U.S. & European Patent Law Update

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1 U.S. & European Patent Law Update for European Practitioners May 3, :00 18:00 Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Maximilianstraße München hosted by: PATENT- UND RECHTSANWALTSKANZLEI PARTNERSCHAFT

2 "U.S. & European Patent Law Update for European Practitioners" May 3, :00 18:00 Maximilianstraße München Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Seminar Agenda 14:00 14:05 Introduction and Welcome Dr. Georg Schnappauf, Dr. Volker Vossius 14:05 14:35 Inventions under the German Employee's Inventions Act - Relevant Aspects in the Light of the New Law from October 2009 Dr. Susanne Schollweck, Dr. Volker Vossius 14:35 15:20 Update on U.S. Patent Damages Law Thomas J. Wimbiscus, McAndrews, Held & Malloy 15:20 15:50 Supplementary Protection Certificates - recent decisions and current topics Dr. Kathrin Körner, Dr. Volker Vossius 15:50 16:15 Coffee Break 16:15 16:45 Update on Recent Case Law of the EPO Dr. Jörk Zwicker, Dr. Volker Vossius

3 16:45 17:30 Biosimilars Legislation in the U.S. Troy A. Groetken, McAndrews, Held & Malloy 17:30 18:00 EPC Trends in Pharma Patenting Dr. Georg Schnappauf, Dr. Volker Vossius 18:00 19:00 Cocktail Reception

4 "U.S. & European Patent Law Update for European Practitioners" May 3, :00 18:00 Maximilianstraße München Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski McAndrews, Held & Malloy 500 West Madison Street, 34th Floor Chicago, IL Tel.: Fax.: Dr. Volker Vossius Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Partnerschaft Geibelstraße München Tel.: +49 (0)89 / Fax. +49 (0)89 / [email protected]

5 Speakers Thomas J. Wimbiscus, a registered U.S. patent practitioner, has over twenty-five years of experiences and practices in all areas of intellectual property litigation, as well as the acquisition and management of patent, trademark and copyright protection. He was named as recommended intellectual property counsel by an independent global survey conducted by Practical Law Company (PLC Global Counsel 3000, Choose Your Counsel Wisely (7 th 16 th eds.) (now called PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook)) for the years He was also named as a recommended practitioner by the Practical Law Company in PLC s Cross-Border IP Business Transactions Handbook for Tom was also named as both a Best Attorney and a Leading Lawyer ( , awarded to fewer than five percent of licensed Illinois lawyers) by independent survey. His litigation successes, which include numerous multi-million dollar awards and settlements, include two recent patent infringement trial victories before the U.S. International Trade Commission. He also served as co-trial counsel in a four-week jury trial resulting in a patent infringement award of over $80 million with a finding of willful infringement (reversed in part and remanded). He has worked in such diverse technologies as prodrug and other pharmaceutical technologies; biotechnologies; semiconductors for cellular telephones and GPS technologies; oil refining technologies; polyurethane, surfactant, and other technologies in the chemical arts; alternative fuels (including biodiesel); internet communications; and medical devices including implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers, and balloon angioplasty catheters. [email protected]

6 Troy A. Groetken, a registered U.S. patent practitioner, with approximately 18 years experience regularly counsels international and Fortune 100 and 500 clients regarding advanced patent prosecution, complex licensing, global transactional issues, due diligence analysis, competitive landscape preparation and utilization, white space analysis, opinion development, patent litigation, and worldwide portfolio management matters involving chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnological technological disciplines ranging from new drug (small-molecule, recombinant, combinatorial technologies, proteins, etc.) entities, surfactant technologies, agricultural compositions, food technologies, films, medical devices, contact lenses, small appliances, alternative fuels, oil refining, polyurethane technologies, gellants, polyols, lubricants, coatings, laundry and cleaning products, nutritional supplements, personal care and cosmetic formulations, and renewable energies. Some of Troy s portfolio management successes have included multi-million dollar or greater acquisition, divestiture and licensing transactions on behalf of his clients. Prior to practicing patent law, Troy has worked as a clinical consultant pharmacist, supervised drug research programs, evaluated drug management protocols, and performed drug treatment trials on behalf of the FDA. Troy is also the past-president and current Board Member to the Association of Patent Law Firms. Troy has presented regularly, domestically and internationally, on a variety of intellectual topics at organizations, corporate entities, and law schools. Troy was recently selected as a Rising Star by the Illinois Super Lawyers independent survey for 2007, 2008 and He was also recently selected by his peers as one of 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch, which is an independent selection process conducted by Law Bulletin Publishing Company. [email protected]

