LES Australia-New Zealand (ANZ) 2023 Annual Conference
LES Australia-New Zealand (ANZ) 2023 Annual Conference
Geelong
7. - 10. März 2023
"Connecting Country to Global"
The conference is the annual flagship event of LESANZ, focussing on local and international current issues facing IP Managers, Lawyers Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, Tech Transfer Officers, Government Agencies, Business Development and Licensing Practitioners.
Sessions include:
- Agribusiness - Agri-tech Session
- Collaborating for Commercial Success - Geelong Case Studies
- Indigenous Cultural Knowledge and Intellectual Property Panel
- IP Licensing 2023 - Takeaways from recent case in Australia and overseas
- Space Innovation
- IP in the Digital Era
- Navigating Commercialisation Challenges
LESI Thought Leadership Program - Track 3, Session #3: China: Developments in Mediation and Arbitration
LESI Thought Leadership Program - Track 3, Session #3: China: Developments in Mediation and Arbitration
Virtual
14. März 2023
The third session for Track 3 on Arbitration and Mediation.
This hour-long session will address China: Developments in Mediation and Arbitration.
Speakers:
- Adam Rattray, WIPO (Geneva)
- Tilman Mueller-Stoy, Bardehle (Munich)
- Jason Yao, Wanhuida IP (Hong Kong)
- Jing Mi, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (Beijing, PRC)
One final substantive online session addressing "Mediation & Arbitration for SEP and FRAND Disputes" is scheduled for April 11 before the final (which will be in-person) conducted at the LESI Annual Meeting in Montreal, April 30-May 2.
This event is only open to current LES members. If you are not currently a member of a local LES Society, we encourage you to join! If you are not ready to join LES, you can purchase a package for the LESI Thought Leadership Program (all three tracks) for $200 USD. Please contact the LESI Admin Office at NNE@lesi.org to register for this package.
LESI Dispute Resolution Committee "On the road: how to finetune your strategy while driving the UPC-wagon"
LESI Dispute Resolution Committee "On the road: how to finetune your strategy while driving the UPC-wagon"
Virtual
15. März 2023
Come and join the second part of the UPC litigation webinar "On the road: how to finetune your strategy while driving the UPC-wagon", organized by the LESI Dispute Resolution Committtee, taking place on 15 March 2023, 1:00pm – 2:30pm CET.
While the first part – which was a huge success with about 65 participants – was the “starting dive” into the waters of the upcoming UPC system, we will dive deeper in the second part.
We have a highly exclusive panel of speakers:
- Kristin Cooklin, Head of IP at Zentiva
- Alexander Haertel, Cluster Lead Patents at Deutsche Telekom
- Marleen van den Horst, patent lawyer and partner at La Gro Geelkerken Advocaten
and as cherries on the top, two UPC judges:
- Peter Tochtermann from Germany (local division Mannheim)
- Camille Lignieres from France (local divison Paris)
The themes of the panel will be:
1. Strategies for patent owners (plaintiffs in infringement proceedings, defendants in nullity proceedings):
- Strategically choosing the “right” local or regional division, depending on the specifics of the case
- Using procedural “specialities” as the Saisie in order to gain knowledge about an infringement
2. Strategies for opponents of patent owners:
- “Torpedo” possibilities?
- How to deal best with “troll” attacks?
- How to best argue a reduction of proceedings costs
3. Procedural topics:
- Nullity counterclaim: will local divisions decide by themselves or bifurcate to central division?
- Will the UPC be able to fulfil the timeline promise?
4. Injunctions:
- In which cases no injunction despite infringement (“may” – discrection/proportionality – Ebay?, consider Arguments for/against proportionality in light of injunctions)
- If injunction is granted: security to be imposed?
- Higher security because of European-wide injunction?
- Different national approaches?
- If injunction is lifted: Bayer/Richter? (i.e., no compensation in case defendant not having acted as may generally be expected in order to avoid or mitigate his loss)
This event is free to participants.
LESI Thought Leadership Program - Track 2, Session #4: Autonomous Vehicles and IP
LESI Thought Leadership Program - Track 2, Session #4: Autonomous Vehicles and IP
16. März 2023
This is the third substantive session for Track 2 on the Automotive Industry which will focus on Autonomous Vehicles and IP.
Scott McCormick will moderate this session which will discuss the path to increasingly self-guided vehicles AND how software, vehicle standards and IP are setting the stage.
This event is only open to current LES members. If you are not currently a member of a local LES Society, we encourage you to join! If you are not ready to join LES, you can purchase a package for the LESI Thought Leadership Program (all three tracks) for $200 USD. Please contact the LESI Admin Office at NNE@lesi.org to register for this package.
