[Ecommerce] WIPO Open Forum on the draft Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT)
Jeff Williams
jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Sat Feb 4 08:04:03 2006
Jamie,
No offense, but you forgot to list the email contact info for this forum,
which is:
patents.mail@wipo.int
James Love wrote:
> http://www.wipo.int/meetings/2006/scp_of_ge_06/en/scp_of_ge_06_inf1.html
>
> Open Forum on the draft Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT)
> Geneva, March 1 to 3, 2006
> PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
>
> Wednesday, March 1, 2006
> Thursday, March 2, 2006
> Friday, March 3, 2006
>
> Wednesday, March 1, 2006
>
> 9.00 =96 10.00 Registration
> 10.00 =96 10.15 Welcome Addresses
>
> Dr. Kamil Idris
> Director General
> World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
> H.E. Ambassador Enrique Manalo
> Chair of the WIPO General Assembly
> Theme I: Harmonization of Substantive Patent Law: Purpose, Appro=
aches
> and Limits
> 10.15 =96 10.35 International Patent Law Harmonization, Development an=
d
> Policy Space for Flexibility
>
> Speaker:
>
> To be confirmed
>
> 10.35 =96 10.55 The Rationale and Benefits of Patent Law Harmonization
>
> Speaker:
>
> Mr. Kenji Kamata
> Member
> Standing Committee on International Patent
> Japan Intellectual Property Association
> Tokyo
>
> 10.55 =96 11.25 Discussion
> 11.25 =96 11:40 Coffee Break
> 11.40 =96 12.00 International Patent Law Harmonization: The View of Sm=
all
> and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
>
> Speaker:
>
> Mr. Jonathan Zuck
> President
> Association for Competitive Technology
> Washington, D.C.
>
> 12.00 =96 12.20 International Patent Law Harmonization and Development=
: The
> Experience of the Republic of Korea
>
> Speaker:
>
> Mr. Daeshik Jeh
> Director
> Patent Examination Policy Team
> Korean Intellectual Property Office
> Daejon
>
> 12.20 =96 12.40 Patent Law Harmonization and the Draft SPLT
>
> Speaker:
>
> To be confirmed
>
> 12.40 =96 13.00 Discussion
> 13.00 =96 14.30 Lunch
>
> Theme II: Subjects of Patent Law Proposed for Harmonization
>
> 14.30 =96 15.10 Prior Art-related Issues (definition of prior art, nov=
elty
> and inventive step)
>
> Speakers:
>
> Ms. Anne Rejnhold J=F8rgensen
> Head of Division
> International Affairs
> Danish Patent and Trademark Office
> Taastrup
>
> Mr. Carlos Correa
> Director
> Faculty of Law and Social Sciences
> University of Buenos Aires
> Buenos Aires
>
> 15.10 =96 15.30 Discussion
> 15.30 =96 15.45 Treatment of Traditional Knowledge in the Definition o=
f
> Prior Art
>
> Speaker:
>
> Ms. Bego=F1a Venero
> Chair
> Intellectual Property Board
> Peruvian Institute for the Defense of the Consumers, Competition and
> Intellectual Property
> Lima
>
> 15.45 =96 16.00 Discussion
> 16.00 =96 16.15 Coffee Break
> 16.15 =96 17.15 Disclosure of Origin of Genetic Resources, Including
> Compliance with Prior Informed Consent and Benefit Sharing
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. Benjamin Zycher
> Senior Fellow in Economics
> Pacific Research Institute
> California
>
> Mr. Joshua Sarnoff
> Assistant Director
> Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic
> Washington College of Law
> American University
> Washington, D.C.
>
> Mr. Andr=E9 Bourgouin
> VP Corporate Intellectual Property
> IPSEN - SCRAS
> Paris
>
> Mr. Yin Xintian
> Director General, Legal Affairs Department
> State Intellectual Property Office
> Beijing
>
> 17.15 =96 17.50 Discussion
> Thursday, March 2, 2006
>
> 9.30 =96 10.00 Sufficiency of Disclosure (enabling disclosure, disclo=
sure
> of prior art, best mode)
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. Carlos Correa
>
> Mr. Tim Roberts
> Council Member
> The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
> London
>
> 10.00 =96 10.15 Discussion
> 10.15 =96 10.30 Coffee Break
> 10.30 =96 11.30 Exclusions from Patentability, Industrial Applicabilit=
y and
> Technical Effect
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. Graham Dutfield
> Herchel Smith Senior Research Fellow in Intellectual Property Law
> Centre for Commercial Law Studies
> Queen Mary University of London
> London
>
> Additional speakers to be confirmed
>
> 11.30 =96 12.00 Discussion
> 12.00 =96 12.40 Exceptions to Patent Rights
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. Sisule Musungu
> Team Leader
> South Centre
> Geneva
>
> Mr. Alain Gallochat
> Adviser on Intellectual Property
> Ministry of Higher Education and Research
> Paris
> Representative of the International Association for the Protection of
> Intellectual Property
>
> 12.40 =96 13.00 Discussion
> 13.00 =96 14.30 Lunch
> 14.30 =96 15.10 Effective Mechanisms to Challenge the Validity of Pate=
nts
> (pre- and post-grant opposition, revision of the presumption of validity
> of patents, etc.)
