UPC One Year Later: A First Overview
30/05/2024
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UPC ONE YEAR LATER: A FIRST OVERVIEW
In Milan/Online, 30th May 2024
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
Sala Napoleonica
Via Sant’Antonio 12, Milano
from 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. CET
Register via the url below (FREE of charge for LES FRANCE members!)
All our esteemed members are warmly invited by LES Italy, LES France and LES Germany to our joint event - UPC ONE YEAR LATER: A FIRST OVERVIEW - taking place in Milan, on May 30, 2024.
This is momentous occasion to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the UPC and the opening of the new Section of the Central Division in Milan.
Join us on the eve of this landmark event as we delve into the latest developments, challenges, and innovations shaping the future of patent law in Europe.
PROGRAM
h. 2.00 – 2.10 p.m.
OPENING
Mattia DALLA COSTA, Vice President LES Italy and LES International
Rinaldo PLEBANI, Frédéric PORTAL, Gabriele MOHSLER, Presidents of LES Italy, France and Germany
h. 2:10 - 2:30 p.m.
KEYNOTE
Klaus GRABINSKI, President of the UPC Court of Appeal and Chairperson of the Presidium (Luxembourg)
h 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
FIRST PANEL Views from the UPC Judges
Moderators:
Anne Charlotte LE BIHAN, Bird & Bird
Tilman MÜLLER, Bardehle Pagenberg
Speakers:
Florence BUTIN, President, Court of First Instance (Paris)
Pierluigi PERROTTI, Judge, Court of First Instance (Milano)
Paolo CATALLOZZI, Judge, Court of First Instance (Paris)
Ronny THOMAS, Member of the Presidium, Presiding Judge – (Düsseldorf)
Eric ENDERLIN, Technically Qualified Judge, Pool of Judges
h. 4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK
h 4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Marina TAVASSI, Founder of the Intellectual Property Judges Association
h. 4:45 - 6:20 p.m.
SECOND PANEL: Views from the Industry
Moderators:
Sergio LASCA - Head of IP - Patents & Know How, Pirelli
Clemens HEUSCH - Nokia, Head of litigation
Speakers:
Sophie PASQUIER - Senior Director, Principal Licensing Counsel-Royal Philips
Gianluca PREVITI- Head of Intellectual Property- IVECO Group
Valérie BITAUD - IP Department, Senior Director- BioMérieux
Anne Julia MEINEL - Head of Support Function DC Patents, Roche Diabetes Care
h. 6:20 - 6:30 p.m.
FINAL REMARKS
Massimo SCUFFI, Member of the Advisory Committee UPC
The conference will be followed by a Cocktail Reception