The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will be holding its 6th International Judges Conference on Intellectual Property Law on May 23-25, 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. The conference will provide discussions on the following topics:
• Keynote Address -- Hon. Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;
• Remedies and Damages -- Judge Toshiaki Iimura, IP High Court, Japan; Judge Seong-soo Park, Suwon District Court, Korea; Judge Robert Van Peursem, Rechtbank's–Gravenhage, The Hague, Netherlands; and Judge T. John Ward, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas;
• Obviousness and the Role of Secondary Considerations in Deciding Obviousness -- Judge Klaus Grabinski, Federal Supreme Court, Germany; Gerhard Hermann, Vossius & Partner, Germany; Eiji Katayama, Abe, Ikubo & Katayama, Japan; Judge Kathleen O'Malley, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; George Pappas, Covington & Burling LLP, United States; and Judge Shuhei Shiotsuki, IP High Court, Japan;
• Patentable Subject Matter -- Judge Robin Jacob, Royal Courts of Justice, United Kingdom (retired); J. Michael Jakes, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, United States; Judge David Kitchin, Royal Courts of Justice, United Kingdom; S. Sam Li, Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm, People's Republic of China; Judge Peter Meier-Beck, German Federal Supreme Court, Germany; Judge Pauline Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Jochen Pagenberg, Bardehle Pagenberg, Germany; and Judge Luo Xiao, Supreme People's Court, People's Republic of China;
• Swiss Federal Patent Court -- Judge Dieter Brändle, Handelsgericht Des Kantons Zurich, Switzerland;
• Keynote Address -- Director David Kappos, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;
• Discovery and Privilege -- Judge Christopher Floyd, Patents Court, United Kingdom; Judge Els Herrogodts, Court of Appeal, Belgium; Judge Madame Marie-Claude Hervé, Tribunal De Grande Instance De Paris, France (invited); and Judge Kent A. Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit;
• Patent Reform -- Judge Zhipei Jiang, Professor of Law, Chief Justice of IPR Tribunal, Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China (Retired); Alastair Payne, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Ireland; and Herbert C. Wamsley, Intellectual Property Owners Association, United States.
A complete brochure for the meeting, including an agenda, list of speakers, and registration form can be downloaded here. The registration fee for the conference is $1,475. Those interested in registering for the meeting can do so here.
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