CASRIP Newsletter - Autumn 2007, Volume 14, Issue 4
Students Argue LG v. Bizcom in Rome, Italy (February 18-22, 2008)
Following the success of the Transnational Intellectual Property Seminar in Tokyo, Japan last year, students this year will travel to Rome, Italy to argue LG Electronics, Inc. v. Bizcom Electronics, Inc., 453 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2006), before American, Italian, and German judges.
Approximately 30 students from the University of Washington School of Law, three Italian universities and their partner universities throughout Europe will attend the program. Students will attend classes from American and European professors and practitioners before presenting their arguments to the respective judges to compare how the judges would rule on the LG case, which is currently pending before the United States Supreme Court.
The Transnational Intellectual Property Seminar will be held in Strasbourg, France in 2009.
University of Washington-Universities of Rome
Transnational IP Program
2008 February 18-22
Instructors:
- Toshiko Takenaka (TT), Professor of Law, UW Law School
- Signe Brunstad (SB), Lecturer, UW Law School
- Doug Stewart (DS) and/or Paul Meiklejohn, Part-time lectures, UW Law School
- Barry Bretschneider (BB), Morrison & Foester
- Steve Facizewski (SF), Movdicé Holding, Inc.
- Judge Randall R. Rader, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Dr. Jochen Pagenberg, Bardehle Pagenberg (JP)
- Dr. Heinz Goddar, Professor of Law (HG), U of Bremen
- Hon. Dr. Klaus.Grabinski , Dusseldorf High Court (KG)
- Dr. Mathias Bosch (MB), Bosch Graf von Stosch Jehle
- Agostino Clemente (AC), Lecturer, University of Rome “La Sapienza” and University of L’Aquila
- Rita Coco (RC), Italian Competition Authority, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
- DomenicoDi Pietro, Lecturer, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
- Mario Franzosi, Professor of Law, University of Milan
- Francesca Maschio (FM), Ph.D., University of Rome “Roma Tre”
- Dr. Gabriella Mucolo (GM), Rome Tribunal – IP Department
- Marco Ricolfi, (MR) Professor of Law, University of Turin
- Stefano Sandri, (SS) Professor of Law, University of Rome “Roma Tre”
- Daniele Santosuosso, (DS), Professor of Law, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
- Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich, (VZZ) Professor of Law, , University of Rome “Roma Tre”
Schedule:
| February | ||
| 18 Monday | 09:00 | Welcome and Orientation (Coffee and pastries) |
| 10:00 | Exhaustion Doctrines in EU and US (HG;TT) | |
| 11:30 | License essentials in EU and US and Introduction of Hypothetical (AC;SF) | |
| 12:30 | IP and freedom of expression (VZZ) | |
| 13:30 | Lunch break | |
| 14:30 | IP licensing and contractual issues (AC or FM;SF ) | |
| Student discussions to prepare for negotiation | ||
| 19 Tuesday | 09:00 | Brand Protection Under Community Law (SS) |
| 10:00 | Software Licensing | |
| 11:30 | IP licensing and Competition Law in EU and US (RC;SF) | |
| 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 | Negotiation exercise and evaluation | |
| 20 Wednesday | 09:00 | Patent Protection of Software in EU and US (DS; MB) |
| 10:40 | Copyright Protection of Software in EU and US (MR; BG) | |
| 12:10 | Lunch break | |
| No class | ||
| 21 Thursday | 09:00 | Product design and trade dress protection in EU and US (FM; SB) |
| 10:40 | Litigation procedure in Italy, Germany and US (JP; BB) | |
| 12:10 | Lunch break | |
| 4:00 | Student discussion to prepare for mock tria | |
| 22 Friday | 09:00 | Scope of patent protection in US, Germany and Italy (KG; US Judge) |
| 10:40 | Infringement remedies in Italy, Germany and US (JP;MF;PM) | |
| 12:10 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 | Mock trial and evaluation (KG; GM IT Judge; US Judge) (open to the public) | |
| 20:00 | Graduation dinner | |
