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Summer Academy 2014

Eigth Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy

2- 6 June, 2014

Bocconi University / Case Western Reserve University School of Law

EIGTH BOCCONI TRANSATLANTIC IP SUMMER ACADEMY  

 

1- General objectives

Bocconi University intends to organize in June 2014 the Eighth edition of the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy, jointly with Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the University of Trento. Considering the growing role and importance of Intellectual Property in European and North-American knowledge-based economies, this one week course will focus on Intellectual Property Law as a Leverage for Biotech & Life Sciences, with an inter-disciplinary approach, including IP law, IP economics, IP business and IP operational practicalities at an international level.

Thanks to lectures held by leading IP scholars and researchers from eight countries in Europe and North America, participants will have a broad perspective on Intellectual Property Law as a Leverage for Biotech & Life Sciences, especially at an international and comparative level.

The horizontal and dynamic teaching system will give participants the opportunity to embrace all aspects of IP Rights management in real life by involving case and example studies, practical exercises as well as direct contact with IP operators.

 

2- Date and venue:

2-6 June 2014; Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

 

3- Organizers   

Bocconi University and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, in cooperation with:

- the University of Trento

- McGill University – Montreal (Quebec, Canada)

- University of Western Ontario - Canada

- CNRS (CECOJI - Paris, France)

- Magister Lvcentinvs – Alicante

- Italian Universities (State University of Milan, Polytechnic University of Milan, Scuola Normale Pisa and Foggia University (TBC by Bocconi)

- Penn State University (USA) TBC

- The European Patent Office: EPO Academy

- The European Union Office for the Harmonisation of the Internal Market (OHIM)

- The World Intellectual Property Organization (TBC)

 

4- Teaching language

English only

 

5- Access requisites   

 - Graduate Degree in Law, Economics or Engineering OR

 - Undergraduate Degree in Law (subject to a selection procedure) OR

The course is also open to young researchers and professionals working in TTOs.

 

6- Course contents

 -  30 hours teaching program;

 -  Visits to IP operators;

 -   Printed and online teaching material to each course participant;

 

7- Fees 

Fees are established by our partners, in coordination with Bocconi University, and collected by Case Western Reserve University School of Law. They would amount to some US$1200. Participants should book and pay directly their travel, accommodation and meals.

 

8- Number of participants  limited to 50

 

9- The Summer Academy is a residential program (except for webcasting) and includes:

- Courses, seminars and visits to IP operators;

- Discounts for accommodation bookings;

- Printed and online teaching material to each course participant at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

In addition, for the period of the Summer Academy, participants will have full access to all Case Western Reserve University School of Law facilities (Library, electronic resources and all premises).

 

10- E Helpdesk

The ipsummer@unibocconi.it mailbox will provide guidance to participants or applicants. Course participants’ E-Helpdesk and a tutorship phone desk will be set up from May 1, 2014 at until one week after the end of the course and will provide advice and guidance for inquiries relating to travel opportunities, early arrival and extended stay.

 

11- International Faculty

As per standard practice, the inter-disciplinary International Faculty is constituted by Bocconi Professors and Professors /Department Directors/ Deans from each partner and cooperating institution, including Professors Roberto Caso (Trento), David Lametti and Richard Gold – McGill University – Montreal, Mark Perry (The University of Western Ontario - Canada), the EPO Academy, the OHIM Academy, the WIPO Development Cooperation Sector, etc

 

12- PROGRAM DETAILS   

Program contents include inter-disciplinary high-level teaching on Intellectual Property Law as a Leverage for Biotech & Life Sciences (as per draft attached), with added value in each of the following fields:

- North American, European and International IP Law

- North American, European and International IP Economics

- North American, European and International IP as a tool for Researchers

- North American, European and International IP Business operational models

The full program will be uploaded on the web page of the Bocconi School of Law as soon as it will be available.

As a result of their attendance to the Bocconi Transatlantic Summer IP Academy 2014, participant lawyers, economists, scientists and engineers, as well as business specialists (at student

or young professional level) are to:

  • enhance, thanks to lectures by the best international IP specialists, their international knowledge in their own field of expertise
  • better embrace: Intellectual Property Law as a Leverage for Biotech & Life Sciences globally, as a subject item at the crossroads between different stakeholders

For all lessons, a participatory and interactive teaching approach is chosen, involving business case examples and studies, practical exercises and direct contact opportunities with IP operators and companies in a dynamic, horizontal and open work environment. In addition, free tutor assistance will be available to the participants, in order to ensure cohesion between the participants.

An optional daily recreational program is available in advance to participants and includes

  • invitations to cultural activities
  • free of charge social activities and activities at limited costs

 

13. Attendance certificates

Attendance certificates are granted to participants. Universities giving credits to students for attendance establish their appropriate policies, in accordance with their own internal rules. For any additional information, students will contact ipsummer@unibocconi.it  and Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Cleveland, OH, USA) .

The Bocconi University School of Law will request to “Consiglio Nazionale Forense (Italy)” that credits be granted to Italian Lawyers attending the 2014 edition of the Summer Academy (as this was the case for the 2013 edition).