Register here!
LES Spain-Portugal: "LES100 - One Day Introduction to Licensing Course"
LES Spain-Portugal
"LES100 One Day Introduction to Licensing Course"
Madrid
17. März 2023
LES Spain-Portugal will be holding the internationally recognised LES100 – One Day Introduction to Licensing Course on 17 March 2023 in Madrid.
The course will be given by three well-known Spanish IP experts:
- Javier Fernández-Lasquetty
- Luis Ignacio Vicente del Olmo
- Jordi Ilario
For more details about the program, registration fees and other course information, please consult the brochure.
The course will be taught in English.
LESI Life Sciences Committee Virtual Networking Session
LESI Life Sciences Committee Virtual Networking Session
Virtual
24. März 2023
The LESI Life Sciences Committee would like to invite you to their first virtual networking event for 2023 which will be held prior to the virtual panel discussion hosted by Anna Gregson entitled "The current landscape in ATMP – IP, partnering, funding and more!"
View the Agenda.
This session is only open to LES members. If you would like to join LES, find your local LES Society here.
Register here!
LESI Life Sciences Committee "The current landscape in ATMP-IP, partnering, funding and more!"
LESI Life Sciences Committee
"The current landscape in ATMP-IP, partnering, funding and more!"
Virtual
24. März 2023
This webinar intends to discuss the current market in the advanced therapeutic medicinal product (ATMP) space, with a particular focus on the challenges specific to this sector, and how those impact on aspects such as due diligence, collaboration, funding and deals.
These topics will be explored using case studies from two ATMP companies at different growth stages, Quell Therapeutics and NK:IO. Additional insights on access to technology, and issues on manufacturing and supply chain being provided by our speaker from the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, which works to support companies in this sector.
SPEAKERS:
- Matthew Garner - Head of IP, Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
- Jodie Albutt - VP of IP, Quell Therapeutics
- Michael Hunt - CEO of NK:IO
- Kerstin Papenfuss - Director, Pharma, Deep Science Ventures
- Anna Gregson - Partner, Mathys & Squire LLP
This event is free to participants.
Register here!
LESI Thought Leadership Program - Track 1, Session 4: SEP's & Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
LESI Thought Leadership Program - Track 1, Session 4: SEPs & Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
Virtual
30. März 2023
This next session in Track 1 of the LESI Thought Leadership Program discusses: The golden standard of patent pooling: DVB and its pools.
Speakers:
• Carter Eltzroth, DVB Program (moderator)
• Mattia Fogliacco, Sisvel Group
• Brian Kacedon, Finnegan
• Georg Nolte, Panasonic
This is the final online session of Track 1: SEPs Licensing. We will then close out this track in person at LESI2023 in Montreal (in person!) focusing on the key take-aways from our year-long discussions. (Register for LESI 2023 at www.lesi2023.org)
Huge Thanks to our track sponsors SISVEL and Qualcomm for their support and participation in this program! An archive of all the thought leadership sessions can be found here.
This event is only open to current LES members. If you are not currently a member of a local LES Society, we encourage you to join! If you are not ready to join LES, you can purchase a package for the LESI Thought Leadership Program (all three tracks) for $200 USD. Please contact the LESI Admin Office at NNE@lesi.org to register for this package.
Register here!
LES France "Young Members Congress (YMC) 2023 Kick-Off"
LES France
"Young Members Congress (YMC) 2023 Kick-Off"
Paris
30. März 2023
LES France's Young Members Congress (YMC) have elected two leaders, Romain Vidal and Nicolas du Teilleul, for 2023!
LES France YMC will kick off the 2023 season and introduce the events program (Street Art IP protection, Web3and NFTs, Private equity workshop ,etc..) and proposal for collaborations with other LES chapters’ YMCs around the globe.
Young members (less than 40) are invited!
Register & read more!
LES France "Serious Game: Tech Transfer Game"
LES France
"Serious Game: Tech Transfer Game"
Paris
31. März 2023
Join LES France in this facilitated game-based exchange of experience and best practice Serious Tech Transfer Game is a collaborative serious game designed for an engaging exchange of experience between individuals working within technology transfer. The game has been created as a collaboration between LES France and House of Knowledge(HoK).
