IV UAIPIT INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2012

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Place: Sala Multimedia, Edificio Rectorado, University of Alicante

09:00-09:15 Reception

09:15-09:45 Welcome and Official Opening

• María Jesús PASTOR LLORCA, Director of the Secretariat for Knowledge Transfer, University of Alicante.
• Richard FLAMMER, Principal Director, Patent Information and European Patent Academy (European Patent Office-EPO).
• Hugues BELLO, Deputy Director Academy of the Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) - OHIM.
• Lydia ESTEVE GONZÁLEZ, Director of UAIPIT, Professor of Private International Law, University of Alicante, Chair of the UNESCO for Copyright.

1st Session: THREE APPROACHES TO IP & IT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET: THE EPO IP CALENDAR, UAIPIT AND THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE

09:45-10:15

IP Training in a Networked World: The European Patent Academy (read Power Point)

• Jean-Michel ZILLIOX, Director of IP Practice, European Patent Academy (European Patent Office - EPO).

The University of Alicante Intellectual Property and Information Technology Project

• Richard A. MAC BRIDE, Executive Director of UAIPIT, Attorney-at-Law and Mediator.

SGITT-OTRI: Management Research Service and Technology Transfer (read Power Point)

• Iván RODRÍGUEZ ROSELLÓ, Officer in Technology Transfert at the Management Service for Research & Knowledge Transfer, University of Alicante.

• Moderator: Lydia ESTEVE GONZÁLEZ, Director of UAIPIT, Professor of Private International Law, University of Alicante.

10:15-10:45 Coffee break

2nd Session: ALTERNATIVE IP & IT DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

10:45-11:15 The WIPO ADR Services on IT Conflicts (read Power Point)

• Javier FERNÁNDEZ-LASQUETTY, IP Lawyer, Partner of ELZABURU (Madrid).

11:15-14:30 Workshop on Mediation in Civil and Comercial Conflicts regarding IP and IT Disputes

Mediating IP Disputes (read Power Point)

• Theóphile MARGELLOS, Chairperson of the First and Third Board of Appeal (Trade marks and Designs) and mediators coordinator at OHIM.
• Sven STÜRMANN, Legal Advisor and Mediator, Operations Department OHIM.

Training Session on Mediation: Role Playing

• Richard A. MAC BRIDE, Executive Director of UAIPIT, Attorney-at-Law and Mediator.


• Moderator: Lydia ESTEVE GONZÁLEZ, Director of UAIPIT, Professor of Private International Law, University of Alicante, Chair of the UNESCO for Copyright.

14:30-16:30 Lunch break

3rd Session:LITIGATION ON THE PROTECTION OF BUSINESS INTANGIBLES RELATING TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

Place: Salón de Actos, Edificio Germán Bernácer, University of Alicante

16:30-17:30 Presentations: Legislation and Case Law Update. New Trends in the Protection of IP & TICs
How Could We Help You to Manage Intellectual Property? (read PDF)

• Pilar LÓPEZ MORENO, Officer in Technology Transfert at the Management Service for Research & Knowledge Transfer, University of Alicante.

The Dataco Case. EUCJ decides where to play (read PDF)

• Carmen GARÍA MIRETE, Lecturer Private International Law Department, University of Alicante.

Conferral of jurisdiction in litigation related to intellectual property infringements on the Internet (read DOC)

• Raúl LAFUENTE SÁNCHEZ, Lecturer Private International Law Department, University of Alicante.

Open Source in Public Administrations. New trends in the use of the Open Source software among the European Union Public Administrations (read PDF)

• Zuzana PENIASKOVA and Valentina TORELLI, Magister Lvcentinvs LLM.

Galaxy Nexus: Another Battle in The Never Ending War (read PDF)

• Athena POYSKY, UAIPIT Project, University of Alicante.

Use of Cloud Computing vs. Personal Data Protection (read PDF)

• Alberto DE LA MORENA MARQUÉS, UAIPIT Project, University of Alicante.

Facebook: Facial Recognition vs. Privacy Protection (read PDF)

• José Antonio ARGÜELLO ROMERO and Xavier MARTÍ CASTELLS, Magister Lvcentinvs LLM.

The controversy of sponsored links: ¿Infringement proceedings? ¿Unfair competition? A comparative análisis of court decisions in the European Union and Brazil (read PDF)

• Luciana NORONHA ANDRADE, Magister Lvcentinvs LLM.

Copyrights Licensing: The end of IP as we know it? (read PDF)

• Eduardo Ernesto BARZOLA CÓRDOVA, Magister Lvcentinvs LLM.

Directive 2012/28/UE: A new regulation to orphan works in the European Union

• Borja ALCARAZ RIAÑO, Institutional Coordinator UAIPIT Project, University of Alicante.

• Moderator: Nuria MARTÍNEZ, General Coordinator of UAIPIT

17:30-18:00 IP in Online Business: Trade Mark & Design Disputes (read DOC)

• Francesco MATTINA, President AAAML

18:00-18:30 Recent Patent Disputes regarding IT

• Dario MOHAMMADIAN SANTANDER, European Patent Attorney, Resident Partner of Bardehle Pagenberg (Barcelona).


• Moderator: Gilberto MACIAS, MACIAS, Senior IP Lawyer Clarke, Modet & Co. (Alicante).

4th Session: IP POLICIES & NEW TRENDS IN THE DIGITAL AGE

18:30-19:30 Round Table: Facing New IP & IT Challenges: A View from Institutions/

• Alberto CASADO CERVIÑO, Vice-President EPO, Directorate General "Operational Support".

Machine Translation at the EPO (read Power Point)

• Richard FLAMMER, Principal Director, Patent Information and European Patent Academy (European Patent Office-EPO).

The Work of the European Observatory on Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment (read Power Point)

• Jessica LEWIS, European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, OHIM.

The Dissemination Policy of the SPTO: Web 2.0 and Social Networks (read Power Point)

• Patricia GARCÍA-ESCUDERO, Director of the Spanish Patent and Trade Mark Office (SPTO) Representative. "SPTO support to SMEs: IP, ITs and globalization"

• Moderator: Manuel DESANTES REAL, Professor of Private Internacional Law, former Vice-President of the EPO/Catedrático.

19:30-20:30 Oficial Act

• Amparo NAVARRO FAURÉ, Vice-president for Research of the University of Alicante.
• Alberto CASADO CERVIÑO, Vice-President EPO.
• Joao NEGRAO, Director International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department, OHIM.
• Patricia GARCÍA-ESCUDERO, Director of SPTO.
• Lydia ESTEVE GONZÁLEZ, Academic Director of UAIPIT.

UAIPIT Award to Jean-Michel ZILLIOX

Awards speech (laudatio) by Alberto CASADO CERVIÑO, Vicepresident EPO.

Authorities present the Distinction to Jean-Michel ZILLIOX

Wine Reception.