2021 Summit
ONLINE - VIDEOCONFERENCE

VIDEOCONFERENCE
 
Thursday, DECEMBER 2, 2021

013:30 Introduction:

• Welcome from Tony Rollins, President - amendment of Statutes
• Treasurer’s report - Alan Kasper on behalf of Salvatore Anastasi
• Elections - President and Executive Committee

 
13:35 Main topics:

• 13:35 News from Asia (China – Dajian Wu, ACPAA, Japan - JPAA), Europe (CII decisions – Pawel Piotrowicz, CIPA) and North America (computer inventions cases – John Osha, AIPLA).
• 14:25 An update on progress in relation to discussions on substantive and procedural patent law harmonisation before the B+ group of countries and the IP5 respectively (EPO – Sylvie Strobel, USPTO - Jessica Patterson, BUSINESSEUROPE - Peter Martinsson, IPO – Tom Valente)
• 15:05 Future operations in the Offices arising out of COVID-19, an Office and attorney perspective (EPO – Steve Rowan, AIPLA – Patrick Coyne).

 
15:30 Conclusion:

• Date/ location of the next meeting, San Francisco (Marriott Marquis)?
• Closing comments

Presentations

Speaker biographies