ip enforcement week

13 - 17 november 2006

epo munich

draft programmes

1.      public conference: ip enforcement

     13 - 17 november 2006

2.      judges' conference: implementing the enforcement directive

     15 - 16 november 2006

supporting partners:

european commission

wipo

bundespatentgericht

academy of european law (era)

european patent academy
public conference - ip enforcement

13 - 17 november 2006, epo munich

***draft programme***

monday, 13 november 2006: general conference day 1

the ec legislative framework

12.00           registration

13.00           welcome and opening

              mr peter messerli, vice-president, dg3 appeals, epo

              mr raimund lutz, president, bundespatentgericht

13.30           recent initiatives of the community on ip enforcement

§         overview

§         the enforcement directive 2004/48/ec: introduction and overview

mr harrie temmink, industrial property unit, european commission

14.45           the border enforcement regulation 1383/2003

§         introduction and overview

mr danny struys, taxud, european commission

15.30           coffee break

16.00           the brussels i regulation (council regulation 44/2001)

§         introduction and overview

dr klaus grabinski, presiding judge, düsseldorf regional court

17.15           criminal enforcement in ip

§         plans on a european level

mr christian tournie, european commission

18.00           end of day

tuesday, 14 november 2006: general conference day 2

enforcement strategy and policy

09.15           criminal enforcement in ip

§         country case study - the turkish experience of criminal enforcement in ip

mr türkay alica, judge, turkey

§         the attorney perspective

n.n.

10.45           coffee

11.15           litigation threats and infringement allegations - a good strategy?

§         cost consequences and abuse of process

mr heinz goddar, boehmert & boehmert, munich

12.00           lunch

13.15           enforcement strategies in industry

              invited: unice representative

              case study from industry

recommended speaker: siemens, bmw, or daimlerchrysler (invited) or other private sector company representative(s)

14.15           coffee

14.45           a future european litigation system? - epla and its effects

mr stefan lüginbühl, international legal affairs, epo

15.30           alternative dispute resolution instead of litigation

sir hugh laddie, rouse legal, uk

§         an international perspective

mr erik wilbers, wipo arbitration and mediation center

§         case study from a national office - the uk experience

mr peter back, divisional director, uk patent office

17.00           end of day

wednesday, 15 november 2006: specialised sessions

09.30           session i - implementing the enforcement directive - country studies

§         current enforcement practices

§         to what extent will the directive change current practices?

§         focus on articles 6, 7, 8 enforcement directive

spain: mr gonzalo ulloa, gomez acebo, madrid          

poland: mr mariusz kondrat, kondrat law and ip office, warsaw

sweden: mr stefan johansson, ministry of justice, stockholm

also recommended:   czech republic

                                          netherlands     

12.00           lunch

13.30           session ii - ecj decisions and the brussels regulation

§         discussion of ecj judgments: gat v luk and roche v netherlands

§         impact on cross-border patent infringement actions in the community

prof w. hoyng, howrey llp, the netherlands

15.00           coffee break

15.30           session iii - insurance and ip

§         giving a value to ip

§         insurance against unintentional infringement

§         ec investigation on the matter of ip insurance - results?

mr amedée turner, qc, london

16.30           end of day

17.30           apéritif

19.00           official conference dinner hosted by the european patent academy

thursday, 16 november 2006: specialised sessions

session iv - specific issues on border enforcement

09.00           goods in transit

§         seizures and interlocutory injunctions

§         recent ecj decisions on transit and border enforcement – how to solve the conflict

dr leopold von gerlach, lovells, hamburg

10:30           coffee break

11:00           patent rights and other "invisible" rights within system of regulation         1383/2003

§         application requirements, suspicion of infringement and liability issues

§         case studies (germany)

dr anja petersen-padberg, hoffmann eitle

mr klaus hoffmeister, german customs bureau

12.30           lunch

14.00           country studies on the border enforcement regulation

              recommended: the netherlands, italy, malta, hungary

15:30           coffee break

17.00           end of day

friday, 17 november 2006: specialised sessions

09.00           session v - calculation of damages

§         overview and country studies in light of enforcement directive

dr martin fähndrich, lovells, düsseldorf

mr daniel alexander qc, 8 new square, london

mr thomas bouvet, véron et associés, paris 

10.45           coffee

11.15           enforcement perspectives from outside europe - panel session

              perspectives of judges from: china, south africa, brazil, thailand, india

chair: dr wolfgang starein, director, enforcement division, wipo

- judge jiang zhipei, p.r. china supreme people’s court

- judge visit sripibool, judge, central intellectual property and international trade court, bangkok, thailand

- judge louis harms, supreme court of appeal, south africa

12.30           end of conference

judges' conference

implementing the enforcement directive

15 - 17 november 2006

***draft programme***

wednesday, 15 november 2006

rules on evidence and information

09.00           welcome and introduction

09:30           introductory country reports (15 minutes per report) on:

§         domestic courts competent to deal with ip cases

§         number of ip cases per year, and number of judges handling these cases

§         duration and actual practice for conducting ordinary proceedings

§         evidence in ip cases in general: documents, witnesses, experts and surveys

§         discovery orders prior and after the directive: changes in legislation and judicial practice

§         discovery requests from abroad under the co-operation regulation

12:30          lunch

14:00           discovery requests and evidence rules from selected countries

§         the  french saisie contrefaçon

ms sabine agé, véron et associés, paris

§         the auskunftsanspruch in germany

prof christian osterrieth, honorary professor (university of constance) and partner, reimann osterrieth köhler haft, düsseldorf, germany

§         expert evidence in patent cases: civil law perspective

giovanni casucci, attorney, milan

§         expert evidence in patent cases:  common law perspective

(tbc) michael fysh qc sc, judge, uk

15:30           coffee break

16:00           evidence and information applied by the participants: mock trial i

17.30           end of day and apéritif

19.00           official conference dinner hosted by the european patent academy

thursday, 16 november 2006

interlocutory injunctions

09:00           introductory country reports (15 minutes per report) on:

§         injunctive relief, its scope and efficiency

§         relationship and importance of main actions vs. preliminary actions in ip cases

§         procedures for interlocutory injunctions before and after the directive

§         ex parte v. inter partes proceedings

§         base for the request: granted right/application; difference if examined or unexamined?

§         the balance of probabilities - actual level of proof required

§         admissible defences by the respondent

§         undertaking / security / bond to be posted

§         appeals

12:30           lunch

14.00           interlocutory injunctions from selected countries

§         the experiences with the dutch kort geding

prof w. hoyng, howrey llp, the netherlands

§         preparing and arguing a request for a preliminary injunction in trade mark matters in the uk

tony willoughby, rouse legal, uk

§         avoiding a main action by obtaining interim relief: the german abschlußerklärung

dr jochen pagenberg, bardehle pagenberg, germany

15:30           coffee break

16:00           interlocutory injunctions applied by the participants: mock trial ii

17:30          end of day

friday, 17 november 2006

final measures

***judges to rejoin main public conference ***