In this game tailored for LES France, participants grapple with how to plan for, what to deal with during and after a technology transfer while Tackling the hurdles formalizing such an agreement. The Serious Tech Transfer Game aims to create an engaging facilitated exchange of experience for participants, wherein realistic scenarios create the basis for problem-solving in a scenario that requires shared knowledge and experience. Play happens in groups of 3-5 around a table where the centerpiece of the game is a technology transfer canvas, which is used to structure and evaluate relevant information (presented on playing cards), reveal interrelations, and support discussion.
FACT: Applied games with a purpose and clear learning outcomes. Its Complex topics made easy, “hands on” and creates tacit knowledge and skills through a real and “live” simulation. Introduces unpredictability and invites to interactions and self-contributions, linking theory to practice. The concept of serious game is most easily described as games that go beyond fun and into the realm of learning and exchange of experience.
“Learning is a process where knowledge is created through transformation of experience (Kolb, 1984).”
Limited spaces available!
Read more & register!
LESI Thought Leadership Program - Track 3, Session #4: Mediation and Arbitration for SEP and FRANKD Disputes
LESI Thought Leadership Program - Track 3, Session #4: Mediation and Arbitration for SEP and FRAND Disputes
Virtual
11. April 2023
The fourth and final online session for Track 3 on Arbitration and Mediation.
This hour-long session will address how mediation and arbitration is used for resolving SEP and FRAND Disputes.
SPEAKERS:
- Tilman Mueller-Stoy, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG (Munich, Germany)
- Adam Rattray, WIPO (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Clemens Heusch, Nokia (Munich, Germany)
- Margarita Kato, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (Geneva, Switzerland)
The final session in this track will be conducted in-person at the LESI Annual Meeting in Montreal, April 30-May 2. If you have not registered yet, please do at www.lesi2023.org.
This event is only open to current LES members. If you are not currently a member of a local LES Society, we encourage you to join! If you are not ready to join LES, you can purchase a package for the LESI Thought Leadership Program (all three tracks) for $200 USD. Please contact the LESI Admin Office at NNE@lesi.org to register for this package.
Register here!
2023 International Management & Delegates' Meeting (IMDM)
2023 LES International Management & Delegates' Meeting (IMDM)
Montreal
29. - 30. April 2023
The LES International Management & Delegates' Meeting (IMDM) is a gathering for LESI leadership. Observers who are LES members are welcome to register to attend.
The 2023 IMDM will be held in connection with the LESI 2023 Annual Conference taking place in Montreal, Canada on 30 April - 2 May 2023.
Further details on the IMDM can be found here.
2023 LES International Annual Conference, 30. April - 2. Mai 2023, Montréal, Canada
2023 LES International Annual Conference
30. April - 2. Mai 2023
Montréal
Canada
On behalf of LESI and LES USA-Canada, you are invited to attend the LESI 2023 Annual Conference in Montréal, Canada on 30 April – 2 May!
The theme for LESI2023 is Leveraging Intellectual Property to Enable Innovation and Créativité for an Inspired Future. Through keynote speakers and panel discussions with industry experts from around the world, LESI2023 discussions will focus on the role of intellectual property in accelerating investment and commercialization of technology and creative works globally. The program will continue some of the discussions kicked off in Venice in 2022 — in the Automotive, Life Sciences, GreenTech, Telecommunications and Entertainment sectors – and add engaging keynotes and panels discussions that will help put technology development into context – HINT: it requires both creativity and investments in innovation. We also hope to showcase innovation and creativity born in Canada, providing lessons that extend globally.
LES France "Life Siences IP Event 2023"
LES France "Life Sciences IP Event 2023"
Virtual/Paris
8. Juni 2023
LES France are co-organizing a Life Sciences IP hybrid event with AIPPO (FR group) and ASPI (in-house IP Specialists) on 8 June.
Topics to be covered:
- Case Law in Europe
- Future European Legislation on Drugs
- Report on Compulsory Licensing
For those attending in-person, the event will be followed by a networking drink. Keep updated here!
LESI 2023 Pan-European Conference
LESI 2023 Pan-European Conference
10-11 October 2023
Jerusalem
LES Israel are pleased to invite you to participate at the LESI 2023 Pan-European Conference which will be held on 10-11 October 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel.
The 2023 Pan-European Conference will include exciting professional panels and roundtables on some of the hottest topics in the IP industry relating to intellectual property protection for innovation and monetization of IP rights. The Conference will benefit from its location in the capital city of the Start-up Nation and will provide a glimpse how a small country such as Israel became a global leader of innovation.
Who should participate?
- IP owners whether individuals, start-ups, SMEs or large corporations.
- IP practitioners.
- Business development people, licensing experts and valuation experts.
- Government officials involved in support of technology development and/or IP legal issues.