7 PATENT- UND RECHTSANWALTSKANZLEI PARTNERSCHAFT Speakers Dr. Kathrin Körner is partner with the Patent and Law firm of Dr. Volker Vossius. Kathrin started her patent law career with a large German IP law firm and then joined a major international Pharma Company, for which she worked out of Germany and France. Kathrin joined Dr. Volker Vossius in Kathrin is admitted before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Federal Patent Court, the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, and the European Patent Office. Kathrin has successfully passed the CEIPI diploma course Patent Litigation in Europe of the University Robert Schuman in Strasbourg. Kathrin has long-term experience in the area of industrial property, especially in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry and medical technology and is active in all matters of intellectual property rights, in particular in the fields of patent, utility model, trade mark and design model rights as well as in licensing- and litigation matters of patent and utility model rights. Kathrin studied Human Biology / Theoretical Medicine (main fields: molecular biology, biochemistry and cellular biology) at the Philipps University in Marburg, where she obtained a Master s Degree (Dipl. Hum. Biol.). She then started her Ph.D. work with Prof. Rolf Müller at the Institute of Molecular and Tumor Biology (IMT) at the Philipps-University Marburg in the field of molecular biology. She received a fellowship of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft" (DFG). Kathrin is member of different professional industrial property organisations LES (Licensing Executives Society) and VPP (Association of Intellectual Property Experts) and is engaged as mentor in the mentoring network for women in science and technology. [email protected]

8 Dr. Susanne Schollweck is a patent attorney and joined the Law Firm Dr. Volker Vossius in Susanne started her career with a large IP firm which operates internationally and continued to work in another IP law firm. Susanne is admitted before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Federal Patent Court and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. She is active in all matters of industrial property rights, in particular patent, utility models, trademark and design prosecution as well as licensing and litigation matters in the field of intellectual property. Susanne studied physics (special focus on physiochemical engineering) at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, as well as metal technology (special focus on product and precision engineering) and chemistry at the Technical University of Munich. In her thesis she worked on training concepts for industrial vocational training in the field of control engineering and received a scholarship from the "Bund der Freunde der Technischen Universität München". Susanne is a member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) and additionally, is active in corresponding organizations of industrial property, such as in the Licensing Executive Society (LES) and INTA [email protected]

9 Dr. Georg Schnappauf is partner with the Patent and Law Firm of Dr. Volker Vossius. He joined Dr. Volker Vossius in Georg is admitted before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Federal Patent Court, the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, and the European Patent Office. He has successfully handled numerous patent applications, oppositions, nullity, and opinion matters in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, chemistry, and medicine on behalf of national and international clients. He is representing well known European, US, and Japanese companies. Georg finished his studies of Biology at the Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen- Nuremberg, Germany, with a Diploma thesis at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Microbiology in Zurich, Switzerland. Georg made his Ph.D. thesis at the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany, and the Institute of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Genetics, Friedrich-Alexander- University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Part of his Ph.D. work was done in cooperation with the 1976 Nobel Price winner in chemistry, William N. Lipscomb, from Harvard University, USA. Georg was a visiting scientist at the Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, USA and the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA, and a postdoctoral fellow at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Cell Biology, Zurich, Switzerland. Georg is a member of and participates in the specialized comities "Industrial Property Rights and Technical Contracts" and "German-US-American Co-operation" of Bio Deutschland, and is also a member of scientific organizations. [email protected]

10 Dr. Jörk Zwicker is partner with the Patent and Law firm of Dr. Volker Vossius. Jörk started his patent law career with one of Germany's largest IP boutiques, continued to work as an associate in another large German IP boutique and then joined Dr. Volker Vossius to become a partner in Jörk is admitted before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Federal Patent Court, the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, and the European Patent Office. He has successfully handled numerous patent applications, oppositions, nullity, and opinion matters, in particular in context of licensing procedures, in the fields of biochemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, and chemistry on behalf of national and international clients. He is representing well known European, US, and Japanese companies. Jörk studied chemistry at the Technical University Berlin (TU) and biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), U.S.A. He obtained a Master's of Chemistry (Dipl. Chem.) at the TU Berlin. He then started his Ph.D. work with Prof. Rolf Müller at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Tumor Research (IMT) at the Philipps-University Marburg. The Ph.D. was followed by postdoctoral research with Prof. Robert Tjian at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Jörk received fellowships of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes", the German- American Fulbright Commission, the "Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, Foundation for Basic Research in Medicine", the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and an EMBO Postdoctoral fellowship. Jörk is a member of and participates in the working group "Life Sciences" of LES International. [email protected]

11 "U.S. & European Patent Law Update for European Practitioners" May 3, :00 18:00 Maximilianstraße München Registration Form Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski BOOK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE / LIMITED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THE SEMINAR IS FREE OF CHARGE. PLEASE RESPOND NO LATER THAN APRIL 25, Name Position Company Street Postal Code/City Tel. No. Fax. No. Date/Signature Please register by faxing or posting this registration form to: Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Partnerschaft Geibelstraße München Fax: +49(0)89/ or sending an to: [email protected] For further information please contact: Dr. Jörk Zwicker Patentanwalt European Patent Attorney Tel: +49 (0)89 / [email protected] or Troy Groetken, RPh, LLM Registered U.S. Patent Attorney Tel: [email protected]