Openness, Secrecy and Confidentiality on IP

Seminar, part of IPR Summer School 2015

Ajankohta

9.6.2015 13.00 – 17.30

Paikka

Hanken School of Economics, Juhlasali, Arkadiankatu 22, Helsinki

Hinta

295,00 € + vat 24 %, for members of STY Suomen teollisoikeudellinen yhdistys, the price is 60,00 € + vat 24 %

Chair of the seminar is Professor Niklas Bruun, IPR Univesity Center/Hanken School of Economics

12.00 – 13.00 Registration and networking lunch

13.00 – 13.15 Opening and overview
Professor Niklas Bruun, IPR University Center/ Hanken School of Economics

13.15 – 13.45 State of play in the proposed trade secret directive
Partner Ella Mikkola, Bird & Bird Attorneys Ltd.

13.45 – 14.25 A Practitioner’s View on Trade Secret Litigation and Confidentiality in Court Proceedings  –  Experiences from the UK Practice and Perspectives on the European Trade Secret Reform
Partner Ari Laakkonen, Powell Gilbert, UK
Partner Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert, UK

14.25 – 15.15 Trade secrets, confidential court proceedings and fair trials
 Professor Mary-Rose McGuire, Mannheim University

Comment
Adjunct Professor of Human Rights Law, University Lecturer Jukka Viljanen, University of Tampere

15.15 – 15.45 Coffee   

15.45 – 16.15 How/why/which companies decide to disclose/keep secret – an empirical study
Professor Liisa Välikangas, Aalto University and Hanken School of Economics

16.15 – 16.35 Comments from practice
Senior Legal Counsel Johannes  Frände, Kone Oyj

16.35 – 17.15 US perspectives on openness in trademarks: Is the frontier closing?
– Registration rates of Frequently Used words on the U.S.PTO Trademark

Professor Barton Beebe, New York University

17.15 – 17.30 Discussion

Järjestävä organisaatio

IPR University Center in a co-operation with Finnish Association for Industrial Property Rights STY

Lisätietoja

Please register for the seminar by completing the online registration form no later than 2 June 2015. You will receive an automatic confirmation of registration to the email address you have given. You can only register one person at a time with the registration form.

Cancellations before 2 June 2015 After that 100 % fee applies.

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