Intellectual Property Conference - Recorded on March 2020, NSW
Issues covered include: licensing, competition, patents, software patents, copyright law, disputes, technology, enhancing your practice
Description
With so many recent developments in IP law you cannot afford to miss this jam packed conference. Explore updates covering the significant changes resulting from the repeal of s51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act and other legislative changes affecting patent law and trade mark law. Delve into the most important recent IP cases and gain a copyright update. Attend the full day to earn your compulsory CPD units with unique sessions designed especially for IP lawyers.
Attend the full day 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
Session 1
IP Update
Chair: Brett Doyle, Special Counsel, Clayton Utz
9.00sm to 9.50am: Trade Mark and IP Licensing Update
- Brands and trade marks - recent cases and developments
- Hot topic – recap on maintaining valid trade marks, intragroup IP licensing and common directors acting with “unity of purpose”, IP and online platforms
- Drafting tips, impact of legislative changes and proposed reforms
Presented by Alison Jones, Senior Associate, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
9.50am to 10.35am: Competition and Intellectual Property Law: The Future Together!
- The tension between IP and competition law
- Assessing competition law risks in IP licensing arrangements
- Review of ACCC Guidelines
- The impact the repeal of s51(3) will have on commercialisation of IP
Presented by Donna Short, Partner, Addisons, Recommended Leading Non-Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyer, Doyles Guide 2019
10.35am to 11.20am: Further Changes to Australia’s Patent Landscape
- IP Laws Amendment Bill (Part 2): What impact will it have?
- Life after innovation patents: some tips
- The objects clause: Can we trust the Patent Office?
- Section 40(3A) challenges: the new ground for attack
- Inventive step test deferred but...
- Brief review of recent cases such as Sequinom and Seiko
Presented by Robert Wulff, Principal, Griffith Hack
11.20am to 11.35am Morning Tea
11.35am to 12.20pm: Software Patents
- Discussion of the recent Full Court decision in Encompass Corporation Pty Ltd v InfoTrack Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 161
- Implications for two other significant cases currently before the Court
- The future of software patents in Australia more generally
- Comparison with US and European jurisprudence
Presented by Angus Lang, Barrister, Tenth Floor, Selborne/Wentworth Chambers; Leading Intellectual Property Junior Counsel, Doyles Guide 2019
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Copyright Law Update
- Artificial intelligence & source code
- The University of Sydney v ObjectiVision
- Fair use: where are we at?
- Remedies: refresher on injunctive relief
Presented by James Lawrence, Partner, Mills Oakley; Recommended Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyer, Doyles Guide 2019
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units for IP Lawyers
Chair: Cecillia Suatan, Senior Legal Counsel - IP & Commercialisation, Cochlear: Leading In-House Intellectual Property and TM Lawyers Doyles Guide 2019
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Subpoenas, Discovery and Privilege in IP Disputes
- Meaning and scope of possession, custody and control
- Test relating to privilege and waiver of privilege
- Ramifications of not complying with discovery orders and subpoenas
Presented by Michael Hall SC and Megan Evetts, Barrister (Reader), Nigel Bowen Chambers
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Using Technology to Better Manage IP Portfolios
- Solving problems in portfolio management
- Searching and watching
- Prosecution
- Infringement
- Commercialisation
- Legal technologies available
- Short case study on watching
Presented by Frances Drummond, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Practice Management and Business Management
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Tips for Building and Enhancing Your Practice as a Trusted IP Adviser
- All professionals serve clients: barristers, law firm principals, solicitors, in-house counsel
- Business development = client/customer service = goodwill = future work
- All of us benefit from trying different approaches practising our skills and techniques to improve performance
- Key themes and top tips from years of experience
Presented by Odette Gourley, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Recommended Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyer, Doyles Guide 2019
Venue
Cliftons Sydney
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - Wynyard 400m OR Martin Place 500m
Bus Interchange - Clarence Street 450m
Ferry - Circular Quay 1.2km
Parking Information
Parking not included in your registration. Here are some options below.
Secure Park 20 Bond Street - click here for rates
Wilson Park 1 O'Connell Street - click here for rates
Wilson Park 31 Bond Street - click here for rates
Testimonials
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