Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Software patent workshop reminder

Wednesday 1 April 2009
Venue:
Moot Court Room, Old College

This event is the idea of Professor Philip Leith, Queen's University Belfast, and it is organised as part of SCRIPT's Information Technology Law Foresight Fora. The objective of the event is to bring together a small number of practitioners and policymakers from Europe to discuss the current state of case law and practice with regards to computer implemented inventions (CII). There has been a split between UK and EPO case law, and it is hoped that this workshop will explore some of the issues that led to such state of affairs.

There are very few spaces available, if you would like to attend email Andrés Guadamuz at a.guadamuz@ed.ac.uk


Programme

WEDNESDAY
1 APRIL 2009
9:30-10.00 Registration and Coffee
10:00 -10:05

Welcome
Andrés Guadamuz, SCRIPT

10.05-10:10 Introduction to CII at the European Patent Office
Joerg Machek, EPO
10:10-11:10 CII practice and case law in Europe
Chris Gabriel and Alex Gardiner, EPO
11:10-11:40 CII practice - A European patent attorney's perspective
Axel H Horns, Patentanwalt Axel H Horns
11:40-12:10 CII practice - A UK patent attorney's perspective
David Pearce, Potter Clarkson
12-10-12:40 UK case law
David Musker, R G C Jenkins
12:40-13:30 LUNCH
13:30-14:30 Round Table
14:30 COFFEE

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