7th International IP Congress: “Recent IP developments in Europe”
Introduction
Each year, speakers from Queen Mary University of London, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Maastricht University provide a compact and insightful update on the most recent legal developments in the main areas of intellectual property law in Europe (copyright and related rights, patents, trade marks and geographical indications, designs, enforcement).
Within one day, new laws, proposed legislative initiatives, new case law or published studies conducted on current legislation are presented and discussed among important scholars in the field, with enough time reserved for a lively debate. In view of the 10th anniversary of the Maastricht master programme Intellectual Property and Knowledge Management (IPKM), some IPKM alumni will present recent developments in their IP practice.
Conference Programme
Location: School of Business and Economics (SBE)
Maastricht University, Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht
Friday 7 June 2019
| 09.30-10.00 |
Registration |
| 10.00-10.15 |
Welcome by Directors |
| 10.15-11.15 |
Session 1: Trade marks Chair: Anke Moerland (Assistant Professor of Intellectual Property Law, UM) Relabelling and trade mark exhaustion after JUNEK. What are trademarks all about? Recent case law of the Board of Appeals EUIPO Questions |
| 11.15-11.45 |
Break |
| 11.45-13.00 |
Session 2: Designs/Patents Chair: Ignacio Garrote (LLM IP &IT Co-Directors, UAM) Designs and Trademarks; Designs and technical function Competition, Patents and the Pharmaceutical Sector Patent Entitlement for Inventions involving AI activity Questions |
| 13.00-14.30 | Lunch at Ad Fundum |
| 14.30-15.30 |
Session 3: Copyright Chair: Duncan Matthews (Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute) Fixation and Originality on copyrighted works after Levola Hengelo Online parodies and the future of upload filters Questions |
| 15.30-16.00 | Break |
| 16.00-17.45 |
Session 4: General Chair: Anselm Kamperman Sanders (Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director of Intellectual Property and Knowledge Management, Maastricht University) Tainting the public discourse – how recent reforms risk to push Copyright (and IP) off the edge of the cliff IP and Investor-State Dispute Settlement in the EU Agreements: Recent Development & Challenges Questions |
| 18.00 |
Barbecue at Faculty of Law, Garden (if registered) |
Relevant links
https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education/post-initial-master/advanced-master-intellectual-property-law-and-knowledge-management
https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/igir
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