This year is already another exciting year for IP in Europe. The European Commission has adopted proposals to modernise legislation on design protection, a valuable and oft-overlooked part of a rounded IP portfolio; Trade Mark owners are facing new, not so virtual, challenges with brand protection in the Metaverse; and finally, we have enjoyed the long-awaited opening of the UPC which, aside from a few early jitters, is providing a new forum for European Patent owners!

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Programm, Wednesday, 27th September 2023

12:00 – 12:15    
Opening Kay Rupprecht, LL.M and Dr. Andrew Parker, LL.M, Meissner Bolte

12:15 – 13:00    
How do we deal with the UPC? Steven Gahlings (Lead IP Counsel) Caterpillar

13:00 – 13:45    
Global enforcement of patents — financing landscape and opportunities for patent ownersChristopher Seidl (Managing Director) Fortress Investment Group

13:45 – 14:15    
Break

14:15 – 15:00    
Litigation strategies in Korea: a case study from a European perspectiveDr. Jukyung Park, Kim & Chang in discussion with Meissner Bolte

Programm, Thursday, 28th September 2023

09:20    
Welcome Kay Rupprecht, LL.M and Dr. Andrew Parker, LL.M, Meissner Bolte

09:30 – 10:15    
Sustainable green technologies and new IP strategies – the US approach after / before TrumpDoug Miller, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick

10:15 – 11:00    
Sustainable green technologies and new IP strategies – how is China dealing with this issue?Dajian WU, YUHONG Intellectual Property Law Firm

11:00 – 11:30    
Break

11:30 – 12:15    
Doing business in the metaverse … and its impact on your trademarksJörn Barthel, JOURNEE and Oliver Nilgen, Meissner Bolte

12:15 – 13:15    
Break

13:15 – 13:45    
Design News – exciting and interestingJeannette Lewandowski, LL.M and Samuel Giles, Meissner Bolte

13:45 – 14:30    
SMEs and the Unitary Patent Package promises and expectationsIsabelle Surdej, Barco and Ulrich Kreutzer, Meissner Bolte

14:30 – 15:00    
Break

15:00 – 15:30    
AI & © ... ChatGPT didn't write this talk, but what if it had?Bettina Hart and Florian Meyer, Meissner Bolte

15:30 – 16:15    
Preliminary injunctions before the UPCMario Pozzi, SIB LEX