The 3rd TUS MIP International IP Seminar

Tokyo University of Science IP Forum 2016

Patent Litigation Developments in Japan,FreeU.S.A. and Europe - a change for NPE activitiesAdmission①②③En-JP Interpretation① CC 663highland（CC BY 2.5） ② CC AgnosticPreachersKid（ CC BY SA 3.0） ③ CC ComQuat（CC BY SA 3.0）

Date
Venue

March 17, 2016 ( 9:00〜18:00)

Arcadia Ichigaya, Tokyo ( Room Fuji - East)

Tokyo University of Science (”TUS”) Graduate School of Innovation Studies Master of IP Dept. hosts

the 3rd TUS MIP International IP Seminar. The theme of this year is “Patent Litigation Developments
in Japan, U.S.A. and Europe - a change for NPE activities”. The number of NPE litigations, which had once

decreased in 2014, increased again in 2015. You will enjoy keynote speaches by the worldʼs top IP judges onpatent litigation developments, and speaches and discussions by lawyers, patent attorneys and businessexecutives ﬁghting in the NPE war front lines. Please also join free the cocktail reception after the seminar.

Registration@ TUS MIP Web Page :http://most.tus.ac.jp/mip/

Registration Cutoﬀ

March 14, 2016

or, when registration reaches 240

Keynote Speakers
Ke y note 1．

K e yno te 2 ．

k e y n ot e 3．

MR. RANDALL R. RADER

PROF. DR. PETER MEIER-BECK

Mr. RYUICHI SHITARA

Former Chief Judge ofCAFC, USA

Presiding Judge 10th Civil Senate
German Federal Court of Justice

Chief Judge, IP High Court
Japan

Speakers/Moderators

MR. PORTER F. FLEMING
Partner

PROF.DR.HEINZ GODDARPartner

MR. CHRISTIAN W.APPELTPartner

FROMMER LAWRENCE &HAUG

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERTBOEHMERT & BOEHMERT

MR. KENICHI NAGASAWA
Director, Group ExecutiveCorporate IP & Legal HQs
Canon Inc.

MR. YOSHIHIDE NAKAMURA
President & CEO
Uldage, Inc.

PROF. MAKOTO OGINO

Dept. Head Master of IP Dept.
Graduate School of Innovation Studies
Tokyo University of SciencePr ogr amTime

Presentation

Speaker

9:00〜9:15

Opening Remarks

Prof. Yasuhiro Hirakawa
Vice President, Tokyo University of Science

9:15〜10:00

Keynote 1.
NPEs in U.S. Litigation - An Ongoing Challenge

Mr. Randall R. Rader
Former Chief Judge of CAFC, USA

10:00〜11:00

Recent Experiences with U.S. NPE Litigation - Problems,
Opportunity, Future Developments

Mr. Porter F. Fleming

11:00〜11:15

Morning Coﬀee Break

11:15〜12:00

Keynote 2.

12:00〜12:30

Defensive Measures in Europe and Germany - Opposition Mr. Christian W. Appelt
and Invalidation Procedures, observation of third parties Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert

12:30〜13:00

Strategy for Patent Actions Against NPEs in Germany,
Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar
taking into account EU Community Patent Developments Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert

13:00〜14:15

Lunch Break

14:15〜15:00

Keynote 3.
IP Litigation in Japan - SEPs and NPE Developments

Mr. Ryuichi Shitara
Chief Judge, IP High Court, Japan

15:00〜16:00

Developments in Views of Japanese Industry- Issues and Measures for Japanese Companies

Mr. Kenichi Nagasawa, Director, Group Executive
Corporate IP & Legal HQs, Canon Inc.
Mr. Yoshihide Nakamura

NPE Litigation in Germany -Challege or Business as Usual?

Partners - Frommer Lawrence & Haug, LLP

Prof. Dr. Peter Meier-Beck, Presiding Judge

10th Civil Senate, German Federal Court of Justice

President & CEO, Uldage, Inc.

(Moderator: Prof. Makoto Ogino, TUS）
16:00〜16:30

Afternoon Tea Break

16:30〜17:00

Panel Discussion with Judges concerning NPE
Litigation/Practice

Chief Judge Ryuichi Shitara
Prof. Dr. Peter Meier-Beck

Former Chief Judge Randall Rader(Moderator：Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar)

17:00〜18:00

Roundtable Discussions - NPEs

18:30〜

Cocktail Reception (Free) @ Room Daisetsu

All Speakers(Moderator: Mr. Porter F. Fleming）

Arcadia Ichigaya (Room: Fuji-East)

4-2-25 Kudan-kita, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0073 Tel. 03-3261-9921
Subway Yurakuchou Line and Nanboku Line Ichigaya Station 1 or A1 Exit
Subway Shinjuku Line Ichigaya Station A1 or A4 Exit
2 minutes on foot from JR Chuou Line (Local Train) Ichigaya StationMI P 知的財産戦略専攻

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