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A 3-day fully residential programme for lawyers and executives working in international business who need to develop their knowledge of all aspects of international intellectual property law
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The emergence of intellectual property as a foundation of the information age and its role in securing the diverse benefits of the new digital technologies in industry and commerce are key reasons why this topic is of increasing importance.
With this in mind, Falconbury have developed this unique and intensive three-day programme to focus on all aspects of intellectual property law. In just three days, the Summer School is designed to offer a comprehensive introduction and an up-to-date refresher to all those whose work involves intellectual property and its effective protection.
This programme forms part of The Cambridge Legal Summer School
Series. This series has been developed to provide lawyers with a focused learning opportunity that takes place outside the work environment and allows them to benefit from being away from the daily challenges of their role, mix with colleagues from other organisations and concentrate on developing their commercial and technical skills
All those whose work involves and requires a knowledge and understanding of international intellectual property law including:
Registration will take place on Monday from 9-9.30am. The introductory dinner will be served at 7.30pm on Sunday 3 August 2008. All participants are invited to join us and meet the rest of the group. The course consists of 3 full days of interactive training with time allowed in the schedule for group, individual learning, and a social programme in the evenings.
DAY ONE: 4 AUGUST 2008
Registration and refreshments
Introduction to the seminar
Copyright and neighbouring rights
Registered and unregistered designs
The role of the international IP treaties and conventions
Trade marks
Patents
The protection of trade secrets
Strategy and managing a corporate IP portfolio
Transactions and IP
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: IP due diligence in corporate transactions and related warranty negotiations
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: Dealing with confidential information
The valuation of intellectual property
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: Drafting international technology licensing agreements
Competition law and IP
Data protection and privacy
Websites
Protection of computer programs
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: Software licenses and other IT contracts
Resolving technology IP disputes
The highly skilled training faculty will draw on their own extensive practical experience as well as using real-life examples they have encountered in other organisations to illustrate practical learning points.
Nicholas Bolter a senior associate in the London office of Howrey where he specialises in all forms of intellectual property, including contentious and noncontentious work involving patents, trade marks, trade secrets and confidentiality, passing off, copyright and designs. He has developed an in-depth knowledge of domain name and Internet-related disputes and advises clients in relation to cybersquatting, copyright and database right infringement, passing off and unfair competition. Nicholas is currently seconded to The Coca-Cola Company as Acting Trade Marks Counsel for Europe.
Robert Bond is Partner and head of IP, technology and commercial at Speechly Bircham in London. A notary public of England and Wales, Robert specialises in intellectual property law, advising businesses, large or small, on identifying, protecting and commercialising their intellectual property interests. His clients include multinationals who he advises on a range of IT and commercial contracts and EU regulations. Robert’s work encompasses IT contracts, outsourcing, internet law, franchising and general commercial law. His particular areas of specialist knowledge include legal issues for the computer games and gaming sectors, data protection and information security.
Alexander Carter-Silk is a Partner in the London office of Speechly Bircham where he advises on contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and technology matters. He advises suppliers and their insurers on recovering failed or failing technology projects, including large scale IT projects. Alex has significant experience investigating and reporting on the causes of project failures leading teams of lawyers and IT technology specialists in the resolution of complex high value litigation mediation and arbitration.
Martin Hyden is a patent attorney with Rouse & Co International (Patents) Ltd. He has many years’ experience of patent prosecution and portfolio management, both in private practice and in-house positions. He has worked extensively before the UK and European patent offices, as well as WIPO and other national offices. For the past 13 years, he has been working for Schlumberger in its oilfield and automatic test equipment businesses based at R&D centres.
Kelvin King is Managing Director of Valuation Consulting. After working for the Government for 17 years, he left to establish a Valuation Unit for a large accountancy practice and, before the founding of Valuation Consulting, was the MD of a specialist valuation company within a major international Swiss bank. As well as founding the Society of Share & Business Valuers in the UK he is a contributor to many journals, television and radio. He has been one of two separately listed UK expert witnesses in the areas of intellectual property and intangible asset valuation and one of the five separately listed unquoted company experts in The Law Society Directory of Expert Witnesses (1996-2006).
