Events 2014

Find out more about the events held in 2014.

Intellectual Property and Crime

19 November 2014

Panel discussion between:

  • Mark Fenhalls QC (Criminal Bar Association)
  • DI Andrew Stirling, Head of Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU)
  • Phil Owen, Training Standards Institute (TSI)
  • Matthew Cope, Deputy Director of IP Enforcement at the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
  • HHJ Anuja Dhir QC (Circuit Judge)

Find out more about the event here.

Patents and Telecoms Conference

6 & 7 November 2014 

Joint conference with UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) and George Washington University 
To be held in Washington DC

To access the conference website, click here

Ask the Trade Mark Judges

15 October 2014

Panel discussion between:

Sylvie Mandel, ex Court de Cassation and Board of Appeal Alicante
Oliver Morris, Principal Hearing Officer and Company Names Adjudicator, UK IPO
Richard Hacon, Judge of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court
Fidelma Macken, former Judge of the European Court of Justice and former judge of the Irish Supreme Court

Trade Marks and Designs: the Designers' Perspective

26 February 2014

About the event:

Trade mark and design law make many assumptions about how designers design things and use those assumptions are the basis of tests which shape the scope of legal protection for designs. Furthermore, design-related questions underlie the tests for protectablity. These include distinctiveness, novelty, individual character, design freedom and different overall impression and functionality. In this seminar, a product and a packaging designer explains the design process and how design choices are made. Experienced lawyers then consider the extent to which the legal tests inherent in trade mark and design regulation reflect the realities of the design process.

Speakers:

  • Matthew Cockerill (Seymour Powell)
  • Chris Griffin (pi global and the Museum of Brands)
  • Alexander Carter-Silk (Speechly Bircham)
  • Simon Malynicz (3 New Square)
  • The Hon Mr Justice Birss (Chair).

How Japanese IP Litigation Really Works

19 February 2014

The Chief Judge discusses the court structure, interim injunctions, pre-trial procedures, validity and the Japanese approach to bifurcation, remedies, international jurisdiction and the active involvement of judges in settlement discussions.

  • Speaker: Chief Judge Toshiaki Iimura of the IP High Court, Tokyo
  • Chair: Prof. Sir Robin Jacob (UCL)

Download the presentation for this presentation here.