Sunday, March 24, 2019

Speaking Engagements This Week in Barcelona

Today and tomorrow I will be speaking at a couple of events in Barcelona, Spain.  As always, I will be happy to meet any readers of this blog who happen to be at either of these. 

The event today (March 25) is hosted by the ESADE Alumni Law Club, the ESADE Entrepreneurship Institute, and the ESADE Law School, and is titled 'Patent Wars? A debate about the role of patents for entrepreneurs.  Here is a link to the announcement, and here is the event's description and agenda:
Patents are ubiquitous in contemporary life. Practically everything we use incorporates one or more patented inventions, and recent years have witnessed epic disputes about such matters as the patenting of human genes, the control of smartphone design and technology, the marketing of patented drugs, and the conduct of "patent trolls" accused of generating revenue from nuisance litigation. But what exactly is a patent? And what role do they play for entrepreneurs? 
In this event, Professor Thomas Cotter, one of America's leading patent law scholars, will offer an accessible, lively, and up-to-date examination of the current state of patent law, showing how patents affect everything from the food we eat to the cars we drive to the devices that entertain and inform us. He will focus on patenting in various parts of the economy including genes, medical procedures, software, and business methods.
Following that, a panel of experts will discuss how patent law affects entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurs can use patents to their advantage.
The ESADE Alumni Law Club, the ESADE Entrepreneurship Institute and the ESADE Law School are pleased to announce their forthcoming talk 'Patent Wars? A debate about the role of patents for entrepreneurs'.
Programme:
Speakers:
Thomas Cotter, University of Minnesota Law School
Miquel Montaña, Partner at Clifford Chance Spain and lecturer at ESADE Law School
Cheryl Fragiadakis, Technology consultant and formerly head of technology transfer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.
George Chondrakis, Assistant professor of strategic management at ESADE Business School.
Carles Puente, Co-founder and VP of Innovation at Fractus Antennas and professor at UPC
See you there!
Members are welcome to bring a guest
For further details
clubderecho@alumni.esade.edu 
The event tomorrow (March 26) is hosted by the Bar Association of Barcelona and is titled "Current Affairs of Patents Conference:  American and European Perspective."  I will be on three panels, discussing the doctrine of equivalents, patentable subject matter, invalidation proceedings, and injunctions.  Here are links to the event announcement in Spanish, Catalan, and English.  Here is the program:

“CURRENT AFFAIRS OF PATENTS CONFERENCE.
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES”
 
BARCELONA, March 26, 2019

BAR ASSOCIATION OF BARCELONA
   
16:30h:      WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS.

María Eugenia Gay Rosell. Dean of the Bar Association of Barcelona

                   Carles Prat Masip. Lawyer. Member of the Industrial Property Commission of the Bar Association of Barcelona

                   Presentation by Florencio Molina López, Judge. Commercial Court of Barcelona (Patent Section) of Professor Thomas F. Cotter of the University of Minnesota Law School (USA) and of his book: PATENT WARS: HOW PATENTS IMPACT OUR DAILY LIVES (Oxford University Press 2018)

17:00h:      PANEL 1: patent infringement. doctrine of equivalents.

Chair: Cristina Vallejo Ros. Laywer. Deputy of the the Bar Association of Barcelona.

                   Panelists:                                    
                   Oriol Ramón Sauri. Patent Lawyer.              
                   Yolanda Ríos López. Judge. Commercial Court of Barcelona (Patent Section)
                   Thomas F. Cotter, Professor of the University of Minnesota Law School

18:00h:      COFFEE BREAK
                  
18:30h:      PANEL 2: PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER. INVALIDATION: PROCEEDINGS AND SUBSTANTIVE ASPECTS.

                   Chair: Antoni Romaní Lluch. Lawyer. Vice President of the Industrial Property Commission of the Bar Association of Barcelona

                   Panelists:                                    
                   Javier Huarte Larrañaga. Patent Lawyer.
                   Alfonso Merino Rebollo. Judge. Commercial Court of Barcelona (Patent Section)
                   Thomas F. Cotter, Professor of the University of Minnesota Law School

19:30h:      PANEL 3: INJUNCTIONS. COURTS IN PATENT CASES.

                   Chair: David Pellisé Urquiza. Patent Lawyer.

                   Panelists:                                    
                   Miquel Montañá Mora. Patent Lawyer.
                   José Mª Fernández Seijo. Judge. Court of Appeals of Barcelona, 15th Section.
                   Thomas F. Cotter, Professor of the University of Minnesota Law School

20:30h: CONCLUSION
Yvonne Pavia Lalauze. Laywer. Deputy of the the Bar Association of Barcelona.

Conference organizers:

Antoni Romaní Lluch. Lawyer. Vice President of the Industrial Property Commission of the Bar Association of Barcelona
Yvonne Pavia Lalauze. Laywer. Member of the the Bar Association of Barcelona.
Cristina Vallejo Ros. Laywer. Member of the the Bar Association of Barcelona.
Patent Section of the Commercial Court of Barcelona.
 ·        Language: English. Without translation service 
          Registration Price: 10€ for all

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