one – November 16, 2022

Registration (8.00 – 9.00)


Opening (9.00 – 9.20)

Daren Tang
Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Annabelle Bennett
Former Judge, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, Australia; Chair of the WIPO Advisory Board of Judges
Master of Ceremonies:
Nahal Zebarjadi
Legal Officer, WIPO Judicial Institute

Session 1: Role of the Judiciary in Promoting Balanced and Effective IP, Innovation and Creative Ecosystems (9.20 – 10.00)

  • Should courts aim to encourage innovation? If yes, how?
  • Finding the proper balance between the public interests and private rights in IP
  • Boundaries of judicial power
  • New problems coming to judges

Moderator and Speakers:

Moderator:
Annabelle Bennett
Former Judge, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, Australia
Samuel Granata
Judge, Court of Appeal, Antwerp, Belgium; and Benelux Court of Justice, Luxembourg
Kathleen M. O’Malley
Former Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Prathiba M.Singh
Justice, High Court of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Reference Judgments:


Special Guest Speakers: Artificial Intelligence and its Role in Judicial Decision Making (10.00 – 10.45)

Andrew Christie
Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia
Abeline Dorothea Reiling
Former Senior Judge, Amsterdam District Court, Netherlands

Reference articles:


Coffee Break (10.45 – 11.15)


Session 2: Patents and New Technologies (11.15 – 12.45)

  • Overview of foundational patent cases that dealt with new technologies
  • Patent inventorship and eligibility in AI-generated inventions
  • Implications of new technologies for the patent law system

Moderator and Speakers:

Moderator:
Colin Birss
Lord Justice, Court of Appeal of England and Wales, London, United Kingdom
Scott Boalick
Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, United States of America
Stephen Burley
Justice, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, Australia
Caroline Somesom Tauk
Federal Judge, Regional Federal Court of the Second Region, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ketevan Tsintsadze
Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia

Reference Judgments:


Lunch Break (12.45 – 14.15)


Session 3: Copyright and New Technologies (14.15 – 15.30)

  • Overview of foundational copyright cases that dealt with new technologies
  • Copyright authorship and subsistence in AI-generated works

Moderator and Speakers:

Moderator:
David Unterhalter
Acting Justice, Constitutional Court, Johannesburg, South Africa
Édynson Francisco Alarcón Polanco
President, Civil and Commercial Chamber, District Court of Appeals, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Aroldo W. Quiroz Monsalvo
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Yan Jing
Judge, IPR Division, Supreme People’s Court of China, Beijing, China
Hasan Kadir Yilmaztekin
Judge, Head and Associate Professor of IP Law, Department of Foreign Relations, Justice Academy of Türkiye, Ankara, Türkiye

Reference Judgments:


Coffee Break (15.30 – 16.00)


Session 4: Provisional Measures in IP Disputes (Part I) (16.00 – 17.30)

  • Requirements for granting interim relief
  • Ex parte injunctions
  • Dealing with complexity of technology and urgency

Moderator and Speakers:

Moderator:
David Unterhalter
Acting Justice, Constitutional Court, Johannesburg, South Africa
Rafael Francisco Barreiro
Judge, National Court of Commercial Appeals, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nnamdi Dimgba
Justice, Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria
Atef Mohamed Ahmed El Sisi
Judge, Cairo Economic Court of Appeal, Cairo, Egypt
Klaus Grabinski
Justice, Federal Court of Justice, Karlsruhe, Germany
Luis Antonio Soler Pascual
Judge, Provincial High Court of Alicante, Spain

Reference Judgments:


Group photo to be followed by reception (17.30)

Day two – November 17, 2022

Session 5: Provisional Measures in IP Disputes (Part II) (9.00 – 10.15)

  • Burden of proof
  • Cross-undertakings in damages
  • Territorial considerations
  • Role of public interest and proportionality

Moderator and Speakers:

Moderator:
Colin Birss
Lord Justice, Court of Appeal of England and Wales, London, United Kingdom
Simon Fothergill
Justice, Federal Court of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Li Jian
Deputy Chief Judge, IPR Division, Supreme People’s Court of China, Beijing, China
Max Lambert Ndéma Elongué
Magistrate, Deputy Director in charge of Administrative, Financial and Accounts Litigation, Ministry of Justice, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Aidelena Pereira Véliz
Judge, Third High Court Specialized in Competition and Consumer Protection, First Judicial District, Panama City, Panama

