Protecting IP Rights and Reputation

£42 Earlybird Discount if You Book by 19 June

This half day online conference will be streamed live, direct to your desktop, tablet or phone, wherever you are. The standard price is £210 + VAT, . But if you book by 19 June the price is reduced by £42 to £168. You can participate in the conference live or watch the recorded version whenever you want. In each case you will receive a recording of the complete conference after the event.

Please note: this is a per organisation price, so up to 20 of your colleagues can participate at no extra charge, even if they are viewing it from a different location

Who is The Legal Training Consultancy?

The Legal Training Consultancy is a full-service training consultancy with a large portfolio of in-house courses and trainers. You can find out more here: www.legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk. We have been responsible for putting together a vast number of law and tax related conferences, webinars, seminars, videos and e-learning modules. Altogether more than 1900.

On the IP front we have put together face to face conferences on a wide range of topics, including: Copyright Law Update. Design Rights, IP for Commercial Lawyers, Trade Marks, Patents, IP Agreements, IP and Competition Law, International Issues in IP and Copyright in New Media

An Online Conference?

We trialled the format at three full-day online conferences in April to reassure ourselves that, as a concept, it worked, and sitting in front of a screen for much of the day was not too big an ask for delegates. All of them worked wonderfully well and were as far removed from the boring and dull old one-hour webinar as it was possible to be. Comments we have received so far include:

" May I congratulate your imaginative programme and expert speakers, as well as the initiative itself. Superb. Thanks very much"

"Thanks to organisers and presenters. A new type of conference for me and very informative and enjoyable."

"Thanks for organising. Love the format, all the info and updates without the time or expense of travelling"

"Thank you to everyone involved. Very well organised, delivered and informative."

"My unvoiced fear that it would be as dull as webinars used to be when I was in practice was banished fairly quickly"

Who Will the Conference Appeal To?

This half day online conference is designed to appeal to IP Lawyers, Commercial Lawyers, Trade Mark Attorneys, Patent Agents and other professionals who are advising clients on these complex issues and need to keep up to date with the latest developments in this very difficult area of work

Speakers

Mark Weston, Head of Commercial, Information Technology and Intellectual Property at Hill Dickinson

Victoria Jones, Barrister at 3PB Barristers

Miles Bennett, Barrister at 5 Paper Buildings

Ben Holt,  Leads Veale Wasbrough Vizards' practice in reputation management and information law

Keith Markham, Solicitor and Trainer

Professor Charles Oppenheim is a Visiting Professor at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and a Senior Consultant with Naomi  Korn Associates

Main Topics to be Covered

-Opening Address: A high-level survey of the types of IP in a business

Copyright
Trade marks
Patents
Design rights (UDRs and RDRs)
Moral rights
Database rights
Moral rights
Confidentiality streams

-Recent Cases on Trade Mark Protection

Sky v Skykick - An analysis of the recent High Court decision applying the ruling from the CJEU on invalidity based on a lack of clarity and precision in a specification and bad faith
Coty v Amazon - A review of the CJEU ruling on the interpretation of Article 9(3) of Regulation 2017/1001
Merck - A look at the recent High Court decision finding that Merck US had acted in breach of a co-existence agreement with Merck Germany and had infringed its trade marks.

-Recent Developments in UK/EU Copyright including Brexit

Some recent developments in copyright, including discussions relating to Coronavirus

Possible implications of Brexit on copyright

Risk assessment when dealing with copyright

-Reputation Management in the Online Sphere

With the ever increasing use of social media by employees and clients there is also an ever
increasing risk of reputational harm. An irritated employee or client may decide to sound off on
twitter. A careless employee may make disparaging comments about a customer in a not so secret
WhatsApp group. Knowing what the risks are and how to manage them is an essential matter for all
organisations. This session will summarise the key risks and outline a series of practical steps to take.

Topics will include:
-Summary of the key requirements for establishing / defending online defamation
-Relevant case studies
-Establishing clear policies and procedures

-Corporate Reputation: Putting a Price on Personal Data

The recent spate of high profile data leaks and privacy breaches have made clear that how well (or badly) companies manage these kinds of crises can have a massive impact on their reputation. In this session Ben Holt, head of information law at VWV, will discuss:

· recent high profile data breaches

· the kinds of legal claims might arise from data breaches and other possible liabilities, and his experience of defending these

· top tips for managing a data breach crisis to help protect and manage reputation

-Counterfeit Goods - Has Recent Case Law Made Any Difference?