BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT ANWALTSSOZIETÄT. Training Course: Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe.

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1 BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT ANWALTSSOZIETÄT Training Course: Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe Date and Venue: June 28 30, 2012 Trademarks / Copyright / Unfair Competition July 2 7, 2012 Patents / Utility Models /Designs Location: Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Munich, Germany

2 - 2 - Training Course: This course has been shaped to introduce important aspects of obtaining, enforcing and evaluating, particularly licensing Intellectual Property Rights in Europe, providing both an overview on the fundamental strategies of patent and trademark protection as well as insights into the practice of Intellectual Property Professionals. The first week of the seminar deals with the use of trademarks, copyright and the unfair competition law for protecting industrial property, whereas the second week is dedicated to the protection of technology and innovations by patents, utility models and designs. This course addresses in-house lawyers, corporate patent and trademark managers as well as other intellectual property professionals. In the course you will learn about: - Strategies of obtaining patent protection in Europe, including an overview of the intended Community Patent System. - Recent developments in the patenting of software-related and biochemical inventions in Europe, including specific IP issues relating to pharmaceuticals - Important aspects of the prosecution of European Patents, opposition and appeal procedures at the European Patent Office, including attending an Official Hearing at the EPO. - Patent litigation in Europe, with a specific view to Germany, including claim construction and patent invalidation as well as a comparison with the provisions/practice in Japan and U.S.A.. - The usefulness of utility models and design protection, including the EU Community Design. - Important aspects of licensing, IP management, IP valuation and technology transfer in Europe, including software and e-commerce, with a comparative view to other regions. - Strategies of obtaining trademark protection in Europe, including the EU Community Trademark. - The protection of trade dress and legal protection beyond registered rights. - Means of defense against counterfeits, including antipiracy and border seizure measures.

3 - 3 - Guest Speakers: - Dr. Giannis Bozas, European Patent Office, Munich, Germany - Ignacio de Medrano Caballero, Deputy Director, General Affairs and External Relations Department, CTM Office (OHIM), Alicante, Spain - Giovanni F. Casucci, Partner of Casucci Studio Legale Law Firm, Milano, Italy - Prof. Dr. Peter Chrocziel, Partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Munich, Germany - Marianne Grabrucker, Presiding Judge, Federal Patent Court, Munich, Germany - Edgar H. Haug, Managing Partner of Frommer, Lawrence & Haug LLP, New York, U.S.A. - Benjamin J. Hauptman, Senior Partner of Lowe, Hauptman, Ham & Berner, LLP, Alexandria, U.S.A. - Dr. Bertram Huber, IP*SEVA Intellectual Property for Sustainable Energy Ventures, Backnang, Germany - Keiko Kawakami, Partner of Intelix International, Osaka, Japan - Thomas Schatz, STAEDTLER Mars GmbH & Co. KG, Nürnberg, Germany - Elisabeth Logeais, Attorney at Law, Partner of UGGC & Associés, Paris, France - Dr. Ulrich Lohmann, Attorney at Law Partner of v. Boetticher, Hasse, Lohmann, Munich, Germany - Willy Manfroy, Bornival LLC, Chapel Hill, U.S.A. - Prof. Dr. Ulrich Moser, Fachhochschule Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany - Aliki Nichogiannopoulou, European Patent Office, Munich, Germany - Christian Schalk LL.M.Eur. M.A., Senior Trademark Counsel, Bayer Business Services GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany - Thomas Voit, Judge, Federal Patent Court, Munich, Germany

4 - 4 - Speakers / Moderators of Boehmert & Boehmert: - Dipl.-Phys. Christian Appelt, Patent Attorney - Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Thomas L. Bittner, Patent Attorney - Dipl.-Biochem. Dr. Thomas Böhmer, Patent Attorney - Dr. Andreas Dustmann, Attorney at Law - Dipl.-Biochem. Dr. Markus Engelhard, Patent Attorney - Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, Patent Attorney - Peter Gross, Attorney at Law - Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Michael Hartig, Patent Attorney - Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Ute Kilger, Patent Attorney - Dr. Ludwig Kouker, Attorney at Law - Wolf-Dieter Kuntze, Attorney at Law - Dipl.-Biologe Dr. David Kuttenkeuler, Patent Attorney - Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Langfinger, Patent Attorney - Dipl.-Ing. Eva Liesegang, Patent Attorney - Dr. Andreas Lucke, Patent Attorney - Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Karl-Heinz B. Metten, Patent Attorney - Malte Nentwig, Attorney at Law - Prof. Dr. Axel Nordemann, Attorney at Law - Dipl.-Ing. Nils T. F. Schmid, Patent Attorney - Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Steffen Schmidt, Patent Attorney - Dr. Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann, Attorney at Law - Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Stefan Schohe, Patent Attorney - Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Volker Scholz, Patent Attorney - Dr. Florian Schwab, Attorney at Law - Dr. Julian Waiblinger, Attorney at Law - Dr. (Chem) Andreas Winkler, Patent Attorney (Further information: Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, goddar@boehmert.de;

