8th Annual MIPLC Alumni Conference

Speaker Profiles and Abstracts

Florica Rus (Class of 2015/16), Bomhard IP, Alicante, Spain:
Shape Marks - From Past Decisions to Gömböc. What's Next?

Dr. Nuno Sousa e Silva (Class of 2012/13), Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal:
Determining the Proper Scope of Unfair Competition

Dr. Magdalena Kolasa (Class of 2010/11), Munich, Germany:
Cocktails on the Rocks: The Challenges of Enforcing Trade Secrets Against Former Employees

Vilhelm Schröder (Class of 2015/16), Roschier, Helsinki, Finland:
The Protection of Trade Secrets when Obtaining Evidence in Patent Litigation

Germán Johannsen (Class of 2016/17), Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany:
EU-Merger Control & Big Data: On Data-specific Theories of Har

Preston Richard (Class of 2010/11), Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich, Germany:
An Additional Hurdle? How the Patentability of Simulation Method (G1/19) Could Impact Innovation in Emerging Technologies

Joel M. Gotkin (Class of 2010/11), Oliff PLC, St. Louis, Missouri, USA:
Abstract Guidance for Abstract Ideas: How 35 U.S.C. §101 Subject Matter Eligibility Has Evolved Post Alice and Tips for Strengthening Claims Directed to Computer-implemented Inventions

William Wortley (Class of 2014/15), Bird & Bird, London, United Kingdom:
Is the EU's New Text and Data Mining Exception Everything It's Cracked up to be?

Dr. João Pedro Quintais (Class of 2010/11), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands:
How to License Article 17? Exploring the Implementation Options for the New EU Rules on Content-Sharing Platforms

Marina Hurtado Cruz (Class of 2008/09), Baker McKenzie, Mexico City, Mexico:
Examining the Intersection of Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources in Mexico and in the Americas

Dr. Eliamani Isaya Laltaika (Class of 2006/07), Monduli Institute of Technology, Entrepreneurship and Cooperatives MITEC, Monduli, Tanzania:
Creativity and Innovation for Gender Empowerment: A Case Study of the Maasai