10th OPEN FORUM
Seville

7-10 November 2007
Presentations
  • FICPI's 10th Open Forum enjoyed very good attendance and attendees unanimously found it informative and relevant to their day-to-day practice. The Forum maintained the well-tested multi-choice format of three series of seven topics of current interest in PATENTS, TRADEMARKS and GENERAL Issues were presented concurrently in English.

  • A short summary of each session is provided in the >>>Forum Programme

  • Please note, all presentations are in the Acrobat PDF format and are available from Alexandra Louage, FICPI Executive Secretary - Alexandra.Louage@fipci.org.

  • N/A = not available
 
Stream Session Title Author Presentation
TRADE MARKS 1.1 Counterfeit Goods and Enforcement of IP rights against Counterfeiters Ms. Lina Xie (CN)
David Shore (Pfizer)
1-1 Xie.pdf
not available
TRADE MARKS 1.2 Counterfeit Goods and Enforcement of IP rights against Counterfeiters Ignacio D. Rivera Elzaburu (ES)
Quang-minh Lepescheux (FR)
1-2 Elzaburu.pdf
1-2 Lepescheux.pdf
TRADE MARKS 1.3 Descriptive Marks Elia Sugrañes (ES)
Coral Toh (HK)
1-3 Sugranes.pdf
1-3 Toh.pdf
TRADE MARKS 1.4 Quality of Examination & Opposition Lisa Power (CA Patent Office)
Gabriel F. Leonardos (BR)
1-4 Power.pdf
1-4 Leonardos.pdf
TRADEMARKS 1.5 New Types of Marks Marcus Höpperger (WIPO)
Lars Thyresson (SE)
1-5 Höpperger.pdf
1-5 Thyresson.pdf
TRADE MARKS 1.6 Protection of Brands including Get-Up by Designs versus Trade marks Fiona McBride (GB)
José Izquierdo Peris (OHIM)
1-6 McBride.pdf
1-6 Peris.pdf
TRADE MARKS 1.7 The Internet of the Future Jonathan Cohen (CA)
Paul Twomey, ICANN
1-7 Cohen.pdf
1-7 Twomey.pdf
TRADE MARKS 1.8 OHIM's Business Tools Nicolas Vigneron (OHIM) 1-8 Vigneron.pdf
Stream Session Title Author Presentation
PATENTS 2.1 News of the World I - B.RICH Ivan Ahlert (BR)
Christian Hano (DE)
Ge Bo (CN)
Manoj Pillai (IN)
2-1 Ahlert.pdf
2-1 Hano.pdf
2-1 Bo.pdf
2-1 Pillai.pdf
PATENTS 2.2 News of the World II - Divide et impera Francis Ahner (FR)
Robert Katz (US)
Peter Indahl (DK)
Kazuaki Takami (JP)
2-2 Ahner.pdf
2-2 Katz.pdf
2-2 Indahl.pdf
2-2 Takami.pdf
PATENTS 2.3 News of the World III - EPC 2000 Markus Hössle (DE)
Eugen Stohr (EPO)
2-3 Hossle.pdf
2-3 Stohr.pdf
PATENTS 2.4 News of the World IV - Future of European patent policy and the role of Patent Attorneys Enrique Armijo (ES)
Harrie Temmink (European Comm.)
Eric Le Forestier (FR)
2-4 Armijo.pdf
2-4 Temmink.pdf
2-4 Le Forestier.pdf
PATENTS 2.5 Patent Value Ulrich Moser (DE)
Samar A. Al-Labbad (EG)
2-5 Moser.pdf
2-5 Al-Labbad.pdf
PATENTS 2.6 Patent Quality Hubert Plugge (EPO)
Daniel Alge (AT)
Mark Wilson (US)
2-6 Plugge.pdf
2-6 Alge.pdf
2-6 Wilson.pdf
PATENTS 2.7 Patent Trolls Arild Tofting (NO)
Brian Buss (US)
Roderick McKelvie (US)
Andrew T. Ramer (Ocean Tomo)
2-7 Tofting.pdf
2-7 Buss.pdf
2-7 McKelvie.pdf
2-7 Ramer.pdf
Stream Session Title Author Presentation
GENERAL 3.1 Paper Less v. Less Paper: Alessandro Orsi (Hewlett-Packard)
Stephen Perry (CA)
3-1 Orsi.pdf
3-1 Perry.pdf
GENERAL 3.2 Managing Your IT functions Gustavo Barbosa (BR)
Fred Pretorius (Mintz Levin)
3-2 Barbosa.pdf
3-2 Pretorius.pdf
GENERAL 3.3 What E-Discovery Means to Your Firm Alan Aucoin (CA)
Danny Huntington (US)
3-3 Aucoin.pdf
3-3 Huntington.pdf
GENERAL 3.4 Safely Communicating with Others by Electronic Means Mike Bursell, Certicom (GB)
Christian Schieber (AU)
Walter Wolf (US)
3-4 Bursell.pdf
3-4 Schieber.pdf
3-4 Wolf.pdf
GENERAL 3.5 E-Filing of Patents Alexander Esslinger (DE)
Yoshikazu Tani (JP)
Karl Kalejs (WIPO)
3-5 Esslinger.pdf
3-5 Tani.pdf
3-5 Kalejs.pdf
GENERAL 3.6 E-Billing and Cost Control Systems Nick Dougan (Withers & Rogers)
Alessandro Orsi (Hewlett-Packard)
3-6 Dougan.pdf
3-6 Orsi.pdf
GENERAL 3.7 E-Systems for Enhancing Client Relations Mark Schuman (US)
Colette Mullings (GB)
Jonathan Newcombe (CPA)
3-7 Schuman.pdf
3-7 Mullings.pdf
3-7 Newcombe.pdf

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