Charles University (Prague) 2011
The fifth EIPTN annual workshop PDF took place in Prague, Czech Republic, on Monday 27 June and the morning of Tuesday 28 June 2011. The event was sponsored by the European Patent Academy of the European Patent Office. It was followed by a side event for technology transfer officers PDF on the afternoon of Tuesday 28 June 2011.
The workshop was hosted by the Institute of Copyright Law, Industrial Property Rights and Competition Law, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, and included the Annual EIPTN Dinner on the evening of Monday 27 June. The workshop was preceded, on Sunday 26 June, by a drinks reception hosted by the Kříž & Bĕlina law firm.
A report of the workshop is available to download [pdf].
Monday 27 June 2011
9.00-9.30: Registration and coffee
9.30-10.00: Welcome and introduction – Aleš Gerloch (Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague), Jan Kříž (Professor and Director of the Institute of Copyright Law, Industrial Property Rights and Competition Law, Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague) and Giovanna Oddo (Unit Manager Academia and IP Research, European Patent Academy of the European Patent Office)
10.00-10.15: Keynote address: The role and importance of IP teaching in the Czech Republic – Eva Schneiderová (Director of Patents Department, Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic)
10.15-11.15: Session 1 – Using technology in IP teaching (Chair: Claire Howell, Senior Lecturer in Law, Aston University, UK)
“Copyright taught through technologies: Constructing a Wiki-entry” – Roberto Caso (Associate Professor of Comparative Private Law, University of Trento, Italy) and Federica Giovanella (PhD Candidate in Private Comparative Law, University of Trento, Italy)
“The use of discussion boards to assess global intellectual property rights” – Tina Hart (Principal Lecturer in Law, University of Huddersfield, UK)
“Camera! Action! Feedback! A comparison of multi-media modes of online feedback to improve student learning” – Caroline Coles (Principal Lecturer in Law, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK)
11.15-11.30: Coffee
11.30-12.30: Session 2 – Teaching IP to non-traditional students (Chair: Mariano Riccheri, Collaborating IP Lecturer and Researcher, University of Alcalá IP-Research Group, Spain)
“Imparting an understanding of key IP issues to Masters students in the automotive industry” – Ian Hartwell (Honorary Research Fellow, Cranfield University, UK)
“Challenges and chances of interdisciplinary IP teaching” – Peter Ganea (Coordinator M.A. Modern East Asian Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
“Teaching intellectual property and patents in an engineering physics Masters” – Maria Inés Torres (Professor of Computer Science, University of the Basque Country, Spain), Jose Manuel Tarela Pereiro (Professor of Electronics, University of the Basque Country, Spain), Fernando Legarda (Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of the Basque Country, Spain) and Estibalitz Asua (Lecturer of Electronics, University of the Basque Country, Spain)
12.30-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.00: Session 3 – Multi-disciplinary approaches to IP teaching (Chair: Michal du Vall, Vice Rector for Human Resources and Financial Management, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland)
“Multi-disciplinary teaching and learning: Towards a more global approach to IP teaching?” – Laurent Manderieux (Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Bocconi University, Italy)
“Advisers and clients - a virtual reality” – Ruth Soetendorp (Professor of Intellectual Property Management, Bournemouth University, UK)
“IP curriculum development for cross-cultural and multidisciplinary groups, with particular reference to experiences with Brazil and China” – Anselm Kamperman Sanders (Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Maastricht University, Netherlands) and Dalindyebo Shabalala (Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands)
15.00-15.15: Coffee
15.15-16.30: Session 4 – New approaches to IP teaching (Chair: Chris Ryan, Solicitor and Consultant, Nottingham Trent University, UK)
“Innovation in teaching trade mark attorneys” – Janice Denoncourt (Senior Lecturer in Law, Nottingham Trent University, UK)
“Some reflections on experiences with innovative assessment” – Smita Kheria (Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Edinburgh, UK) and Jane Cornwell (Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Edinburgh, UK)
“Posters as a summative assessment tool in IP law – skills over substance?” – Thorsten Lauterbach (Lecturer in Law, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK)
“Teaching patent law to UK law students: A technical problem in search of a pedagogical solution” – Christopher Wadlow (Professor in Law, University of East Anglia, UK)
20.00-23.00: EIPTN Annual Dinner, Restaurace Lví Dvůr
Tuesday 28 June 2011
8.30-9.00: Registration and coffee
9.00-10.00: Session 5 – National perspectives in IP teaching (Chair: Stuart MacDonald, Professor of Information and Organisation, University of Sheffield, UK)
“Challenges of Teaching IP: Experiences in Turkey” – Recep Varcin (Director, Center for the Study of Human Resources Management and Career Counselling-IKDAM, Ankara University, Turkey) and Busra Yalcin (Researcher, Career Counselling and Human Resources Development Association-KARDER, Ankara University, Turkey)
“Approaches to industrial property studies at the Metropolitan University Prague” – Ladislav Jakl (Vice Rector, Head of Industrial Property Department and Director of Industrial Property Institute, Metropolitan University, Prague, Czech Republic)
“Teaching intellectual property law in Slovakia” – Zuzana Adamová (Director, Intellectual Property Law Institute, Law Faculty, Trnava University, Slovakia)
10.00-10.15: Coffee
10.15-11.15: Session 6 – Teaching IP and innovation (Chair: Adoración Peréz Troya, Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain)
“Dialoguing on IP teaching innovation” - Inmaculada González (Associate Professor, Universidad Católica de Valencia, Spain) & Vicenç Ribas (Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain)
“Connecting IP with business model innovation” – Alberto Di Minin (Assistant Professor, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy)
“Teaching patenting and licensing for science and engineering students at Turkish universities” – Özgür Kulak (Director of Patent and Licensing Support Unit, Namik Kemal University, Turkey)
11.15-12.00: Extension of EIPTN and launch of its new website – Duncan Matthews (Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
12.00-12.15: Closing remarks – Petra Žikovská (Expert Assistant, Institute of Copyright Law, Industrial Property Rights and Competition Law, Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic)
12:15-14:15: Boat trip with buffet lunch
14.15: Close of workshop