A few forthcoming IP events with a special 25% discount for IPKat’s readers
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The IPKat is pleased to report that our friends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) are organizing a number of IP events, which come with a nice 25% discount in the registration fees for our readers. They are:
To be held in Brussels on 5 and 6 March 2020, this conference will cover all latest developments in the following fields:
- Impact of recent rulings from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on SPCs, access to data, orphan designations
 - Ongoing European Commission and national cases on competition law, generic and biosimilar drugs
 - Recent legal developments on patent extensions
 - Medical and clinical trials data
 - Personal data in the big data world
 - Recent EU initiatives on orphan drugs
 - EU developments on HTA
 - Pricing policies in Europe
 - EU pharmaceutical law round-up
 
If you want to know more, click here. To register and claim your 25% discount, use the following Kat-code: 2020eraIPKAT.
To be held at ERA’s headquarters in Trier (Germany) on 23 and 24 April 2020, this conference will allow participants to discuss recent developments relating to:
- Key recent rulings from the General Court and the CJEU
 - Quality label, collective and certification marks
 - Recent developments on bad faith registrations
 - Main achievements in 25 years of trade mark law harmonisation in the EU
 - Fundamental rights and trade mark law
 - Recent activities of the EUIPO and its Observatory
 
If you want to know more, click here. To register and claim your 25% discount, use the following Kat-code: 2020eraIPKAT.
This summer course will be held in Trier between 29 June and 3 July 2020, and will allow participants to obtain a thorough introduction to European IP law (I’ve taught some copyright classes myself over the years, and the programme is great fun for students and teachers alike!). Topics include:
- EU and international legal framework
 - IP law in the context of Brexit
 - Trade marks and designs
 - Geographical indications
 - Copyright and the digital age
 - Patent law and litigation
 - Intellectual property exhaustion
 - Intellectual property licensing
 - Cross border litigation and
 - Enforcement of intellectual property rights
 
If you want to know more, click here. To register and claim your 25% discount, use the following Kat-code: 2020eraIPKAT.
