The role of experts and scientific advisors in patent litigation around the European Union

Speakers

Prof. Sir Robin Jacob (IBIL); Judge Sharon Prost (Federal Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit); Judge Edger F. Brinkman (Senior Judge, District Court of The Hague, The Netherlands); Judge Mine Reimnitz (Landgericht, Dusseldorf) Nigel Stoate (Taylor Wessing); Professor Michael Yudkin (University of Oxford; Scientific Advisor to the House of Lords in Kirin-Amgen); Dr Roger S. Newton (Former Director of the Chemical Research Division of Glaxo Group Research Limited, expert witness in several trials before the UK Patents Court); Professor David Limebeer (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford; Expert witness in several cases and scientific advisor to the Court of Appeal in one); Christoph de Coster (Taylor Wessing, Germany); Pedro Merino Baylos (Baylos Abogados, Spain); Ruprecht Hermans (Brinkof Advocaten, Netherlands); Thomas Bouvet (Veron & Associes, France); Jonas Westerberg (Lindahl Advokatfirman, Sweden); Klaus Ewald Madsen (Bech Bruun, Denmark); Andrea Mondini (Schellenberg Wittmer, Switzerland); Fabrizio Jacobacci (Jacobacci, Italy);

About this event 

This day conference focused on the role of experts and scientific advisors in patent litigation around the EU. It has speakers from the USA, The Netherlands, Germany, UK, Spain, France, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and Italy. It also includes judicial input from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of the USA, UK, Germany and Holland.  For the first time ever, some experts who have given evidence in patent actions and scientific advisors to the court have been gathered together to give their views on the subject.

Accreditation 

6.5 CPD hours (SRA / BSB)