5 - 5 - Day 1 Thursday, June 28 Session I Moderator: Carl-Richard Haarmann 9.00 a.m a.m. - Wolf-Dieter Kuntze Opening Address 9.10 a.m a.m. - Malte Nentwig - Florian Schwab Trademarks in Europe German Trademarks, Community Trademarks, International Registrations a.m a.m. Coffee break a.m p.m. - Ludwig Kouker Strategic approach to obtaining international trademark protection p.m p.m. Lunch break Session II Moderator: Carl-Richard Haarmann 2.00 p.m p.m. - Ignacio de Medrano Caballero 3.00 p.m p.m. - Marianne Grabrucker Latest developments in European trademark law Recent developments in German jurisprudence concerning non-conventional trademarks 7.00 p.m. Opening Reception and Dinner

6 - 6 - Day 2 Friday, June 29 Session I Moderator: Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann 9.00 a.m a.m. - Axel Nordemann a.m a.m. - Christian Schalk Protection of trade dress interplay between 3D-marks, design protection and unfair competition Trademarks in the focus of regulatory authorities a.m a.m. Coffee break a.m p.m. - Andreas Dustmann Trademarks on the Internet domain names, adwords and meta tags 1.00 p.m p.m. Lunch break Session II Moderator: Peter Gross 2.30 p.m p.m. - Peter Gross 3.15 p.m p.m. - Thomas Schatz Product piracy anti-counterfeiting and its legal framework Product piracy a global player and its worldwide fight against counterfeiting

7 - 7 - Day 3 - Saturday, June 30 Session I Moderator: Florian Schwab 9.00 a.m a.m. - Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann Enforcing trademarks in Europe a.m a.m. Coffee break a.m p.m. - Carl-Richard Haarmann - Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann Case study infringement action p.m p.m. Lunch break 1.30 p.m. Half-day excursion to Bavarian Countryside, including boat ride on Lake Starnberg 7.30 p.m. Closing Dinner

8 - 8 - Day 1 - Monday, July 2 Session I Moderator: Michael Hartig 9.00 a.m a.m. - Heinz Goddar Opening Address 9.10 a.m a.m. - Heinz Goddar 9.45 a.m a.m. - Karl-Heinz Metten a.m a.m. - Thomas Bittner To patent or not to patent trade secrets vs. patents Strategies of obtaining patent protection in Europe (national, EP, PCT) EPO procedure (search, examination, grant, nationalization, incl. patent prosecution highway) a.m a.m. Coffee break a.m p.m. - Christian Appelt Drafting and amending of EP claims 1.00 p.m p.m. Lunch break Session II Moderator: Heinz Goddar 2.30 p.m p.m. - Andreas Lucke 3.15 p.m p.m. - Andreas Winkler Utility models in Germany a useful weapon in litigation Design protection the European aspect 7.30 p.m. Opening Reception and Dinner

9 - 9 - Day 2 Tuesday, July 3 Session I A IP & IT 9.00 a.m a.m. - Giannis Bozas a.m a.m. - Stefan Schohe - Steffen Schmidt Moderator: Eva Liesegang Patenting of software related inventions the view of the EPO Patenting of software related inventions the view of patent practitioners a.m a.m. Coffee break a.m p.m. - Julian Waiblinger Software protection under copyright law Session I B Biotech and Pharma 9.00 a.m a.m. - Markus Engelhard 9.20 a.m a.m. - Aliki Nichogiannopoulou a.m a.m. - Markus Engelhard Moderator: Andreas Winkler The current economical and political situation of the biotechnology sector in Europe and Germany Patenting of biotechnology related inventions the view of the EPO Current issues regarding the protection of biotechnological/pharmaceutical matter a.m a.m. Coffee break a.m a.m. - Ute Kilger a.m p.m. - Thomas Böhmer/David Kuttenkeuler p.m p.m. Scope of protection of chemistry/pharma patents product, process, and product-by-process claims Where are pharma patents going? - the interplay of patents, exemptions and regulatory issues in Europe Lunch break Session II 2.00 p.m p.m. - Nils Schmid Moderator: Heinz Goddar Novelty and inventive step under EPC 3.00 p.m p.m. Coffee break 3.15 p.m p.m. - Christian Appelt 4.15 p.m p.m. - Markus Engelhard - Volker Scholz Opposition and appeal procedures at the EPO Preparation of EPO oral proceedings of July 4

