Members of Chambers have regularly given talks and seminars on current subjects relating to Intellectual Property and Media & Entertainment. We have received an increasing interest from our clients to provide organised seminars that qualify for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points. We have recently devised a series of seminars that are designed to provide topical interest and CPD points. Seminar topics are varied and can be tailored to suit specific requirements. An indication of subjects can be gained from recent seminars which appear below.
If you are interested in organising or attending a seminar on one of these topics or on another specific area we would be pleased to hear from you. Please contact Furhana Mallick to discuss further arrangements.
Forthcoming and Recent Seminars
A number of members of chambers have been assisting the Chinese government in their program to revise and reform their intellectual property laws. The program is part of a joint European Union – China IPR project and members of chambers have been invited as leading experts to provide comparative perspectives on the law in other countries. See for details: www.ipr2.org. Members of 8 New Square who have lectured in China and written reports for the project include John Baldwin QC (film & music rights and enforcement), Martin Howe QC (online piracy), Daniel Alexander QC (substantive patent law and civil procedure) and Fiona Clark (trade mark law)
On Tuesday 20th April 2010, Martin Howe QC spoke in the Times/Matrix debate in a packed Gray's Inn Hall, supporting the motion that "The Human Rights Act should be scrapped and replaced by a British Bill of Rights”. Also speaking for the motion were the Rt Hon David Davis and Andy Hayman, former Assistant Commissioner responsible for counter-terrorism; Cherie Booth QC, Rabinder Singh QC and Sami Chakrabati (director of Liberty) spoke against the motion. Click here to download Martin's speaking notes.
On 23rd February 2010, Isabel Jamal will deliver a seminar at Baker & Mckenzie, addressing the key legal issues that arise in relation to the use of trade marks as ‘Google AdWords’ triggering advertisements or ‘sponsored links’. Isabel will also examine the history of case-law on this topic in the UK, other European jurisdictions and in the U.S. There will also be an analysis of the Advocate General’s opinion in Google v Louis Vuitton, which is the current authority on these issues.
Lindsay Lane spoke on different approaches to infringement and validity at the Cross Border Patent Enforcement Conference on 21st October 2009, which was chaired by Daniel Alexander.
On 23rd July 2009, Daniel Alexander chaired the CIPA/IPO debate at the Science Museum on whether patents were stifling innovation for green technology.
Lindsay Lane spoke at the Young EP Law Congress on 11th May 2009 on the Lundbeck case.
At the end of May 2009, Fiona Clark gave a talk to Denton Wilde Sapte on Current Topics in Trade Mark Cases, focusing on Unfair Advantage, Comparative Advertising, Bad Faith and Similarity of Goods.
At the end of March 2009, Fiona Clark gave a series of talks at seminars on patent enforcement to judges, officials and practitioners in Shanghai and Fuzhou organized by the EPO and SIPO, the Chinese Intellectual Property Office, as part of the ongoing EU-China IPR2 project. The topics covered at the seminars included primary and secondary infringement, patent procedure and remedies.
In the summer of 2008, Daniel Alexander gave a EPO/EPA lecture in Istanbul to Turkish judges on scope of protection in patents and was part of an EU team of academics and practitioners assisting the Chinese government with wide-ranging revisions to its patent law, involving giving seminars in Beijing and Harbin in September 2008. In early 2009, he also gave a number of lectures for the LLM course at UCL.
Henry Ward gave a talk on recent Trade Mark matters to Arnold & Porter in July 2008
In February/March 2008 Daniel Alexander QC gave three evening lectures on patent enforcement and procedure to LLM students on the UCL/King’s College course.
James Whyte spoke to Arnold & Porter in February 2008 about recent pharmaceutical patent cases, including the issues of second medical use claims and stays pending EPO oppositions.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY • SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT • COMPETITION