European Patent Litigators Association
11th Annual Meeting in Stockholm
13-14 June 2024
Downtown Camper by Scandic, Stockholm, Sweden


PROGRAMME:

 

Thursday, 13th June
19.00 CONFERENCE DINNER (optional)
Aperitifs and Conference Dinner in the Downtown Camper
   
Friday, 14th June
09.00 FORMAL OPENING
Opening by the President, administrative and financial overview
09.15 Presentations from Working Groups
09.30 EPLIT Board Member Elections
09.40 SESSION I
What are the consequences for additional states joining the UPC? Update on Court of Appeal and Nordic Baltic regional division activities

Speakers:
Triona Walshe (Bausch & Lomb)
Ingeborg Simonsson (UPC)
Kai Harmand (UPC)
Stefan Johansson (UPC)
10.15 COFFEE BREAK
10.30 SESSION II
How are auxiliary requests handled in the UPC? Including comparison with EPO practice


Speakers:
Tobias Wuttke (EPLIT)
Bernhard Müller (EPO appeal board)
András Kupecz (UPC)
Bernard Ledeboer (UPC, EPLIT)
11.30 SESSION III
Preservation of evidence - how does the UPC handle requests for preservation of evidence? Some comparisons with national practice.

Speakers:
Stephanie Sarlet (EPA, EPLIT)
Andrea Marietti (EPA)
Vincent Michiels (EPA)
12.15 LUNCH
13.45 SESSION IV
Case law update - UPC has been busy over the last year. What have we learned so far?


Speaker:
Michael Wallinger (EPA, EPLIT)
14.45 COFFEE BREAK
15.00 SESSION V
Perspectives from senior industry representatives on the UPC now it is up and running.


Speakers:
Guno Tjon (Unilever)
Clemens Heusch (Nokia)
Darrin Shaya (Stanley Black & Decker)
16.15 Concluding remarks
16.30 Close & Departure

 


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