European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN)

Technology Transfer

Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle (CEIPI)

Strasbourg, April 1 - 3, 2004

(schedule: print version)

Thursday, April 1

Venue: Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) 1, rue Sainte Marguerite, Strasbourg

Phone: +33 (0)3 88 21 44 44

15.45-16.15 Registration and drinks

16.15-16.30 Welcome
Yves Reboul and Dieter Stauder, CEIPI, Strasbourg

1. Main TT Issues

Chairperson: Dieter Stauder, CEIPI Strasbourg

16.30-17.00 Comparing TT in the US and Europe
Robert A. Myers, QED Intellectual Property, Stamford CT
http://home.nyc.rr.com/ramyersip
P.-B. Schönborn, Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart

17.00-17.30 Questions & Discussion (Team 8 & 9)

17.30 - 17.45 Break

17.45 - 18.15 TT in Emerging Markets
P.-B. Schönborn, Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart

18.15 - 18.30 Questions & Discussion (Team 10)

18.30 - 20.00 Team Preparation (Moot Arbitration, Licensing Contract & Reports)

Bus from ENA to CEIPI

20.00 Bus leaves CEIPI (11, rue du Maréchal Juin) for Stutzheim

20.30 Dinner at Restaurant “Le Marronnier”, 18 route de Saverne, Stutzheim

Friday, April 2

Venue: Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) 1, rue Sainte Marguerite, Strasbourg

Phone: +33 (0)3 88 21 44 44

2. Drafting a TT-Contract

Chairperson: M. Blakeney, QMIPRI London

9.30-10.00 Contract and IP Law Issues
S. Naumann, Denton Salès Vincent & Thomas, Paris (link to CV)

10.00-10.30 Questions & Discussions (Teams 11 & 12)

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-11.30 Competition Law Issues
Evelyne Clerc, Université de Neuchâtel (link to CV)
http://www.unine.ch/droit

11.30-12.00 Questions and Discussion (Teams 13 & 14)

12.00–12.30 TT Negotiation
J.-Cl. Détrait

12.30-13.00 Questions & Discussion (Teams 15 & 16)

13.00-14.30 Lunch

3. Research and IT

Chairperson: H. Laederach, NDS-IP ETH Zurich

14.30-15.00 TT between Universities and Firms

B. Myers, QED Intellectual Property, Stamford CT
http://home.nyc.rr.com/ramyersip
Chr. Kilger, Ipal GmbH, Berlin

15.00-15.30 Questions & Discussion (Teams 1 and 2)

15.30-16.00 Coffee Break

16.00-16.30 TT in Nanotechnology
R. van Dyke, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington D.C. (www.nixonpeabody.com)

16.30 – 17.00 Questions & Discussion (Team 3)

17.00 - 18.45 Teams prepare Moot Arbitration and Reports

19.00 Dinner at the Restaurant “L’Ancienne Douanne”, 6 rue de la Douane, Strasbourg

Saturday, April 3rd

Venue: CEIPI, 11, rue du Maréchal Juin, Strasbourg

4. TT Compliance

Chairperson: G. Hertig, NDS-IP ETH Zurich

9.30-09.50 Amending / Transfering TT Rights
M. Wernli, Wärtsilä Schweiz AG, Winterthur

9.50-10.10 Monitoring TT Partners
M. Butler, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, London(link to CV)

10.10 – 10.40 Questions & Discussion (Teams 4 & 5)

10.40 - 11.10 Coffee Break

11.10-12.30 Moot Arbitration (Team 6 & 7)

A. Hirsch, Schellenberg Wittmer, Genève

12.30-14.00 Lunch

Chairperson: Y. Reboul, CEIPI Strasbourg

14.00-14.30 Secrecy Issues
S. Naumann, Denton Salès Vincent & Thomas, Paris

14.30-15.00 Panel: The Future of TT
B. Myers, QED Intellectual Property, Stamford CT http://home.nyc.rr.com/ramyersip
R. van Dyke, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington D.C.

M. Wernli, Wärtsilä Schweiz AG, Winterthur

15.00-15.15 Closing Ceremony

NDS-IP and Queen Mary students will stay at:

Hotel de L’Esplanade, 1 boulevard Leblois, Strasbourg (phone +33 (0)3 88 61 38 95

Alicante Staff members and students will stay at:

Hotel Campanile, rue Charles Péguy, Strasbourg Hautepierre

Presenters and London and Zurich Staff members will stay at:

Hotel Monopole, 16 rue Kuhn, Strasbourg (phone +33 (0)3 88 14 39 14