10 Day 3 Wednesday, July 4 Session I Moderators: Markus Engelhard, Volker Scholz 9.00 a.m p.m. Visit to EPO (oral proceedings at EPO) p.m p.m. Lunch (at Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten) Session II Moderator: Heinz Goddar 2.00 p.m p.m. - Peter Chrocziel 3.00 p.m p.m. - Benjamin J. Hauptman Standards vs. patents competition law and access to technologies U.S. patent reform 2011

11 Day 4 Thursday, July 5 Session I Moderator: Heinz Goddar 9.00 a.m a.m. - Peter Chrocziel Patent litigation in Germany a.m a.m. - Heinz Goddar - Keiko Kawakami - Edgar H. Haug Claim construction and doctrine of equivalents a comparison between Germany, Japan and U.S.A a.m a.m. Coffee Break a.m p.m. - Thomas Voit Patent invalidation in Germany p.m p.m. Lunch break Session II Moderator: Christian W. Appelt 2.00 p.m p.m. - Eva Liesegang 2.45 p.m p.m. - Klaus-Dieter Langfinger Indirect patent infringement in Germany the European context Research exemption and indirect patent infringement a European dilemma? 3.30 p.m p.m. Coffee break 3.45 p.m p.m. - Giovanni F. Casucci 4.30 p.m p.m. - Heinz Goddar Cross-border patent litigation in Europe Civil, product piracy, and criminal patent enforcement measures in Germany and how to defend

12 Day 5 Friday, July 6 Session I Moderator: Klaus-Dieter Langfinger 9.00 a.m a.m. - Heinz Goddar 9.45 a.m a.m. - Ulrich Moser Ownership of inventions employees inventions in Germany Principles of IP valuation a.m a.m. Coffee break a.m a.m. - Heinz Goddar a.m p.m. - Willy Manfroy p.m p.m. - Heinz Goddar Legal aspects of license agreements Commercial aspects of license agreements IPRs and research cooperation between industry, publicly funded organisations and universities p.m p.m. Lunch break Session II Moderator: Heinz Goddar 2.00 p.m p.m. - Ulrich Lohmann 2.45 p.m p.m. - Elisabeth Logeais Technology transfer in Europe competition law aspects Licensing software and databases in cyberspace: selected issues 3.30 p.m p.m. Coffee break 3.45 p.m p.m. - Bertram Huber International IP management 7.30 p.m. Closing Dinner

13 Day 6 - Saturday, July 7 Full-day excursion to Bavarian Countryside, including Castle Neuschwanstein (optional)

14 I would like to attend: the Course from June 28 to 30 the Course from July 2 to 6 the Opening Reception/Dinner on June 28 the Optional Excursion on June 30 the Closing Dinner on June 30 the Opening Reception/Dinner on July 2 the Closing Dinner on July 6 the Optional Excursion on July 7 Sender (full address details with phone, fax and , please): BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar Pettenkoferstrasse D Munich Germany Course fee: 1.300,00 for Patents / Utility Models / Designs (July 2 6, 2012) 600,00 for Trademarks / Copyright / Unfair Competition (June 28 30, 2012), as add-on 800,00 for Trademarks / Copyright / Unfair Competition (June 28 30, 2012), if booked alone (These fees include conference materials, luncheons, coffee and soft drinks, opening reception(s) on June 28 and July 2, 2012, resp., closing dinner(s) on June 30 and July 6, 2012, resp., and optional excursion(s) on June 30 and July 7, 2012, resp.) Payments to be made by cheque or transfer to Account No at Deutsche Bank AG Domshof Bremen Germany Bank Code IBAN DE BIC (Swift Code): DEUTDEDBBRE, well before the conference Applications received after March 31, 2012, will be due to a 20 % surcharge

15 Accommodation can be arranged at special room rates at Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, Maximilianstrasse 17, D Munich, phone , fax , reservations.vierjahreszeiten@kempinski.com, if application is made by May 31, 2012