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THE
COLUMBANUS SYMPOSIUM 2002
The Expanding Scope of
Patent Law
Amsterdam, 30-31 August 2002
IViR / NRCCL |
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Friday 30 August 2002 |
| 11.00-11.30 |
Registration and Coffee |
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| 11.30-11.45 |
Opening
and welcome |
Professor Jon Bing,
Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law
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1st Session |
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Chair:
Professor Bernt Hugenholtz, University of Amsterdam
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| 11.45-12.30 |
Keynote:
The Expanding
Scope of Patent Law – the U.S. Experience |
Professor John Thomas,
Georgetown University |
| 12.30-12.45 |
Discussion |
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| 12.45-14.00 |
Lunch |
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2nd
Session:
Positive Law |
| 14.00-14.10 |
Introduction |
Moderator:
Professor Bernt Hugenholtz |
| 14.10-14.25 |
Comment:
The Patentable Invention under Changing Conditions of
Science and Technology |
Ralph Nack, Max-Planck
Institute |
| 14.25-14.35 |
Comment:
The Problem of Patent Quality |
Axel Horns |
| 14.35-15.15 |
Discussion |
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| 15.15-15.30 |
Coffee
& Tea |
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| 15.30-15.50 |
The
Concept of ‘Technical Effect’, as applied by the European
Patent Office |
P.K.J. van den Bergh,
Former member EPO, Technical Board of Appeals
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| 15.50-16.00 |
Comment:
Reviving the Requirement of Technical Invention |
Hartmut Pilch, Eurolinux
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| 16.00-16.10 |
Comment |
Are Stenvik, University
of Oslo |
| 16.10-16.20 |
Comment |
Alain Strowel, Covington
& Burling |
| 16.10-17.30 |
Discussion |
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Evening: Symposium Dinner |
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Saturday 31 August 2002 |
| 9.30-10.00 |
Coffee |
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3 rd Session:
Policy Issues |
| 10.00-10.10 |
Introduction |
Moderator:
Professor Hugh Hansen, Fordham University |
| 10.10-10.30 |
Information Patents: The
Good, the Bad and the Paradoxical |
Professor
Brian Kahin, University of Maryland |
| 10.30-10.40 |
Comment: What’s So Special
About Technology? |
Reinier
Bakels, University of Amsterdam |
| 10.40-11.00 |
Effects of Software
Patenting on Innovation |
Knut Blind,
Fraunhofer Institut |
| 11.00-11.10 |
Comment: A Patent Attorney
Perspective |
Roger Burt,
IBM UK |
| 11.10-11.30 |
Discussion |
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| 11.30-11.45 |
Coffee |
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| 11.45-12.05 |
European Policy Perspectives |
Jens
Gaster, European Commission |
| 12.05-12.15 |
Comment |
Sven
Bostyn, Maastricht University |
| 12.15-12.45 |
Discussion |
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| 12.45-14.00 |
Lunch |
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4th
Session:
The Integrity of the Intellectual Property System |
| 14.00-14.10 |
Introduction |
Moderator:
Professor Jon Bing, University of Oslo |
| 14.10-14.30 |
Integrity of the
Intellectual Property System and Relation to Copyright Law |
Professor
Bernt Hugenholtz, University of Amsterdam |
| 14.30-14.40 |
Comment |
Professor
Ole-Andreas Rognstad, University of Oslo |
| 14.40-14.50 |
Comment |
Professor
John Thomas, Georgetown University |
| 14.50-15.00 |
Comment |
Professor
Jon Bing, University of Oslo |
| 15.00-15.45 |
Discussion |
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| 15.45-16.00 |
Conclusion of Symposium |
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A
printable version of the
program is available in
 Word-format
(462KB)
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Updated
15.12.2005
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