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Privilege: Is it necessary? What have we been fighting for?
Moderator: Leo Jessen (NL)

Leo Jessen (NL)

Moderators Introduction

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Judge Gajarsa (US)

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Greg Chambers (AU)

Privilege – What’s the problem?

Maxim Waldbaum (US)

1. Protecting Evaluation of Attorney Client Privilege/Work Product Immunity

2. The Foundation for Privilege

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Electronic disclosures as source of: prior art and infringement
Moderator: Stephen Krouzecky (AU)

Mauro Eccetto (IT)

Electronic disclosure as a source of prior art and infringement

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Michele Provera (IT)

Convey approach to Internet Brand Intelligence

Wouter Verburg (OHIM)

OHIM practices

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Business software and office systems: how do you run an IP practice efficiently in the e-age
Moderator:  Roberto Pistolesi (IT)

Stephen Perry (CA)

How to Run an IP Practice Efficiently in the E-Age

Bill McFarlane (AU)

Cloud Computing – What is it? Should my firm use it?

3.1

Requirements for obtaining grant and infringement - are they balanced in US, EP and JP
Moderator: Robert Storey (CA)

Alessandro Steinfl (EP, US)

Sufficiency of Disclosure – Prosecution vs. Enforcement – A Comparative National and International Approach

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Shogo Ohnishi (JP)

Are there any differences in disclosure requirement between prosecution and enforcement?

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Search Engine Keywords – Google and Beyond
Moderator: James Fish (UK)

Neville Cordell (GB)
Alexandra Neri (FR)
Benjamin A. du Chauffat

3.3

Start up companies, alternative fee arrangements: how can we help them?
Moderator: Danny Huntington (US)

JoAnna Esty (US)
Fernando Triana (ASIPI) (CO)

Start-up Companies and Alternative Fee Arrangements: How Can We Help Them?

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Patent disclosure: meeting expectations
Moderator: Len Svensson (USPTO)

Bob Bahr (US)

Patent Disclosure: Meeting Expectations in the USPTO

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Markus Hössle (DE)

Patent Disclosure: Meeting Expectations – EP point of view

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Register clogging and goods/services designation: US versus the European model
Moderator: Francesco Paolo Vatti (IT)

Bob Sacoff (US)

Register Clogging and Goods/Services Designation:  US versus the European Models – Roadmap for Today

Imogen Wiseman (GB)

Register Clogging and Goods/Services Designation: US versus the European Models

4.3

IP Audits and managing intellectual assets: opportunities for the profession
Moderator: Christian Schieber (AU)

Christian Schieber (AU)

Moderators Introduction

Sandra Clelland (ZA)

Managing Intellectual Assets –  Opportunities for the Profession

Jérôme Collin (FR)

IP Audits: what, why, and how?

Thomas Waldbaum (SAP, DE)

IP Audits in the Corporate Context – Key Objectives & Requirements

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Standards and professionalism: conflicts of interest, ethical walls and PI Insurance - why is it important for FICPI?
Moderator: Doug Deeth (CA)

Mark Wilson (US)

IP Conflicts of Interest – In a Large Firm, with an International Presence, in a Big Country with Many Industries

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Arild Tofting (NO)

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Filing and prosecution strategies: PPH et al
Moderator: Daniel Alge (AT)

Claus Matthes (WIPO)

PCT and PPH: Friends or Foes?

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Charles Eloshway (USPTO, US)

The Patent Prosecution Highway at the USPTO

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The overall functioning of the trade mark system in Europe. The Max Planck Institute study and the European Commission proposals
Moderator: Luis-Alfonso Duran (ES)

Luis-Alfonso Duran (ES)

Moderators Introduction

James Fish (GB)

The Hearing Before the EU Commission

Elia Sugranes (ES)

Study on the overall functioning of the European trade mark system

6.3

Social networks and marketing in the e-age: is there any value in them for us?
Moderator: Eric le Forestier (FR)

Catherine Douglas (CA)

Social marketing in the e-age:  is there value for us?

Gayatri Bhalla (US)

Getting Found Online

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Damages/compensation for patent infringement: Does the patent system currently deliver appropriate protection for the patentee?
Moderator: Sandro Hassan (IT)

Barry Graham (US)

Patent Infringement Damages – A U.S. Perspective

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Colin Birss (GB)

Damages – An English perspective

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Design Rights: When Designs are Valid in Some Regions and Not in Others
Moderator: Rob Katz (US)

Jay Sha (CN)
Matthias Bosch (DE)

Timing and Validity Issues for Designs

7.3

Incentive schemes: do they really improve performance?
Moderator: Werner Roshardt (CH)

Werner Roshardt (CH)

Moderators Introduction
Incentive Schemes – Do they really improve performance?

Alain Leclerc (CA)

The truth about incentive programs

Yves Van Durme (BE)

Pay for Performance: why?

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How will the USPTO implement patent law reform?
Moderator:  Peter Huntsman (AU)

David J. Kappos (USPTO, US)

USPTO Implementation of the America Invents Act

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