 

 

VIIIth Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy

Organized by Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)

and Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Intellectual Property Law as a Leverage for Biotech & Life Sciences

Monday 2nd – Friday 6th June 2014

Case Western University School of Law

Center for Law, Technology & the Arts

 

Bocconi University and Case Western Reserve University School of Law are please to announce the Eighth edition of the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy, jointly with the University of Trento. Considering the growing role and importance of Intellectual Property in European and North-American knowledge-based economies, this one week course will focus on the role of Intellectual Property Law in Biotechnology & Life Sciences, with an inter-disciplinary approach, including IP law, IP economics, IP business and IP operational practicalities at an international level.

The lecturers will be delivered by leading IP scholars and researchers from eight countries in Europe and North America, thus offering the participants a broad perspective.

The program is designed for graduate degree students in science (biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, genomics, and life sciences generally), law, economics, and MBA programs.

The horizontal and dynamic teaching system will give participants the opportunity to embrace all aspects of IP Rights management in real life by involving case and example studies, practical exercises as well as direct contact with IP operators.

 

Monday 2nd June 2014

9:00 – 9:30 Opening Ceremony

- Opening speeches by the Dean, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

- Introduction to the Summer Academy 2014 Edition from Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, Case Western Reserve University, and Bocconi Coordinators

9:30 – 10:30 - Towards an international IP common language for protecting science? The issue of Biotech & Life Sciences

Laurent Manderieux (Professor of IP Law, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy)

 

A. IP PROTECTION

11:00 - 14:00 Setting the new stage of Patent Law for Biotech & Life Sciences in the Transatlantic Area

- The new US Patent Law: a Science friendly environment?

Craig Nard (Director, Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA)

- The New European Patent Environment: An opportunity or a failure?

Manuel Desantes (Professor of Private international Law, University of Alicante, Spain, Former Vice President, the European Patent Office, Munich, Germany)

17:00 Welcome gathering

 

Tuesday, 3rd June 2014

B. IP MANAGEMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK

9:00 -13:00. IP Management and Legal Practice for Biotech & Life Sciences in big corporations: US vs. European practices

Ted Theofrastous (Managing Attorney, IP Venture Clinic, Case Western Reserve University and former Chief Commercialization Counsel, Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

Craig Hayden (Partner, Tarolli Sundheim)

 

Case study in Teams with 2 US /European Companies applying good  / wrong IP practices in negotiations

Moderators :

Fulvio Puzone (Head, Technology Transfer, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genoa, Italy)

Simone Gasperoni (Material Manager, Mondelez Europe GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland) between the Teams

+ Speakers from Europe and North America talk about the negotiation process from their side of the fence: what are they looking for in a deal, what IP issues arise, and what mistakes European /US companies often make?

 

Field Trip to Cleveland Clinic Innovations and Lecture

14:30 – 16:00

Rich Wesorik (Partner, Tarolli Sundheim and Patent Counsel to the Cleveland Clinic)

 

Wednesday, 4th June 2014

9:00 - 10:45. Granting Effective Rights to Operators (I): CII: Navigating the Patent Thicket, including in the Biotech & Life Sciences Sector

Eugenio Archontopoulos (Senior Examiner, The European Patent Office, EPO, the Hague, Netherlands)

 

11:15 – 13:00. Granting Effective Rights to Operators (II): The US FDA Framework for Biotech & Life Sciences: a Challenge for Scientists and Business Operators

Jessica Berg, Dean and Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University: USA

 

Thursday, 5th June 2014

C. IP EXPLOITATION: BASIC AGREEMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FROM UNIVERSITY RESEARCH TO THE MARKET

9:00 - 10:30. IP Management in Universities / Research Centers. New forms and models of governance for technology transfer offices

Joseph Jankowski (Chief Innovation Officer and former Associate Vice President for Technology Management, Case Western Reserve University)

Fulvio Puzone (Head, Technology Transfer, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genoa, Italy)

 

11:00 - 13:00. New Strategies and Policies for the Transfer, Exploitation and Commercialization of Public Research Results in Biotech & Life Sciences in the Transatlantic Area: Open Access and Life Sciences

Roberto Caso (Professor of Law, University of Trento, Italy), and Rossana Ducato (University of Trento, Lawtech Group, Italy)

15:00 – 17:30. Case Study - IP Management in Biotech & Life Sciences

Field Trip to QED Electrodynamics, LLC Cleveland, Ohio, USA

 

Friday, 6th June 2014

D. IP EXPLOITATION, SCIENCE AND ETHICS

09:00 - 11:00. The Transfer of Technologies and Know-How from Big Companies to Third Parties: The Case of Mondelez  

Simone Gasperoni, Material Manager, Mondelez Europe GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland

 

10:15-11:15 Access to Medicines, Biotech and Ethics

Dalindyebo Shabalala, Visiting Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Assistant Professor, International Economic Law (Intellectual Property) and Academic Coordinator, Institute for Globalisation and International Regulation, Maastricht University Faculty of Law, Netherlands

 

11:30 - 13:00. Closing remarks: the Law of Ethics and the Law of Science: an uneasy wedding

Discussion of WIPO and WTO policies + national laws and practices, and their likely impact upon relations between the EU/ US and emerging markets.

Wrap up + Certificates Granting Ceremony 

 

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