Trilateral User Day 2008
 "Working together towards a sustainable patent system"
13 November 2008
08:00 - 16:15
The Hague,
European Patent Office
Auditorium
Registration
To register for the Trilateral User Day 2008 please fill in the registration form and send it to trilateral@epo.org.
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Programme
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Registration and Breakfast
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| 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
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| 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
Speakers:
- 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
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| 10:15 - 11:00 |
Questions / Discussions
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break
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| 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
Speakers:
- 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
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| 12:15 - 13:00 |
Questions / Discussions
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| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch
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| 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
Speakers:
- 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
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| 15:15 - 16:00 |
Questions / Discussions
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| 16:00 - 16:10 |
Closing remarks from Alison Brimelow
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