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. Walter Holzer
> Patent Attorney
> Sch=FCtz and Partners
> Vienna
>
> Additional speaker to be confirmed
>
> 15.10 =96 15.30 Discussion
> 15.30 =96 15.45 Coffee Break
> Theme III: Patents as a Source of Information and Innovation, Tr=
ansfer
> of Technology and Licensing Practices
> 15.45 =96 16.05 Accessing the Technology Disclosed in Patent Data and
> Publications
>
> Speaker:
>
> Mr. G=E9rard Giroud
> Principal Director
> European and International Affairs
> European Patent Office
> Munich
>
> 16.05 =96 16.25 Freedom to Operate: Patent Landscapes
>
> Speaker:
>
> To be confirmed
>
> 16.25 =96 16.45 The Role of Patent Statistics
>
> Speaker:
>
> Mr. Dominique Guellec
> Principal Administrator
> Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
> Paris
>
> 16.45 =96 17.00 Discussion
> 17.00 =96 17.40 Contractual Licenses and Transfer of Technology
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. Francesco Macchetta
> Director, Intellectual Property
> Bracco Imaging SpA
> Milan
>
> Additional speaker to be confirmed
>
> 17.40 =96 18.00
>
> Discussion
>
> Friday, March 3, 2006
>
> Theme IV: New Technologies and their Specificities
> 9.00 =96 10.00 Biotechnological Inventions: Patenting of Genes and Li=
fe
> Forms, and the Impact of Patenting on Upstream Science
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. Joseph Straus
> Director and Professor of Law
> Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
> Munich
>
> Sir John Sulston
> former Director
> Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
> Hinxton, Cambs
>
> Ms. Nancy Linck
> Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property and Trade
> Biotechnology Industry Organization
> Washington, D.C.
>
> 10.00 =96 10.30 Discussion
> 10.30 =96 10.45 Coffee Break
> 10.45 =96 11.45 Software Patents
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. Jonathan Zuck
>
> Mr. Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
> Senior Researcher
> United Nations University-MERIT
> Maastricht
>
> Mr. Jules Theeuwes
> University of Amsterdam & WRR
> Amsterdam
>
> 11.45 =96 12.15 Discussion
> 12.15 =96 12.45 Patents and Standards
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. Rigo Wenning
> World Wide Web Consortium
> Sophia Antipolis
>
> Mr. Beno=EEt Mueller
> Director, Software Policy =96 Europe
> Business Software Alliance
> Brussels
>
> 12.45 =96 13.00 Discussion
> 13.00 =96 14.30 Lunch
> Theme I continued
> 14.30 =96 14.50 Grace Period
>
> Speaker:
>
> Mr. Joseph Straus
>
> 14.50 =96 15.10 Discussion
> Theme V: The Interface of the Patent System with Other Areas of =
Public
> Policy
> 15.10 =96 15.50 Patents and Public Health, including Second Use Patent=
s
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. James Love
> Director
> Consumer Project on Technology
> Washington, D.C.
>
> Mr. Eric Noehrenberg
> Director
> Intellectual Property and Trade Issues
> International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations
> Geneva
>
> 15.50 =96 16.30 Discussion
> 16.30 =96 16.45 Coffee Break
> 16.45 =96 17.25 Scope of the Patent System and Alternative Models to
> Promote Innovation
>
> Speakers:
>
> Mr. Leonardo Burlamaqui
> Professor
> Candido Mendes University
> Rio de Janeiro
>
> Mr. Jonathan Zuck
>
> 17.25 =96 17.40 Discussion
> 17.40 Closing
>
> ---------------------------------
> James Love, CPTech / www.cptech.org / mailto:james.love@cptech.org / tel.
> +1.202.332.2670 / mobile +1.202.361.3040
>
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