Judges from both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Tokyo Intellectual Property High Court will be participating in a Joint Judicial Conference on October 26-27, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. The conference will include sessions and breakout panels on the following topics:
• En Banc Session of the Courts
• Breakout Panel 1: Exhaustion
• Breakout Panel 2: Indirect Infringement
• Breakout Panel 3: Damages & Injunctions
• Breakout Panel 4: Obviousness
• Breakout Panel 5: Doctrine of Equivalents
• Breakout Panel 6: Trade Secret Protection
• Views from the Patent Offices
• Panel Discussion: What have the Federal Circuit and Intellectual Property High Court Contributed to Their Nations and What Is In Store?
• Mock Appellate Case: Oral Arguments
• Mock Appellate Case: Decisions and Discussion
Representing the Federal Circuit at the conference will The Honorable Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge; The Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa, Circuit Judge; The Honorable Richard Linn, Circuit Judge; The Honorable Timothy B. Dyk, Circuit Judge; The Honorable Sharon Prost, Circuit Judge; and The Honorable Kimberly A. Moore, Circuit Judge. The judges representing the Tokyo Intellectual Property High Court are yet to be announced. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Japan Patent Office will be represented at the conference by Director David J. Kappos, Deputy Director Teresa Stanek Rea, and Deputy General Counsel Raymond T. Chen of the USPTO, and Commissioner Yoshiyuki Iwai of the JPO.
A program for the conference, including an agenda and list of speakers can be found here. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here; the online registration deadline is October 14, 2011.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Federal Circuit Bar Association will be holding a one-day conference on "Innovation and Commerce -- Global Legal Considerations" on the day before the Joint Judicial Conference. The October 25, 2011 conference will include a number of speakers/panelists from the Joint Judicial Conference. The one-day event will include sessions and panels on the following topics:
• Innovation, the Law, Commerce, and Best Practices: The Corporate Perspective
• Recent Developments in the United States
• Best Practices in Administration: The Courts and the Agencies
• The Role of the Bar and Best Practices
• Best Practices in Advocacy
• Best Practices in Managing an Intellectual Property Portfolio
A program for this event, including an agenda and list of speakers can be found here. Those interested in registering for the one-day conference can do so here.
Comments