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Intellectual Property Conference (VIRTUAL CONFERENCE)

  • The Signet Library Parliament Square Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1RF (map)

Our annual conference on IP law will now take place online due to the current health crisis.  Listen and interact as experts explore current issues in IP regulation and dispute resolution, and consider where we might be going next. The conference is chaired by Jim Cormack QC WS (Pinsent Masons), with the programme also featuring leading lawyers from the Scottish and English Bar, private practice and senior in-house counsel, examining legal and commercial IP issues and case law update. The conference fee is discounted by 50% to account for the new format.  Book now to participate in a varied technical morning of IP law, policy and regulation.    

Speakers:

  • Jim Cormack QC WS (Pinsent Masons) (Conference chairman)

  • Roisin Higgins QC (Axiom Advocates)

  • Susan Ferguson-Snedden (Head of Legal, Historic Environment Scotland)

  • Kathryn Pickard (Barrister, 11 South Square)

  • Ian Rutherford (Partner, Brodies)

  • Jason Chester (Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Marks & Clerk)

Sessions include:

  • The top 5 cases of 2019/2020

  • Cross jurisdictional matters – a practice update from England & Wales

  • IP and commerciality – views from in-house counsel

  • Trade secrets, confidential information and a case study on a multi-jurisdictional springboard injunction

  • Sky v SkyKick – implications for UK Trade Mark law

CPD: 2.5 hours (Law Society of Scotland)

For more information please contact Anna Bennett WS


This event is kindly supported by: