Intellectual Property Conference
213N15: Chase the cutting edge of IP by immersing yourself in the latest trends and updates in trade mark issues and trends, copyright reform, patent cases and innovation patents, design reform, artificial intelligence innovations and infringement, and IP rights. Make sure your first stop is this highly anticipated annual IP conference so you stay ahead of the competition. Attend the full day to earn your compulsory CPD units with unique sessions designed especially for IP lawyers.
Description
Attend and earn 7 CPD units including:
4 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Session 1
Intellectual Property Updates
Chair: Anthony Franklin SC, 4th Floor St James Hall; Recommended Intellectual Property Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2018
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am Copyright Case Review and Latest Developments
- Recent cases
- Copyright law reform agenda
- Overseas developments
Presented by Kate Haddock, Partner, Banki Haddock Fiora; Leading Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyer and Recommended Non-Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2020; Chair Australian Copyright Council
9.50am to 10.35am Current Trade Mark Issues and Trends
- Distinctiveness
- Reputation
- Relevant dates in opposition and rectification proceedings
Presented by Shauna Ross, Barrister, Nigel Bowen Chambers; Recommended Leading Intellectual Property Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2020
10.35am to 10.50am Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am Patents & Designs: Latest Developments, Key Decisions and Practice Points
- Key patent cases and learnings
- Innovation patent countdown
- Designs law changes
- Designs decisions
Presented by Robert Wulff, Principal, Griffith Hack
11.35am to 12.20pm AI and IP: The Next Frontier
- Copyright protection of AI-generated works
- Patentability of AI inventions
- Challenges facing computer-implemented inventions
- Infringement by AI-systems
Presented by Nina Fitzgerald, Partner, Ashurst
12.20pm to 1.05pm Intersection of IP and Other Related Rights
- Non-traditional forms of intellectual property
- Geographical Indications and Indigenous IP rights
- Past trends and evolving interest areas
- Challenges and emerging issues
Presented by Marion Heathcote, Principal, Davies Collison Cave; Recommended Non-Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2020; Best Lawyers 2021, Intellectual Property Law
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units for IP Lawyers
Chair: Suzy Madar, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm Applying the Code of Conduct in Practice for IP Lawyers
- Ethics and the use of social media
- Cost disclosure obligations relating to the use of digital tools
- Supervision of legal services in the era of remote working
Presented by Sarah Gilkes, Special Counsel, Hamilton Locke
Practice Management & Business Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm New Challenges for Your Practice: Data, Algorithms and Data Methodologies
- Control, consumer rights and legal ownership: Is possession 9/10ths of the law?
- A review of the new legal models for sharing ‘ownership’: ownership, control, custodianship and access rights
- Protecting confidential information and your firm’s trade secrets: Is this filling the IP gap?
- How you should protect the value of your data that’s moving through data ecosystems
Presented by Peter Leonard, Principal, Data Synergies and Professor of Practice (IT Systems & Management), UNSW Business School; Chair Privacy and Data Law Committee Law Society of NSW
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Professional Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm How to Effectively Manage IP
- How to align IP strategy with corporate strategy
- How to manage internal and external IP resources effectively
- Negotiating effective IP outcomes
Presented by Dr Derek Baigent, Principal, Griffith Hack
Presenters
Anthony Franklin SC, 4th Floor St James Hall
Anthony took silk in 1996 in South Africa. In Australia he took silk in 2003. He take briefs in Australia, South Africa and the UK, as he is also a member of the London Bar. In Australia his IP practice focuses on patent litigation, and also includes copyright, trade marks and designs. He has appeared in patent cases in diverse fields including pharmaceutical (biotechnology and organic chemistry), engineering (mechanical, mining, chemical and electrical), gaming technology and consumer goods. Anthony also takes briefs in general commercial cases often involving contractual disputes in complicated technology and has experience in professional negligence claims.
Kate Haddock, Partner, Banki Haddock Fiora
Kate has over 25 years’ experience advising copyright collecting societies and the publishing industries in relation to all aspects of enforcement, rate setting, regulation and commercialisation. Kate advises the music and book publishing industries on licensing structures and copyright management, and has extensive experience in dispute resolution and copyright litigation in the Federal Court of Australia and the Copyright Tribunal of Australia. Kate has acted in numerous key copyright proceedings, and in authorisation and notification proceedings before the ACCC and the Australian Competition Tribunal.
