AIPPI BALTIC CONFERENCE, Tallinn, September 2-5, 2009
“Business & Industrial Property & Perspectives – trademarks, designs, patents”
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
| Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | |
| 15.00 - 19.00 | Registration, Nordic Hotel Forum
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| 19.00 - 21.00 | Opening Reception at the Tallinn Town Hall Departure from the conference hotel at 18.45, walk to the Town Hall Square |
| Thursday, September 3, 2009 | |
| 08.00 - 17.00 | Registration, Nordic Hotel Forum |
| 09.00 - 12.30 | Morning Session, Conference room Sirius Moderator: Urmas Kauler, President of the Estonian Group of AIPPI (Estonia) |
| 09.00 - 10.00 | Opening and welcome addresses Urmas Kauler, President of the Estonian Group of AIPPI (Estonia) Juhan Parts, Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications (Estonia) Thierry Mollet-Viéville, President of AIPPI (France) Raul Kartus, Adviser to the Legal Department, Estonian Patent Office (Estonia) |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Opening speech: The Role of the IP in Stimulating Creativity and Innovation |
| 10.30 - 10.50 | Coffee/tea/refreshments |
| 10.50 - 11.25 | Current Issues in International Trademark Law |
| 11.25 - 12.00 | Trademark Litigation in Lithuania - Controversial Decisions |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Battleground Russia. The Clash of the Titans |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 17.00 | Afternoon Session, Conference room Sirius Moderator: Seppo Kemppinen, Partner, Borenius Group (Finland) |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | News on Design Protection in Europe, Particularly in View of Community Designs |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Conflicts between Industrial Designs and Other Rights See presentation Ott Moorlat, Patent and Trademark Attorney, Moorlat & Co Ltd. Patent Bureau (Estonia) Kärt Summatavet, Senior Researcher, University of Tartu (Estonia) |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Designing Meaning Kristjan Jagomägi, Strategic Designer and Design Educator, Estonian Design Institute (Estonia) |
| 15.30 - 15.50 | Coffee/tea/refreshments |
| 15.50 - 16.25 | Brand Protection through Global IPR Enforcement Strategy and Communications |
| 16.25 - 17.00 | IPR in R&D: the Tallinn University of Technology Experience See presentation Mart Enn Koppel, Chief Technology Transfer Officer and Patent Attorney, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) |
| 19.00 - 22.00 | “Medieval Party” at the Restaurant Olde Hansa in Tallinn's Old Town Departure from the conference hotel at 18.45, walk to the Viru Gates |
| Friday, September 4, 2009 | |
| 09.00 - 12.30 | Morning Session, Conference room Sirius Moderator: Enn Urgas, Managing Partner, Patendibüroo TURVAJA (Estonia) |
| 09.00 - 09.30 | Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) |
| 09.30 - 10.00 | Future Perspectives of the Patent System |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Effects of patent system changes for industry |
| 10.30 - 10.50 | Coffee/tea/refreshments |
| 10.50 - 11.15 | European and Community Patents - Brothers or Rivals |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | Innovation and Industry: Towards/Against European Patent Legal System Reform |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Agreement on the European and Community Patents Court. Winners and Losers |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 17.00 | Afternoon Session, Conference room Sirius Moderator: Urmas Kauler, President of the Estonian Group of AIPPI (Estonia) |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Doing Justice to Patent Infringers in Russia |
| 14.30 - 15.30 | Nordic and Baltic Experience on Patent Infringements in the Pharmaceutical Field |
| 15.30 - 15.50 | Coffee/tea/refreshments |
| 15.50 - 16.15 | Shift in Lithuania’s Attitude to Patenting and Innovation |
| 16.15 - 16.40 | Freedom to Operate - New Tendencies |
| 16.40 - 17.00 | Discussion and Closing of the Conference |
| 19.00 - 22.00 | Gala Dinner & Live Music at the Restaurant Monaco |
| Saturday, September 5, 2009 | |
| 10.00 - 17.00 | Post-conference tours (Pre-registration is required) |
| 10.00 - 14.00 | Walking tour in Tallinn’s Old Town, visit to the Dominican monastery and lunch at the Restaurant Peppersack Departure from the conference hotel |
| 15.00 - 17.00 | Tour to the KUMU Art Museum Departure from the conference hotel |