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'IP Serious Game: How To Learn, Do Business, and Have Fun' 

Session Abstract:

The session will bring together a new, innovative, and smart perspective on learning IP-related matters as a growth engine for business. This panel will be interactive in the sense that the audience will have the active role of playing the game, having fun, and learning at the same time.

The panel will encourage participants from diverse jurisdictions and professional backgrounds to share perspectives. Throughout the game the players will prepare for, and meet, IP issues. The game will be constructed similarly to strategy games, where you analyze a situation/case/company first, followed by a sequence of incidents.

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'From Crisis to Comeback: Your Blueprint for Rescuing IP and Resuming Growth'

Session Abstract:

Contributors from Asia, the USA, and Europe will share insights showing that even when IP rights—owned or licensed—appear permanently lost due to insolvency or accidental lapse, recovery may still be possible. This practical, solution-focused session explores how to rescue valuable IP rights, including those held by spin-out companies and research institutions.

Topics include:

• How to recover IP rights from insolvent or dissolved companies across key jurisdictions.
• The effect of insolvency proceedings on IP rights and licenses in commercially significant regions.
• Patent restoration and re-establishment procedures at major patent offices, including WIPO, the EPO (with Unitary Patents), the USPTO, and Japan.

'Arbitrating International Patent and Licensing Disputes – Why, How, Where, & by Whom?'

Session Abstract:

The session aims to cover the following issues:

Why:

• Potential advantages of arbitration as opposed to court litigation
• Relevance of arbitration in the field of SEP/FRAND disputes

How:

• Options to tailor arbitral process to the needs of the dispute at hand and to ensure a cost-efficient and speedy resolution

Where:

• The UPC’s Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) as a possible arbitration service provider
• The importance of the seat of arbitration

By Whom:

• Desired arbitrator qualifications for patent and licensing disputes and relevance of arbitrator selection process

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