2019 Summit
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EE
Thursday, September 19, 2019
09:30-10:00
Introduction, Welcome and Approval of Agenda
10:00-11:00
State of innovation and what countries are doing to promote it (speakers: USPTO, UKIPO and other Patent Offices)
11:00-11:15
Coffee Break
11:15-12:00
Sufficiency and submitting evidence during the prosecution process (speakers: attorneys from three or four regions)
12:00-12:45
Substantive Patent law harmonisation (UKIPO & EPO, industry representative)
12:45-14:00
Lunch and guest speaker John Sandage, WIPO Deputy Director General
14:00-14:30
IP5 activities (EPO & USPTO, industry representative)
14:30-15:00
TM developments (TM attorney)
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break
15:15-16:15
Delayed examination (speakers: patent offices and attorneys)
16:15-16:25
2020 Summit
16:25-16:30
Closing Remarks
16:45
Reception
Introduction, Welcome and Approval of Agenda
- Treasurer’s Report
- Election of President
- Election of Executive Council
- Technical Programme:
10:00-11:00
State of innovation and what countries are doing to promote it (speakers: USPTO, UKIPO and other Patent Offices)
11:00-11:15
Coffee Break
11:15-12:00
Sufficiency and submitting evidence during the prosecution process (speakers: attorneys from three or four regions)
12:00-12:45
Substantive Patent law harmonisation (UKIPO & EPO, industry representative)
12:45-14:00
Lunch and guest speaker John Sandage, WIPO Deputy Director General
14:00-14:30
IP5 activities (EPO & USPTO, industry representative)
14:30-15:00
TM developments (TM attorney)
15:00-15:15
Coffee Break
15:15-16:15
Delayed examination (speakers: patent offices and attorneys)
16:15-16:25
2020 Summit
16:25-16:30
Closing Remarks
16:45
Reception
