Global Intellectual Property Convention (GIPC) is Asia's leading conference for in-house IP counsels and innovators to interact with IP attorneys from around the world to discuss best practices and solutions to maximise the value of their innovation and IP. Since 2009, more than two thousand delegates have participated from over 50 countries.
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Principal Director, European and International Co-operation
European Patent Office
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Welcome Address
- Dr. Dhanpat Ram Agarwal, Founder Director, ITAG Business Solutions Ltd., India
Distinguished Guests -
- Mr. François-Régis Hannart, Principal Director, European and International Co-operation, European Patent Office
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert
- Mr. Chid Iyer, Partner, sughrue Mion
- Ms. Aditi Subramaniam, Associate Principal, Subramaniam & Associates
- Mr. Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand and Anand
- Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran, Founder & Managing Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys
- Dr. Sourabh Khemani, Director, L. S. Davar & Co.
Moderator -
- Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Director - IPR, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys
Panellist -
- Mr. François-Régis Hannart, Principal Director, European and International Co-operation, European Patent Office
- Mr. Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand and Anand
- Mr. Shekhar Guha, Tata Consultancy Services - Smart IP Management in the era of Digitalization
- Ms. Aditi Subramaniam, Associate Principal, Subramaniam & Associates, India
- Mr. Vaibhav Khanna, Head of Intellectual Property, Sterlite Technologies
Moderator -
- Mr. Timothy H. Kratz Partner Kratz & Barry Atlanta - The 505(b)(2) pathway and strategies arising therefrom
Speakers -
- Mr. Edward D. Pergament, Pergament & Cepeda LLP - Five Generic Cases
- Dr. Anil Patel, Partner, K & L Gates - Forfeiture of 180-day First Filer Exclusivity
- Mr. Arshad Jamil, Global Head - IPR, Biocon - Hatch Waxman Litigations and Biosimilars Litigation
- Mr. Gautam Bakshi, Head - IPM, Unichem Laboratories Limited - Drug Price Restoration – Hatch – Waxman disputes
- Mr. Matthew Fedowitz, Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC - Solutions for the Distressed Generic Industry in the US
- Ms. Barbara A. Binzak Blumenfeld, Shareholder – FDA & Biotechnology, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC - Follow-On Biologics at USFDA
Moderator -
- Mr. André Frieden, Chief IP Counsel, Wipro Limited
Speakers -
- Mr. Georg Weber, Director in ICT, European Patent Office
- Mr. Irfan Modi, Senior IP Attorney, IBM
- Mr. Collin D'mello, International Area Manager, IEEE
- Dr. S. K. Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel
- Mr. Jitin Talwar, Founder, TT Consultants & XLPAT Labs
- Kapil Chaudhary, Corporate Counsel India & SAARC, Autodesk India
Moderator -
Dr. Andra Musatescu, Andra Musatescu Law & Industrial Property Offices
Speakers-
- Mr. Dhruv Anand, Partner, Anand and Anand
- G.R.Raghavender, Joint Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, Govt of India
- Ms. Lakshika Joshi, Global IP Head and Legal Leadership, Aricent
Moderator -
- Dr. Gayatri Bhasian, Associate Principal, Subramaniam & Associates
Speakers -
- Mr. Rowan Joseph, Patent Attorney, Von Seidels - Privacy in the EPO, South Africa and US
- Ms. Upasana Patel, Partner, Marks & Clerk Singapore LLP - Secondary medical use claims
- Dr. Markus Engelhard, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert - Infringement/Enforcement of second medical use claims in Europe
- Dr. Ute Kilger, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert - Recent trends and developments in supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) - a never ending story!
Moderator -
- Mr. J L Anil Kumar, Senior Consultant, LexOrbis
Speaker -
- Prof. Dr. Raj S. Davé, President & Founder, Davé Law Group, LLC
- Ms. Vidya Vikas, IPR Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services - Prevailing issues when draft-ing software patents
- Mr. Stephen Geary, Director, Bawden & Associates
- Ms. Manisha Chhabra, Senior Manager-IPR, UPL Limited
- Dr. Sanchita Ganguli, Patent Attorney / Managing Associate S. Majumdar & Co.
Moderator -
- Mr. George J. Barry III, Partner, Kratz & Barry USA
Speakers -
- Pijush Kanti Dutta Gupta, Head of Technical Prosecution and Litigation, L.S.Davar & Co.
- Ms. Shobana Iyer, Swan Chambers - General data protection regulations
- Ms. Apurva Deshpande, R. K. Dewan & Co.
- Ms. Anvita Bajpai, Founder, SunvAI
Moderator -
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar Partner Boehmert & Boehmert Germany - SEPs and FRAND terms negotiation
Speakers -
- Mr. Gerard Owens, Country coordinator, ICT /Patents and Standards, European Patent Office
- Mr. Anil Dutt, Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys
- Ms. Aishwarya Joshi, Solution Consultant, Clarivate Analytics
- Mr. Rajesh Sagar, Managing Associate, Marks & Clerk Solicitors LLP
- Conducted by K&S Partners
Moderator -
- Mr. Ravi Bhola, Partner, K & S Partners
Speakers -
- Ms. Namrata Chadha, Partner, K & S Partners
- Mr. Saurabh Anand, Senior Associate, K & S Partners
- Mr. Satyam Rathore, Associate, K & S Partners
- Mr. R. Shivakumar, Partner, K&S Partners
- Mr. Durgesh Mukharya, Partner, K&S Partners
Moderator -
- Dr. Venkat Reddy Donthi Reddy, Managing partner, RVR Associates
Speakers -
- Mr. Philip Abraham, Principal, Subramaniam & Associates
- Ms. Lynn Bout Lazaro, IP Partner, Kochhar & Co. -The future of TM licensing and franchising
- Ms. Jennifer Chung, Associate General Counsel, AccuWeather - Brand Protection on Social Media
- Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert - BREXIT and its impact on EU Trademarks - State of Affairs and Practical Advice!
