November 2 – 3, 2012
Ship Centre
Jesus College
University of Oxford

Conference Summary Written by Natalie Jones (3L)

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Overview

The Center for Intellectual Property Research of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre at the University of Oxford present an international conference on the future of design protection law.

Design protection is once again at the forefront of intellectual property debates.  The ongoing smartphone litigation around the world highlights how valuable design protection can be.  In the United States, the Federal Circuit reinvigorated design patent protection in Egyptian Goddess.  In the European Union, the Court of Justice is now beginning to hand down decisions on the regime put in place a decade ago and administered by OHIM.   The UK Government is presently conducting a consultation on reform of design law.  And Japan and China have shown increased interest in the operation of design protection in a wide range of economic sectors.  Now is an especially propitious time to consider the future of design protection.  This conference will bring together the world’s most recognized scholars, practitioners, judges, industry representatives and government officials involved in all aspects of design protection law, including scholars from the U.S., Europe, Japan, and China.

Proceedings of the Oxford conference will be published in IP Theory, the online, peer-edited scholarly journal of the Center for Intellectual Property Research.  The conference organizers are grateful for the support of Microsoft Corporation in connection with this conference.  We also appreciate the support of McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd. – Chicago IL, the conference’s law firm sponsor.

Presented by

Center for Intellectual Property Research (Indiana University Maurer School of Law Bloomington)

Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre (University of Oxford)

 

Conference Schedule

November 2, 2012
8:45 – 9:00 AM

Introduction and Welcome
9:00 – 11:00 AM

Panel 1: The Future of Hybrid Design Protection Systems:
Registered v. Unregistered Rights
11:00 – 11:30 AM

Break
11:30 – 12:30 PM

Panel 2: Industry Perspectives on Design Protection in the High Technology Sector
12:30 – 2:00 PM

Lunch
2:00 – 5:00 PM

Panel 3: The Subject Matter of Design Rights

(with coffee break at 3:20 – 3:40pm)
November 3, 2012
8:45 – 10:35 AM

Panel 4: Design Rights and Other Forms of Protection:  Cumulation of Rights

  • Dr. Emily Hudson (University of Oxford) (moderator);
  • Christopher Carani (McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Chicago);
  • Sara Ashby (Redd, London);
  • Sir Richard Arnold (High Court of England & Wales);
  • Prof. Xiaowu Li (Tsinghua University, Beijing)
  • Prof. Alain Strowel (Saint-Louis University and Covington & Burling, Brussels)
10:35 – 10:55 AM

Break
10:55 – 12:25 PM

Panel 5: Scope of Design Rights

Places to Stay

For More Information

Allison Hess
Administrative Director
Center for Intellectual Property Research
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
211 South Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana 47405
(812) 856-1197
allhess@indiana.edu
 
 
Link to the University of Oxford’s event page here.