International Patent Webinar

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Mexico (Dec 4, 2008 05:00 PM EDT / 01:39:19)


Australia & New Zealand

(Andrew Blattman and David Myers of Spruson & Ferguson)

View Webinar - November 13, 2008 (Slides)

Australia

  • Australian Patent Procedure
  • Aspects of Australian Patent Law
  • IP Laws Amendment Act 2006
  • Recent Development: Ownership (University of Western Australia v. Gray)

New Zealand

  • New Zealand Patent Procedure and Law - Differences Compared to Australia Oppositions
  • New Zealand Patents Bill

Canada

Canada (David Schwartz of Smart & Biggar)

View Webinar - November 20, 2008 (Slides)

  1. Current Topics in Canadian Patent Law
    • Good faith in prosecution
    • Double patenting
    • Competition law and patent assignments
    • Scope of claims/sufficiency of description/selection inventions
    • Scope of infringing activity
  2. Prosecution Tips for Canada
  3. Recent changes to the Canadian Patent Rules

China

China Patent Procurement (James Cleeve of Marks & Clerk)

View Webinar - October 23, 2008 (Slides)

  • Procurement issues in China
  • Pending changes to patent practice in China

China IP Enforcement (Seagull Song of Arnold & Porter LLP)

View Webinar - October 30, 2008 (Slides)

  • The Chinese IP enforcement regimen in practice

Europe

Europe Patent Procurement and Law


Part I European patent procurement (Albrecht von Menges and Bernd Jassen of Uexküll Stolberg Patentanwält)
View Webinar - September 25, 2008 (Slides: Part 1 | Part 2)

  • Unambiguous and Direct Support and its Consequences
  • Petitions for Review before the Enlarged Board of Appeal

Part II Infringement & Enforcement (Albrecht von Menges and Bernd Jassen of Uexküll Stolberg Patentanwält)
View Webinar - October 2, 2008 (Slides: Part 1 | Part 2)

  • Implementation of the EC-Enforcement Directive in Germany
  • Patent Litigation in Germany

Part III Interface of Patent Law with European Community (EC) Competition Laws & Rules (Neils C. Ersbøll of Arnold & Porter LLP)
View Webinar - October 9, 2008 (Slides)

EC Competition Law System (as applying to patents)

  • Article 81 EC
  • Article 82 EC

Unilateral Conduct of Patent Holders that also Hold a Dominant Position

  • Abuse of public procedures and regulation to foreclose the market
  • Acquisition of a patent that may be seen as abusive
  • Refusal to license - compulsory licensing and its link to the TRIPS agreement
    • Possible remedies under merger control
  • Excessive royalties
  • Patent ambush - patent pools/standard setting organizations
  • Vexatious litigation

Horizontal Agreements Between Patent Holders

  • Collusive agreements/settlement and the link to licensing
  • R & D agreements
  • Specialization agreements
  • Standard setting procedures (Patent pools and licensing rules)

Recent developments

  • Sector inquiry in pharmaceuticals
  • Debate on rules of standard setting organizations - the competence of the Community legislators to adopt EU standards

Conclusions and comparisons Between EC and US law

India

(Archana Shanker of Anand & Anand)

View Webinar: Part A - Part B - October 16, 2008 (Slides)

  • Computer and Software Patents in India
  • Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Biotech Patent Procurement Issues in India
  • Compulsory Licensing
  • Developments in Patent Procurement
    • Consistency in Indian Patent Prosecution
    • Development of a Manuel of Patent Examination Procedures
  • Enforcement and Opposition

Japan

(Mami Hino and Shimako Kato of Abe, Ikubo & Katayama)

View Webinar - November 6, 2008 (Slides)

  • Exhaustion of Patent Rights
  • Forth Coming Amendments to the Provisions Governing Licensing

Mexico

(Hector E. Chagoya of Becerril, Coca and Becerill)

View Webinar - December 4, 2008 (Slides)