Programme - Planting seeds for the future of intellectual property law Conference
Please see the below programme for the Sheffield Institute for Corporate and Commercial Law (SICCL) Intellectual Property Law Conference. This is the final programme.
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From 9.30am |
Refreshments and Registration |
10.15 - 10.30am |
Welcome and Introduction |
10.30am - 12.30pm |
Session 1 鈥 Traditional Knowledge D茅j脿 vu, all over again? Thickets, webs and contractual governance arising out of the protection of traditional medicinal knowledge Peter Harrison, 小欧视频 of York. Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Patenting- The Need for the Nagoya Protocol and Non-Privatisation of the DSI Lochana V Khatri and Arnold Stanley, St. Joseph's College of Law, Bengaluru, India (online). The role of intellectual property in protecting traditional knowledge and traditional medicines: A case study of Canada Lowri Davies, Swansea 小欧视频. Biodiversity and biotechnology arrangement for the welfare enhancement of Indigenous communities in Indonesia Dwi Martini, 小欧视频 of Sheffield (online). |
12.30 - 1.30pm |
Lunch |
1.30 - 3pm |
Session 2 鈥 Patents Patents over Implantable Medical Devices: Examining the Potential Impacts of Rightsholder(s) Control and Medical Device Users鈥 Needs? Aisling McMahon & Opeyemi Kolawole, Maynooth 小欧视频. Patents and the Public Interest. Karen Walsh, Maynooth 小欧视频. IP contract terms and the protection of the public interest in translational research. Naomi Hawkins, 小欧视频 of Sheffield and Alison Slade, 小欧视频 of Leicester. |
3.00 - 3.30pm |
Coffee |
3.30 - 5pm |
Session 3 鈥 Plant IPR and patent protection Patenting the Passenger Pigeon? Nataliia Hluschenko and David Doyle, Maynooth 小欧视频. Plant variety protection and PRM legislation in the EU: exploring interactions and future scenarios. Serena Mariani, 小欧视频 of Macerata. Revisiting the ayahuasca plant patent controversy: a critical examination of the US Plant Patent Act of 1930. Jocelyn Bosse, Kings College London. |
5 - 6.30pm |
Break |
6.30pm - Late |
Keynote lecture: 'Margaret, Methodology and the Sustainability Debate' - Professor Robert Burrell, 小欧视频 of Oxford |
9am |
Coffee |
9.30 - 11am |
Session 4 鈥 Copyright and international frameworks 鈥淲hat鈥檚 the use? A comparative analysis of the Evidence Requirements of EU Trade Mark Holders in cases concerning acquired distinctiveness, morality and public policy objections, and proof of use鈥 Rachel Claire Brady, 小欧视频 College Dublin. PDO/PGI: Do we need two Quality Schemes in EU/UK GIs? Andrea Zappalaglio, 小欧视频 of Sheffield. Rethinking the Approach to Technology Transfer in TRIPS: Proposals for Reform Opeyemi Kolawole, Maynooth 小欧视频. |
11 - 11.30pm |
Coffee |
11.30am - 1pm |
Session 5 鈥 Branding and international frameworks Generative AI- Technologies in content creation and implications for Copyright. Chidera Okolie, 小欧视频 of East Anglia. Interpreting the library and archive provisions in Australia: How are fair dealing and fair use relevant? Kaushalya Madugalla, 小欧视频 of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (online). The Promises of The Trips Technology Transfer under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement鈥檚 (AFCFTA) Intellectual Property Protocol. Dr. Ezinne Mirian Igbokwe, Nottingham Trent 小欧视频. |
1pm |
Lunch and Close |