Trilateral User Day 2008
"Working together towards a sustainable patent system"
13 November 2008
08:00 - 16:15
The Hague,
European Patent Office
Auditorium
Programme
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration and Breakfast |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcoming Remarks - Alison Brimelow, President of the EPO - Thierry Sueur, Vice-President Intellectual Property and Vice President, European & International Affairs AIR LIQUIDE |
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Round table: Business needs to maintain a sustainable patent system and the role of the PCT Moderator: Joff Wild, IAM Magazine - Tony Rollins, Managing Counsel, European Patents, Merck, Sharp & Dohme (BUSINESSEUROPE) - David Kappos, Vice-President of IPO, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property Law and Strategy, IBM Corporation - Hirohiko Usui, President of JIPA |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Questions / Discussions |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Round table: Insights into the Trilateral Patent Offices' work-sharing and the main assets of the PCT Moderator: Thierry Sueur, Vice-President, Intellectual Property and Vice President, European & International Affairs AIR LIQUIDE - Alison Brimelow, President of the EPO - Jon Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director USPTO - Takashi Suzuki, Commissioner of the JPO Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Questions / Discussions |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Round table: Insights/perspectives from intellectual property associations on a sustainable patent system (Development of the PCT / Quality) Moderator: Wim van der Eijk, Principal Director International Legal Affairs and Patent Law - Jacques Combeau, Advisor to the Vice President, Intellectual Property, AIR LIQUIDE (BUSINESSEUROPE) - Steven W. Miller, IPO President and Chief IP Counsel for Proctor & Gamble Co. (IPO) - Todd Dickinson, Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) - Hiroki Naito, Managing Director of JIPA |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Questions / Discussions |
| 16:00 - 16:10 | Closing remarks from Alison Brimelow |