Shauna Ross, Barrister, Nigel Bowen Chambers
Shauna practices in intellectual property matters, including trade marks, copyright, designs, patents and domain name disputes, and also has a broader commercial practice. She is regularly briefed to provide complex advice and appear in matters at first instance, on appeal and those in which interlocutory relief is sought. Shauna appears unled or led by Senior Counsel in large-scale litigation. She has appeared in the High Court of Australia, New South Wales Court of Appeal, Federal Court of Australia (including the Full Court), Federal Circuit Court, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales and the Australian Trade Marks Office.
Robert Wulff, Principal, Griffith Hack
Robert's patent practice is focused on Australia's resources & building products industries and energy technologies. He works with a range of organisations to develop offensive and defensive IP strategies, working closely with his firm’s litigators and IP management consultants. He also has extensive experience in registered designs and is a WIPO-accredited designs expert. Robert is a registered patent attorney with degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney. Robert holds an equivalent Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
Nina Fitzgerald, Partner, Ashurst
Nina focuses on all aspects of contentious and commercial intellectual property law including patents, trademarks, copyright, designs, Australian Consumer Law and passing off. She acts in litigation including highly technical patent matters. Nina advises on disputes including pre-action strategy, freedom to operate advice, oppositions in the Registry, interlocutory injunctions, mediations, trials, appeals and damages claims. She has also acted in IP arbitration proceedings. Nina is an expert in the interaction between AI and IP and is a thought leader in the legislative changes required to accommodate developments with AI. She is admitted as a Lawyer in Hong Kong and Australia.
Marion Heathcote, Principal, Davies Collison Cave
Marion’s practices in Trade Mark law where she advises on international trade mark portfolio management and protection. With a number of legal and scientific qualifications including in Wine Science, she has developed a particular knowledge in relation to geographical indications and agro economic and ecology issues. Marion was the inaugural chair of INTA’s Indigenous Rights Committee, and is currently the Vice Chair of INTA’s inaugural Brands for a Better Society Committee. She is a co-author the Australian Chapter of Lexis Nexis’ International Pharmaceutical Law and Practice, and was a co-editor of the JIPLP special issue on Indigenous intangible property rights.
Lucy McGovern, Barrister, Tenth Floor Chambers
Lucy accepts briefs in a broad range of civil matters, including commercial and equity, regulatory, intellectual property and consumer, financial services and taxation law. Prior to joining the Bar, Lucy was an Associate in the IP team at Minter Ellison. She has experience advising on a broad spectrum of IP issues including patent, copyright and trade mark infringement, comparative advertising, product recalls, parallel importation, domain name disputes, franchising and pharmaceuticals and therapeutic goods regulations. She has experience in contentious and non-contentious matters and has advised clients in diverse industries, including the pharmaceutical, telecommunications and banking sectors.
Sarah Gilkes, Special Counsel, Hamilton Locke
Sarah focuses on the protection and commercialisation of IP and technology assets. She acts for clients across a broad range of industries, including technology, manufacturing and entertainment. Sarah is particularly skilled in the technology and digital sectors, with her experience including SaaS, eCommerce, IoT and distributed ledger technologies. She also acts in corporate transactions relating to the transfer and funding of IP assets, including mergers and acquisitions and private equity / venture capital investments.
Peter Leonard, Principal, Data Synergies
Peter Leonard is a consultant and lawyer advising data and AI enabled businesses and government agencies. Peter is principal of Data Synergies and Professor of Practice at UNSW Business School (working across the Schools of Management, and IT Systems and Management). Peter chairs the IoTAA’s Data work stream, the Law Society of New South Wales’ Privacy and Data Committee, and the Australian Computer Society’s Artificial Intelligence and Ethics Technical Committee. He serves on a number of corporate and advisory boards. Peter was a founding partner of Gilbert + Tobin, now a large Australian law firm, and is now a part-time consultant to that firm.
Dr Derek Baigent, Principal, Griffith Hack
Derek helps clients adopt a proactive approach to managing their IP risk. Derek has deep experience in technology-focused patent litigation, working with clients across a range of sectors and industries. Since relocating to Australia in 2007 after nine years at leading UK firm Bristows, Derek’s practice has broadened to disputes involving a range of IP rights beyond his specialty in patents. This breadth of experience enables Derek to bring insights to clients from beyond their sector.
Suzy Madar, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
Suzy specialises in commercial and regulatory disputes, with a focus on IP and technology. She focuses on technology disputes including IT, industrial inventions, fluid dynamics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, food products and medical devices. She has expertise advising on regulation of new technologies and public health issues (including in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic). Suzy advises clients on the enforcement of IP rights and defending allegations of infringement. She advises on commercial issues relating to IP. Suzy has represented clients in the Federal Court, Supreme Court and High Court as well as in Patent Office proceedings.
Venue
The Grace Hotel
77 York St
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia