I have noticed that proper bloggers write summaries of the
conferences they go to. So on the train
home I attempt to distil the key messages from CIPA Congress 2014. Here is the result.
Keynote speech by the IP Minister: IP is lovely; every
business should have one.
Session 1: try to build yourself a portfolio of lovely IP
before your employees build it for you and put it on Facebook®.
Session 2: IP portfolio management is all about risk
management.
Session 3: some things are going to happen in trade mark
law. (I may have mis-remembered
this. I am not a trade mark expert.)
Keynote speech by an EPO Director: it’s OK; we are getting
some more printers. And some new Guidelines.
Session 4: prosecuting an IP portfolio is all about risk
management. Except in the US, where it
is just about risk.
Session 5: EPO opposition hearings are all about damage
limitation. The best person to limit the
damage for you is a barrister, who is properly trained to make damage look
entertaining.
Keynote speech by a US attorney: USPTO post-grant review
will kill your patents. All of
them. Even the best-trained barrister
may struggle to make this look entertaining.
Session 6: IP litigation strategy is all about risk management.
Session 7: IP licensing is all about risk management.
Vice-President’s address: here is some straw.
Keynote speech by a senior Oxfam advisor: IP is not
lovely. IP is evil.
Response by GSK: oh no it isn’t.
Audience: boo!
Session 8: risk management is probably outside your
budget. It may also be outside the scope
of your indemnity insurance. Greece is a
good place to set up a manufacturing node because of the baklava. (I may have mis-remembered this bit
too.) The CJEU is not half as bad as you
think, especially if you hire a barrister to make it seem more entertaining.
Session 9 (CIPA open meeting on SILC): CIPA is lovely and is
going to do lots of lovely things for its members. Also please can we come round for a coffee
and a chat and do you happen to have any caramel custard tarts?
I hope my readers find this a useful summary. But just in case I have missed anything
important, the whole thing was being filmed.
The box-set should be available before Christmas.
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