Jeremy Newton trained and qualified in the Intellectual Property Group at City law firm Slaughter and May. He has over 15 years’ experience of intellectual property law and contracts, including periods in-house with Sun Microsystems (as Assistant General Counsel in EMEA) and with HM Treasury (on secondment to the PFI Taskforce). He is co-editor of A Manager’s Guide to IT Law (British Computer Society), and contributed the chapter on computer contracts to Computer Law (Oxford University Press) which is used as a standard textbook on the University of London LLM in IT law. Jeremy joined Technology Law Alliance as a Director in 2005, having previously been a partner in the IT team at Nabarro Nathanson. Technology Law Alliance is rated in Chambers and Legal 500 as a leading IT law practice. Jeremy deals with a wide range of commercial contracts, including channels agreements, outsourcing and system development contracts, and the associated IPR issues
Arun Singh OBE, is an international lawyer at Grundberg Mocatta and Rakison LLP. He was formerly a partner and Head of Commercial Law at KPMGLegal. Arun is cited and ranked in Chambers Guide of the World’s Leading Lawyers. He concentrates on international investment, joint ventures, licensing of technology, research and development in developed and emerging markets. He is a Senior Associate at Oxford University’s Institute of Legal Practice and has taught international negotiations at the University of Cambridge.
Susan Singleton is a solicitor with her own London firm, Singletons, which specialises in intellectual property law, including trade marks and competition law and Internet law and general commercial law. Following articles at Nabarro Nathanson, she joined Slaughter and May’s EC/Competition Law Department on qualifying in 1985, moving to Bristows in March 1988 where she remained until founding her own firm in 1994. Since then she has advised over 410 clients.
David Stone leads the trade mark and brand protection team in the London office of Howrey. A Solicitor-Advocate, David also has the benefit of in-house experience, having represented The Coca-Cola Company as Trademark Counsel for Western Europe in 2003-2005. David was awarded a special commendation by the judges of the WORLDLeaders: European IP Awards for his work with The Coca-Cola Company.
Patrick Wheeler is a partner in the London office of Collyer Bristow where he specializes in all aspects of contentious and noncontentious intellectual property advice from creation, assessment, and protection to exploitation and enforcement, together with acquisition and disposal. Recent contested matters include obtaining a passing off injunction, damages and an account of profits for a publisher, appealing a trade mark opposition decision for a venture capital business and defending a parallel import company from infringement proceedings brought by a pharmaceutical company.
Tim Worden is an associate in the Intellectual Property Department of Taylor Wessing. His practice includes both noncontentious and contentious intellectual property and he specialises in the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Tim was previously Legal Counsel and Company Secretary at Eli Lilly and Company Limited, the UK subsidiary of the US pharmaceutical company.
Guido Westkamp Dr. jur (Münster), LLM Intellectual Property (London), First and Second German State Examination (Münster/Düsseldorf). Guido is a qualified attorney and is a Senior Lecturer in intellectual property law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies. He studied law at the Universities of Münster/Germany and London (QMW). Guido previously worked for German Legal Preparatory Service, working, inter alia, with German Television and international law firms in IT/IP law. He is Course Director for the University of London LLM course “Intellectual Property in the Digital Millennium”. Guido is an editor and author of numerous IP related publications and articles and lectures at many IP conferences and training programmes.
Cerys Wyn-Davis is a Partner in the Outsourcing, Technology and Commercial Group of Pinsent Masons. She specialises in intellectual property, information technology and information law and has extensive experience advising major public companies, banks, universities and government bodies. Cerys has in depth experience of all areas of intellectual property, information technology and information law in a wide variety of sectors and industries including the technology, manufacturing, automotive and life sciences sectors.
Set in the heart of Cambridge, one of Englands most famous centres of learning the Møller Centre accommodation has a fresh contemporary style and provides comfort and space for relaxing or studying. Some leisure facilities are available on site including a fitness suite, squash and tennis courts.
Wireless broadband access is available throughout the centre.
Accommodation is included in the course fee. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are also included for the duration of your stay.
If you would like to extend the length of your stay there is an extra charge for this. Please contact Customer services for more information on +44 (0)20 7729 6677 or email info@falconbury.co.uk.
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