Intellectual Property Forum: Reforms, Trends and Strategies
Issues covered include: copyright, trademarks, patent law, IP, intellectual property, IP infringements, intangible assets, IP licensing, ethical duties, IP risk, machine learning technology
Description
Make it easy on yourself by making this your one stop shop for everything you need for your IP practice this March. The latest trends in patents, trade marks, copyright and commercialising IP? Check. Ticking off your CPD core area points in sessions tailor made for IP practitioners to sharpen your skills and fine tune your practice? Another check. Don’t overthink this and make the easy call to square away your CPD points while exploring all the critical updates you need to know in IP
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 conference was recorded in VIC on 13 March 2019
Session 1
IP Roundup
Chair: Joanna Lawrence, Special Counsel, Ashurst
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Key Developments and Hot Topics in Copyright Law
- What is the difference between inspiration and copying?
- Strategies in running copyright cases
- Relief granted in copyright infringement cases
- Recent cases and developments
Presented by Jonathan Feder, Partner, K&L Gates
9.50am to 10.35am: Trade Marks: Substantial Identity, Ownership, and Bad Faith
- Dominant cognitive cues: a new star shining, or a gloss on Shell v Esso?
- Consequences for deficiencies in title for ownership
- An update on section 62A: recent Office and Court decisions
Presented by Justin Wheelahan, Barrister, Greens List and Susan Gatford, Barrister, Svenson Barristers
10.35am to 11.20am: Changes in Australia’s Patent Law Landscape
- Computer-implemented inventions in Australia
- Convergence of technologies
- Fintech and other emerging technologies
Presented by Dr Paul Warden-Hutton, Partner, Houlihan2 Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys
11.20am to 11.35am Morning Tea
11.35am to 12.20pm: Enforcing IP Across Jurisdictions and Conflicting Legal Systems
- Considerations for protecting IP globally
- Litigation considerations in key territories
- Remedies
- IP infringements: tips and practical advice on enforcement strategy
Presented by Frank Di Giantomasso, Principal, Knightsbridge Lawyers
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Intangible Assets Management
- The value of IP
- The role of intangible assets
- Economic benefits
Presented by David Vodicka, Partner, Media Arts Lawyers
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units for IP Lawyers
Professional Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: IP Licensing and Transactions in Practice: Drafting Agreements
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Drafting licensing agreements: tips and traps from both the licensor and licensee perspective
- Use of standard agreements (including Creative Commons)
- Effective assignments of IP
Presented by Nicole Reid, Special Counsel, MinterEllison
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Firm Management and Ethical Scenarios for IP, Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys
- Revised Code of Conduct
- Ethical duties and professional responsibility
- IP risk management tips
Presented by Karen Sinclair, Principal and Director, Watermark Intellectual Property Pty Ltd
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Practice Management & Business Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Machine Learning in IP Law: The Future of Your Practice
- Overview of machine learning technology: what it is, how it works, and what it can – and cannot – do
- How machine learning is changing IP practice
- Search and business intelligence tools
- Machine translation
- Advanced IP analytics
- Legal research tools
- Litigation analytics
- Contract review
- Computerised decision-making at IP Australia
- Future directions: how much of your practice is susceptible to automation?
Presented by Dr Mark Summerfield, IP and Technology Consultant; Registered Patent and Trade Mark Attorney