- Dr. Dhanpat Ram Agarwal, Founder Director, ITAG Business Solutions Ltd.
- Prof. Prabuddha Ganguli, Visiting Professor, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law
- Mr. Georg Weber, Director in ICT, European Patent Office
Moderator -
- Prof. Prabuddha Ganguli, Visiting Professor, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law
Speakers -
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar Partner Boehmert & Boehmert
- Mr. Gerard Owens, International Co-operation, European Patent Office
- Mr. Ajay Bahadur Singh Panwar, Mastercard - Artificial Intelligence: The IP Behind Disruption
- Prof. Mei-Hsin Wang, Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, China Biomedical and Technology Application Association
Moderator -
- Mr. Gregory L. Maurer, Partner, Klarquist Sparkman - Controlling IPR Costs Globally
Speakers -
- Ms. Chitra K. Iyer, Head of Philips Intellectual Property & Standards - India, Royal Philips - Maximising the value of technology based startup
- Mr. Anshul Sunil Saurastri, Managing Associate, Krishna & Saurastri LLP
- Ms. Konpal Rae, Director, Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan Attorneys
- Mr. Munish Sudan, Head-IP and External Research Collaborations, Tata Steel Limited
Moderator -
- Mr. Gregory Grissett, Principal, Offit Kurman Attorneys
Speakers -
- Mr. Rahul Dubey, Innovation Leader, General Electric
- Dr. Shankar MV, Vice President, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
- Dr. Kumkum Jain, Patent Agent, S.S.Rana & Co.
- Mr. Sumair Riyaz, Team Leader, Dolcera
Moderator -
- Mr. Ramachandran Laskshminarayanan, General Manager - IPR, Samsung Electronics
Speakers -
- Dr. Stefan Schohe, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert - Challenges in protecting IoT inventions
- Ms. Jaya Pandeya, Joint Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys
- Mr. Surendra Vyas, Seasoned patent strategy and analysis professional, Visa - Payment aspects and related innovations in the IoT space
- Mr. AS Rao, President, Indian Innovators Association
- Mr. Vinayak Marathe, Sr. Vice President, Reliance Industries Limited
Moderator -
- Dr. S. K. Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel
Speakers-
- Mr. Balwant Rawat, Leader for IP and Innovation Management, Mercedes Benz - IP Portfolio Management
- Mr. S. Senthil Kumar, Country Intellectual Property Manager, ABB Global
- Mr. Kumar Ranganathan, Technology Consultant
Moderator -
- Mr. Érik van der Vyver, Von Seidels - Masterclass: Best practices for protecting software IP
Speakers -
- Mr. Georg Weber, Director in ICT, European Patent Office
- Mr. Krishna Chellapilla, IP Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services
- Mr. Tarun Khurana Partner and Patent Attorney Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys - Issues regarding patentability of CRIs in India
- Mr. Biju K. Nair, Open Invention Network - Defensive Software Patent Strategy
Moderator -
- Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Director - IPR, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys - Intersection of Biodiversity and Plant variety protection
Speaker -
- Dr. Oliver Ladendorf, Partner, Kraus&Weisert - The aftermath of the EPO decision Broccoli 2/Tomato 2: amendments to Rule 28 EPC and their implications for plant related inventions in Europe
- Mr. Bart van Wezenbeek, Patent Attorney, V.O. Patents & Trademarks, Netherlands - Mushrooms and Seaweed on the IP menu’ (subtitle: the boundaries of plant variety and patent rights)
- Mr. Shashank Mauria, Independent IP Practitioner
- Dr. Neeti Wilson, Partner, Anand and Anand - Monsanto Patent on Bt tech-nology restored by Indian Su-preme Court -: appreciating Section 3(j) of Indian Patent Act and the Plant Variety Pro-tection statute
- Mr. Abhai Pandey, Partner, LexOrbis
Moderator -
- Dr. Vivek Kashyap, Senior Manager, Roche Products Pvt. Ltd.
Speakers -
- Ms. Neha Srivastava, Partner-Designate, Remfry & Sagar
- Ms. Charul Yadav, Associate Partner, Obhan & Associates
- Dr. Jyoti Singh, Head - IP, ACS International India
Moderator -
- Ms. Tusha Malhotra, Partner, Anand and Anand
Speakers -
- Mr. Arnold Freeke, IP portfolio manager, Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
- Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Manager, Medreich Ltd.
- Mrs. Priya Adlakha, Managing Associate Advocate at S.S.Rana & Co - Awards of Damages in IP cases in India & US
- Dr. Alok Kulshreshtha, DGM-Intellectual Property, Alkem Laboratories Ltd.
- Mr. Mrinal Jain, Senior Director, FTI Consulting - Assessment of IPR Damages and Valuation
Moderator -
- Dr. Anindya Sircar, IProperty Consultant
Speakers -
- Mr. C. R. Jacob, IP Strategist, LexOrbis
- Ms. Bindu Sharma, Founder & CEO, Origiin IP Solutions LLP
- Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Lead - M&A, Robert Bosch
- Mr. Harish Chandran Avaronnan, Patent Department Manager, Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd. -importance of agreements during collaboration and technology transfer
Moderator -
- Dr. Dhanpat Ram Agarwal, Founder Director, ITAG Business Solutions Ltd.
Distinguished Guests -
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, Partner Boehmert & Boehmert
- Ms. Aditi Subramaniam, Associate Principal, Subramaniam & Associates
- Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys
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