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Sessions Information

  • May 7, 2020
    2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
    Session Type: Concurrent Track
    Session Capacity: N/A


    Emerging IP Abroad: Approaches to Protecting Computer Functionality and Designs outside the US 
    Moderator: Karen M. Landolt, UT Austin McCombs School of Business, Austin, TX
     
    Fasten Your Seatbelts!  Prosecuting Design Patents in a Fast-Changing World: When not to file a utility patent, balancing design patents and copyright on fast developing technologies in China, Europe and Japan
    Akihiko Okuno, SK IP Law Firm, Tokyo, Japan
     
    Patent Eligibility for Computer Functions: A comprehensive look at computer simulation before the Expanded Board of Appeals and insights into approaches for Canada, China, the EPO and the UK
    Dr. Christian Hein...

Session Speakers


I am a German and European Patent Attorney and European Trademark Attorney . After studying physics at the University of Dortmund with a minor in medicine I earned a PhD at the RWTH Aachen while dealing with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance applications with a a research period in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA with New Mexico Resonance. I qualified as a German patent attorney in 2004, following t




Session Fees
  • Thursday PM Track 3: International - Emerging IP Abroad: Approaches to Protecting Computer Functionality and Designs outside the US: $0.00