12th Annual Meeting and Mock UPC Trial
24-25 April 2025
Hilton Hotel, Apollolaan 138, 1077 NG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thursday, 24th April - Day 1
10.00 hrs
Board Meeting - Orange Room 5 (Board Members only)
12.00 hrs
Registration
13.00 hrs
Mock UPC Trial -
(Ballroom ABC)
Featuring:
Kai Harmand (UPC Nordic Baltic RD, LQ Judge)
Margot Kokke, (UPC The Hague LD, LQ Judge)
Bernard Ledeboer (UPC TQ Judge, EPA, V.O.)
Dick van Engelen (Attorney-at-law, Ventoux, Maastricht University Professor)
Tilman Pfrang (EPA, Meissner Bolte)
Christian Köster (EPA, Synergy IP Group)
Grégoire Desrousseaux (EPA & Attorney-at-law, August Debouzy)
Ben Chapman (EPA, Carpmaels & Ransford)
19.00 hrs
Reception and Dinner - (Diamond Room)
Friday, 25th April - Day 2 - (Ballroom ABC, 09.00 hrs - 16.30 hrs)
09.00 hrs
Introduction from the President including:
Report from the Treasurer
Election of Board Members
Validation of reports
Reports from the Working Groups
09.30 hrs
Coffee Break
09.45 hrs
Update on PMAC
Ales Zalar (PMAC Director)
10.15 hrs
Mock Trial Outcome
Moderator: Guno Tjon
Kai Harmand (UPC Nordic Baltic RD, LQ Judge)
Bernard Ledeboer (UPC TQ Judge, EPA, V.O.)
Dick van Engelen (Attorney-at-law, Ventoux, Maastricht University Professor)
Tilman Pfrang (EPA, Meissner Bolte)
Christian Köster (EPA, Synergy IP Group)
Grégoire Desrousseaux (EPA & Attorney-at-law, August Debouzy
Ben Chapman (EPA, Carpmaels & Ransford)
12.00 hrs
Lunch
13.15 hrs
Presentation of the new CMS
Alexander Ramsay (UPC Registrar)
14.00 hrs
Case Law Update
Michael Wallinger (EPA, Wallinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann)
14.45 hrs
Coffee Break
15.00 hrs
Interaction UPC/EPO proceedings
Moderator: Kim Finnilä
Kai Härmand (UPC Nordic Baltic RD, LQ Judge)
Bernhard Müller (EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal)
Rob Jackson (EPA, Dehns)
16.25 hrs
Conference summary & close
Henri Bourgeois, President, EPLIT
Conference Fees
Terms & Conditions
Registraton Closed