April 8, 2021

Moderator:
Hugh C. Hansen
Fordham University School of Law, New York

Speakers:
Daren Tang
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva
The Pandemic and Beyond: What Lies Ahead for the Global IP Ecosystem

António Campinos
European Patent Office (EPO), Munich
The Role...

April 8, 2021

Moderator:
Hugh C. Hansen
Fordham University School of Law, New York

Speakers:
Kathleen M. O’Malley
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C.
Will Cross-Border Injunctions and Worldwide Licensing Rates Interfere with Efforts to Harmonize the International Pa...

April 8, 2021

Moderator:
Adam Mossoff
Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Arlington

Speakers:
John B. Pegram
Fish & Richardson, P.C., New York
Let’s Seek a Better § 101

David J. Kappos
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York
The Long Road to Section 101 Reform — Prospe...

April 8, 2021

Moderator:
Penny Gilbert
Powell Gilbert LLP, London

Speakers:
Joshua D. Sarnoff
DePaul University College of Law, Chicago
TRIPS Waiver: Needed but Not Nearly Enough!
 
John Todaro
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey
The Role of IP Rights in the Development and Producti...

Moderator:
Martin J. Adelman
The George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.

Speakers:
Dimitrios T. Drivas
White & Case LLP, New York
U.S. Patent Developments Overview

Panelists:
Nicholas P. Groombridge
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York

Adam Moss...

April 8, 2021

Moderator:
Ted Shapiro
Wiggin LLP, Brussels

Speakers:
Eleonora Rosati
Stockholm University, Stockholm
An Overview of the Digital Single Market Directive 2 Years On: What Lies Ahead for EU Copyright Law
 
Jan Bernd Nordemann
Nordemann, Berlin
Author Remuneration in Copyright –...

April 8, 2021

Moderator:
Ron Lazebnik
Fordham University School of Law, New York

Speakers:
Umair Kazi
The Authors Guild, New York
Stealing from Peter to Lend to Paul: How the Internet Archive Used the Pandemic to Encroach on Authors' Rights
 
Sepehr Shahshahani
Fordham University School of L...

April 8, 2021

Moderator:
David O. Carson
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria
 
Speakers:
Ralph Oman
The George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C
State Immunity from Monetary Damages for Copyright Infringement: Is the 14th Amendment Poised to Outflank the 11thAmendment ...

April 8, 2021

Moderator:James Nurton
IP Writer/Editor, London
 
Speakers:
James Nurton
IP Writer/Editor, London
EU Trademark Law and The Rise of The General Court
 
Tobias Timmann
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Düsseldorf 
The F Word and Goethe: Freedom of Expression in EU Trademark Law

S...

April 8, 2021

Session 4B: Trademark Applications and Enforcement in Bad Faith: Developments in the Courts and Legislature

Moderator:
Sven Schonhofen
Reed Smith LLP, Munich

Speakers:
Alexander Tsoutsanis
DLA Piper Nederland N.V., Amsterdam
Skykick and Beyond
 
Magdalena Berger
Curi Platz LL...

April 8, 2021

Moderator:
Magdalena Berger
Curi Platz LLP, New York
 
Speakers:
Etienne Sanz de Acedo
International Trademark Association (INTA), New York
The Pandemic and Trademarks: Challenges and Opportunities
 
Gordon Humphreys
European Intellectual Property Office, Alicante
Getting Real: ...