Program

Program

IP SUMMER ACADEMY 2018

Tuesday, 4 September 2018

08:30 - 09:00. Registration of Participants

09:30 – 09:55. Opening Ceremony

- Opening Speech and Welcome Address

- Introduction to the 2018 Edition of the Summer Academy

Craig Nard, Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

and

Laurent Manderieux, Bocconi University

A. IP LAW: A TOOL FOR ECONOMIC PROGRESS

10:30 – 11:00. International IP Law and Technology: a Never-Ending Relationship

Laurent Manderieux, Bocconi University

11:00 – 11:55. Round Table and Discussion of Case Studies on IP Law as a Tool for Economic Progress

Afternoon Welcome Gathering      

Wednesday, 5 September 2018

B. THE LAW OF TECHNOLOGY AND INTERNATIONAL IP LAW

08:30 – 09:15. Lectio Magistralis: Technological Progress and Ius ad Bellum and Ius in Bello: for Better or for Worse? 

Michael Scharf, Co-Dean, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Discussants: Laurent Manderieux and Gabriele Gagliani, Bocconi University

09:15 – 09:55. Treaty Interpretation and Technological Progress: Squaring the Circle? 
Discussant: Gabriele Gagliani, Bocconi University

09:55-10:30. Break

10:30 - 11:55. Technological Challenges and Private International Law: Problems and Solutions

Aurelio Lopez Tarruella, University of Alicante & Magister Lvcentinvs

14:00 - 17:00. Field Study Visit and Discussion of Technology-Related IP & Trade Case Studies

Thursday, 6 September 2018

C. TRANSATLANTIC TRENDS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION OF TECHNOLOGY

09:30 – 10:15. Worldwide Perspectives on Patent Protection of Technology: General Aspects and Focus on Patents and Health: the Role of WIPO

Edward K. Kwakwa, Senior Director of the Department for Traditional Knowledge and Global Challenges, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva

10:15-10:30. Break

10:30 – 11:15. U.S. and European Perspectives on Patent Protection and Management

Rachel Herder, Director, Intellectual Property Clinic, Penn State Law

11:15 – 11:55. IP Law and the Management of Technology

Ted Theofrastous, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

D. TRANSATLANTIC TRENDS ON IP LAW VS. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

14:00 – 17:00. Field Study Visit and and Discussion of Technology-Related IP & Trade Case Studies

 Friday, 7 September 2018

09:30 - 10:15. Open Science as Progress of Knowledge in a Democratic Society   
Roberto Caso, University of Trento 

10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10.30  - 11:55. IP dispute resolution
Catherine Rogers, Penn State Law & Queen Mary University of London
 

CLOSING SESSION

14:00 – 16:00. Streamlining International IP Law for Technological Progress?

Edward K. Kwakwa, Senior Director of the Department for Traditional Knowledge and Global Challenges, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva (tbc)

Laurent Manderieux, Coordinator of the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy & Director of the LL.M. in Law of Internet Technology, Bocconi University

&

Craig Nard, Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Closing remarks

+ Wrap up

Laurent Manderieux, Coordinator of the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy & Director of the LL.M. in Law of Internet Technology, Bocconi University

&

Craig Nard, Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts,  

Case Western Reserve University School of Law 

The “Consiglio Nazionale Forense (Italy)” will grant 15 credits to Lawyers in Italy attending the 2018 Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy.