PATENTS    

Barney de Schneider Assistant Commissioner of Patents, Patent Branch
Scott Vasudev Chief, Patent Administrative Policy, Classification and International Affairs Division
Kathleen Murphy Program Manager, International (PCT), Patent Administrative Policy, Classification and International Affairs Division

TRADE-MARKS    

Lisa Power Director, Trade-marks Branch
Darlene Carreau Chairperson, Trade-marks Opposition Board
Geneviève Côté-Halverson Manager, Policy, Training and Client Relations, Trade-marks Branch

15:05 – 16:00
Patent Remedy Quantification
Moderator
Bruce Stratton Dimock Stratton LLP (Toronto)

David Aitken Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (Ottawa)
Mark Berenblut Senior Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting (Toronto)

Reasonable Compensation:

• is a reasonable royalty a rebuttable presumption or a de facto rule of law?

Damages

• the availability of reasonable royalties as compared to lost profits
• reasonable royalties – determining anticipated profits and applying the 25% Rule
• lost profits of the patentee – do differential profits make sense?
• when will an apportionment be available? Will the US Lucent case be followed in Canada?

Profits

• what is the “differential profits” approach and how should it be applied
• how to establish a “causal connection” between infringement and profit
• how to argue that the accounting of profits remedy should be awarded or denied

15:05 – 16:00
Navigating the Québec Charter of the French Language: Overview and Case Studies
Moderator
Marie-Josée Lapointe BCF LLP (Montréal)

Jean Dansereau Legal Counsel, Office québécois de la langue française (Montréal)
André Rivest Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Montréal)

• general principles of the Charter regarding labelling and commercial advertising
• modifications to the practice of the Office of the French Language with respect to trade-marks
• recent case law developments regarding the trade-mark exception
• rules regarding the application of the Charter with respect to websites

PATENTS    

TRADE-MARKS    

Margaret Fitzpatrick Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Vancouver)
Marina Stipanac MBM Intellectual Property Law LLP (Ottawa)

• changes in examination practice
• possible changes to Regulations affecting oppositions
• practice changes in opposition and section 45 proceedings
• challenges of adapting to changes in practice

10:00 – 11:00    
Bilski, Amazon and Patentable Subject Matter
Moderator
Isabelle Chabot Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (Québec)

Erika Harmon Arner Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP (Reston, Virginia)
Edward T. Fan Torys LLP (Toronto)
Leonora Hoicka IBM (Armonk, New York)

• current status of US law post -Bilski and Canadian law post-Amazon one click
• what is/is not patentable Subject Matter in the US and Canada
• practical Prosecution strategies
• what are the latest rejections issued by Examiners in US and Canada and strategies to overcome?
• future predictions and patent drafting and claiming strategies in light of uncertainty
• effect of these decisions on Portfolio Management of an IT company 

10:00 – 11:00    
Adwords - Fair Use or Foul?
Moderator
Marion Bailey-Canham Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Ottawa)

Louis J. Levy Lerman Senter PLLC, (Washington, DC)
Eric Gross Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Toronto)
Jeff Lancaster Managing Director, Outrider Canada (Toronto)

• overview of "adwords": what are they, how they are used, sold and managed – from the actual service providers perspective.
• legal analysis of the pros and cons – is it “fair use or foul”?
• Canadian, U.S. and European jurisprudence – the differences and the potential impact the adwords regime has and will have on trade-mark owners and their pursuit to protect their brands

Federal Court Rules – Adapting Your Practice
Lunch with a Patent Examiner
Patent Marking: To Mark or Not to Mark

PATENTS    

Judith Robinson Ogilvy Renault LLP (Montréal)
Jonathan Stainsby Heenan Blaikie LLP (Toronto)

• does the test for disclosure differ depending on the context?
• what is the relationship between utility and disclosure?  
• is there a heightened disclosure obligation in cases of sound prediction and for selection patents?  If so, what is it?
• If there is a heightened disclosure obligation, why?  Is it justified by the jurisprudence?  Is there a policy rationale? 

TRADE-MARKS    

Sheldon Burshtein Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Toronto)
Catherine Douglas Rogers Communications Inc. (Toronto)

• introduction of new cctlds in non-latin characters and sponsored top level domains (i.e. .cocacola)
• the Intellectual Property Constituency (IRT) and the Special Trademark Issues Review Team (STI) - what are they doing?
• how can/should trade-mark owners respond given these increased opportunities for cybersquatting
• other recent developments in domain names and trade-marks on the Internet

15:00 – 16:30   
Old Tricks of Disclaimer, Re-examination and Re-issue: do they Still Work in the Modern Litigation Context?
Moderator
Dennis Leung Ridout & Maybee LLP (Ottawa)

Douglas Deeth Deeth Williams Wall LLP (Toronto)
Jason Markwell Ogilvy Renault LLP (Toronto)
Dale Schlosser Lang Michener LLP (Toronto)

• Has recent jurisprudence raised new questions about the suitability and applicability of these mechanisms to alter the form of a patent after issue?
• What are the legal, strategic, cost  and timing considerations that now go into using one of these mechanisms?
• how do these mechanisms affect pending and/or proposed litigation?

15:00 – 16:30    
IP in a Virtual World
Moderator
Stephanie Chong Tabrizi Law Office Professional Corporation (Toronto)

Karen Berry Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP (New York)
Michael Erdle Deeth Williams Wall LLP (Toronto)
Eric Boehm Torys LLP (Toronto)

• Web 2.0 – What’s it all about?
• Risks and rewards of “user generated content”.
• Protect and defend - How can Web 2.0 IP rights be protected?
• Virtual justice – How can IP rights be enforced in a Web 2.0