Intellectual Property Conference
Issues covered include:IP Civil Search Orders, Trade Marks, Copyright, Design Law, Commercial Transactions, Patent Law and Practice, Interlocutory Injunctions in IP litigation, Industry 4.0 Principles
Description
With so many recent developments in IP law you cannot afford to miss this jam packed conference. Explore updates covering patents, trade marks, copyright, design law and much more. Attend the full day to earn your compulsory CPD units with unique sessions designed especially for IP lawyers.
Attend the full day and earn 6 CPD units including:
3 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
Session 1
IP Update
Chair: Warwick Rothnie, Barrister, List A Barristers; Pre-Eminent Intellectual Property, Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: IP Civil Search Orders under s128A of the Evidence Act
Examine the Meneses v Directed Electronics OE Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 190 about invoking the privilege against self-incrimination during the execution of Anton Piller orders, including:
- Can a sole director/sole employee company claim the privilege?
- Is it the contents of the document or the circumstances in which the document is disclosed that matters?
- Can the privilege be claimed in pre-existing documents?
Presented by Justin Wheelahan, Barrister, Green List
9.50am to 10.35am: Trade Marks: Tips, Traps and Pitfalls in Light of Recent Cases
- Use as a trade mark: importance of ensuring goods and services are properly described
- Evidentiary issues: proof of websites, wayback machine and third party use
- Defences: availability of defence based on ability to obtain registration of an otherwise infringing mark
Presented by Warwick Rothnie, Barrister, List A Barristers; Pre-Eminent Intellectual Property, Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
10.35am to 10.50am Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am: Copyright and Design Law Update
- The repair defence to design infringement in light of GM Global v SSS Auto Parts
- Dempsey Group v Spotlight: How close is too close?
- Website blocking injunctions
- Legislative reform
Presented by Susan Gatford, Barrister, Svenson Barristers and Timothy Creek, Principal Lawyer, Davies Collison Cave
11.35am to 12.20pm: IP for Commercial Transactions
- How to identify and remedy red flags for investors
- Crucial due diligence, completion and post-completion steps to secure target IP
- Important details regarding the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA) and dealing with securities over IP
- The impact that the repeal of s51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 will have on commercialisation of IP
Presented by Gina Tresidder, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
12.20pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units for IP Lawyers
Chair: Michael Caine, Principal Patent Attorney, Davies Collison Cave
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Ethics for IP Practitioners
- Sources of obligations
- Unique conflict of interest issues applying to IP practitioners
- Acting for or against friends, relatives and former clients or their rights
- Case studies, recent cases and the lessons learned
Presented by Glenn McGowan QC, Partner and Chief Counsel, Gadens
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Interlocutory Injunctions in IP litigation: Techniques, Tips and Tricks
- The current requirements for obtaining an interlocutory injunction
- What to do if your client wants an interlocutory injunction
- How to resist an interlocutory application
- Recent examples of interlocutory injunction disputes in IP law
Presented by Frank Di Giantomasso, Principal, Knightsbridge Lawyers
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Practice Management & Business Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Building a Modern, Effective IP Practice Using Industry 4.0 Principles
- What is Industrie 4.0 and why is it relevant to a law firm?
- How automation technology makes more effective lawyers
- Practical advice on how you can use IP Australia’s new API tools
- Case study: Where is ‘Australia’s National Blockhain’ now?
Presented by Natasha Burns, Managing Director, Burns IP & Commercial
Venue
RACV City Club
Level 2, 501 Bourke St
Melbourne 3000
VIC
Australia
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