Reference Judgments:


Session 6: Injunctions in the Digital Environment (10.15 – 11.30)

  • Dynamic site blocking injunctions
  • Global injunctions
  • Geoblocking injunctions
  • Deciding the site of infringement in the internet age

Moderator and Speakers:

Moderator:
Richard Meade
Justice, High Court of England and Wales (Chancery Division), London, United Kingdom
Óscar Alberto Estrada Chavez
Judge, Specialized IP Chamber, Federal Administrative Tribunal, Mexico City, Mexico
Daniel Severinsson
Judge, Patent and Market Court, Stockholm District Court, Stockholm, Sweden
Prathiba M. Singh
Justice, High Court of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Ricardo Guillermo Vinatea Medina
 Judge, Seventh Chamber Specialized in Administrative Proceedings, High Court of Lima, Peru

Reference Judgments:


Coffee Break (11.30 – 12.00)


Work of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (12.00 – 12.30)

Ignacio De Castro
Director, IP Disputes and External Relations Division, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

Lunch Break (12.30 – 14.00)


WIPO’s Work with Judiciaries (14.00 – 14.15)

Min Eun-Joo
Director, WIPO Judicial Institute

Session 7: Cutting Edge Management of IP Cases (14.15 – 15.30)

  • Management of IP cases before hearing (e.g. issues, evidence of factual matters and experts, interlocutory applications and discovery)
  • How do courts promote a consistent approach to IP case management among judges?

Moderator and Speakers:

Moderator:
Stephen Burley
Justice, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, Australia
Paul Kihwelo
Justice, Court of Appeal, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
Maria Rowena Modesto-San Pedro
Associate Justice, Court of Tax Appeals, Quezon City, Philippines
Ifa sudewi
Vice President, High Court of Pontianak, Indonesia

Coffee Break (15.30 – 16.00)


Session 8: Judgment Writing in IP Cases (16.00 – 17.20)

  • Distinctiveness of an IP judgment
    • Elements of a good judgment
    • Setting out the facts
    • Setting out the law
    • Considering competing expert opinions
    • Stating the conclusion
  • Elements of style - clarity, coherence and conciseness

Moderator and Speakers:

Moderator:
Zane Pētersone
Judge, Supreme Court, Riga, Latvia
Souad El Farhaoui
Judge and Director of Education, Higher Institute of Magistracy, Rabat, Morocco
Stephane Jackson-Haisley
Justice, Supreme Court, Kingston, Jamaica
Irina Kalashnikova
Judge, Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
Kathleen M. O’Malley
Former Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Tsuno Michinori
Judge, Intellectual Property High Court, Tokyo, Japan

Reference Judgments:

  • Supreme Court of Jamaica [2022]: Cabel Stephenson v Doreen Hibbert, Cressida Rattigan and Leba Thomas, Case No. JMSC Civ. 65
  • Intellectual Property High Court of Japan (Grand Panel) [2018]: Case No. 2016 (Gyo-Ke) 10182, 10184
  • Supreme Court of Kazakhstan [2017]: Case No. 3 гп-281(2)-17
  • Court of Cassation of Morocco, Chamber of Commerce [2019]: Saint Mark Limited v Lispadon, Case No. 14/3/1/2018
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [2012]: Byrne v Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP, 676 F.3d 1024
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [2012]: Coach Services, Inc. v Triumph Learning LLC, 668 F.3d 1356
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [2014]: PAR Pharmaceutical, Inc. v TWI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 773 F.3d 1186
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [2020]: Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC v Mylan, 978 F.3d 1374


Closing (17.20 – 17.30)

Annabelle Bennett
Former Judge, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, Australia; Chair of the WIPO Advisory Board of Judges
Marco Alemán
Assistant Director General, IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector, WIPO

Day three – November 18, 2022

Social Program (Optional)

  • 10:00-11.30: World Trade Organization (WTO) guided tour
  • 14.00-16.00: Patek Philippe Museum guided tour
  • 15.00-18.00: CERN guided tour

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