Openness, Secrecy and Confidentiality on IP
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