Center for International Legal Studies
101 Issues in Intellectual Property
Kitzbühel, Austria, Sunday, 25 January - Friday, 30 January 2015
Provisional program
Sunday, 25 January 2015
6.30-10 pm, Cocktail Reception and Opening Dinner
Monday, 26 January 2015
7.30-9.30 am, Session 1, Salett’l (inclusive of breakfast buffet)
Moderator: David Aylen, Gowlings, Moscow, Russia
Utz Kador, Kador & Partner, Munich,
Germany
Oral Proceedings in Opposition and Appeal Procedures at the European Patent
Office
Joshua D. Rievman, Hoguet Newman Regal &
Kenney LLP, New York, United States
Litigating IP Disputes
John Lamerdin, Boehringer Ingelheim, Ingelheim am Rhein,
Germany (TBC)
TBD
4.30-5.30 pm, Session 2 Perspectives from a Crafts Person, Salett’l (inclusive of afternoon tea/coffee)
Introduction: David Aylen, Gowlings, Moscow, Russia
Karin Silbermann, Goldsmith
6 pm Departure to Hagstein Alm
6.30-9.30 pm Glühwein and Dinner at Hagstein Alm
9.30 pm onwards Departure back to Rasmushof
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
7.30-9.30 am, Session 3, Salett’l (inclusive of breakfast buffet)
Moderator: Jânis Zelmenis, VARUL, Riga, Latvia
In-House Counsel, Boehringer Ingelheim, Santa
Monica, California, United States (TBC)
TBD
Konrad Sechley, Gowlings, Vancouver, BC,
Canada
Developments in Life Science Patents: Utility the Promise and Subject Matter
4.30-6.00 pm, Session 4, Salett’l (inclusive of afternoon tea/coffee)
Moderator: Karen Kienbaum, KSK Law Group, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Robert Briner, CMS von Erlach Henrici AG, Zurich,
Switzerland
eBooks - A Challenge
David Aylen, Gowlings, Moscow, Russia
TBD
6.30 pm, Networking Dinner
8.30 pm, Wine Tasting
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
7.30-9.30 am, Session 5, Salett’l (inclusive of breakfast buffet)
Moderator: Claudia Berndt, Hahn & Hahn, Pretoria, South Africa
Folke Johansson, Papula-Nevinpat, Helsinki, Finland: Drafting and Prosecuting Patents for Licensing
Kenneth Sonnenfeld, King & Spalding LLP, New York, New York, United States: Eligibility Issues in the United States for Patent Protection
5-6 pm, Session 6 Perspectives from a Patent Holder, Salett’l (inclusive of afternoon tea/coffee)
Introduction: Konrad Sechley, Gowlings, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Wolfgang Tusler, Development Engineer at AB Mikroelektronik, Patent Holder for LED Carlights
6.30 pm, Networking Dinner
9-11 pm, Movie Night
Thursday, 29 January 2015
7.30-9.30 am, Session 7, Salett’l (inclusive of breakfast buffet)
Moderator: Christof Siefarth, Görg, Cologne, Germany
VÃt Horácek, Glatzová & Co, Prague, Czech Republic: TBD
Kristine Aarflot, Bryn Aarflot AS, Oslo, Norway (TBC): TBD
5-6 pm, Session 8. Perspectives from a Global Multi National Company, Salett’l (inclusive of afternoon tea/coffee)
6-7.30 pm, Beer Tasting
7.30 pm, Concluding Dinner
Friday, 30 January 2015
7.30-9.30 am, Session 9, Salett’l (inclusive of breakfast buffet)
Moderator: Konrad Sechley, Gowlings, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Christof Siefarth, Görg, Cologne, Germany: TBD
Andreas Fillmann, Squire Patton Boggs, LLP, Frankfurt, Germany: EU Data Protection Regulation
Check Out and Individual Departure until 11 am
The Center will certify up 1.8 CLE credits (based on 50-min hours) and/or 1.5 CLE/CPD (based on 60-min hours) per 90-min session attended.
Fees include five nights luxury hotel accommodation at the ski in/ski out Rasmushof, all dinners, all breakfasts, cocktails, cancellation insurance, coffee and water during the meeting, printed materials, access to online distribution board, free iPad rental, free WLAN throughout the hotel, and SPA access
Dress: Business Casual
We suggest taking the train from Salzburg or Munich or using one of the many transfer services, for instance SMS Airport Transfer