On 23 November 2017, Professor Dr. Heinz Goddar will be holding a presentation on the topic of “Model Agreements for Industry-University Cooperation” at Seoul National University (SNU) in Seoul, Korea. The event is being organised in conjunction with the Licensing Executives Society (LES Korea). As head of a working group for the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWI), Prof. Goddar played an instrumental role a few years ago in developing “Model Agreements”.

This year again, the trade mark seminar will look at current issues, such as “copyright protection for brands after the Federal Supreme Court “Birthday Train” decision on European design law.  – What companies must pay attention to. Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt, Attorney, Bremen, Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann, Attorney, Munich and Düsseldorf, Martin Wirtz, Attorney, Düsseldorf and Berlin, and Dr. Anke Nordemann-Schiffel, Attorney, Berlin and Potsdam, will answer questions and are available for discussion.

The Annual trade mark seminar takes place in five locations throughout Germany.  The seminar will begin at 2p.m. and end at 5p.m. Participants are subsequently invited to snacks. Participation is free of charge.

Detailed information on individual events, venues and the programme can be found here.  Please register interest with Dr Martin Wirtz, either by response card or e-mail.

On 9 and 10 November 2017, a conference will be held in Washington, D.C. by University College London in collaboration with George Washington University entitled “Patents in Telecoms and the Internet of Things”.  Professor Dr. Heinz Goddar will be moderating Panel IX on 10 November covering the topic “Patent Assertion Entities”. 

From 8 to 9 November 2017, the 16th International Trademark Conference organised by the Forum Institute will take place in Alicante. The main topics this year will be EU trademark reform, Brexit and the impact on trademark holders as well as various other practice-related cases in trademark and design law. Attending the second day of the conference and the part “Recent questions from practitioners answered by the experts” will be Prof. Dr. Jan B. Nordemann who will answer key questions on “3D printing and trade marks”. 

On 31 October 2017, a business workshop on the topic of “Licensing” organised by the Licensing Executives Society (LES Spain) will take place in Madrid. It will involve presentations from Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar and Prof. Dr. Christian Czychowski covering “Licensing subjects” and “Sample agreements for R & D cooperation” respectively. Prof. Goddar and Prof. Czychowski led the German Federal Ministry of Economics’s working group, which drafted the sample agreements. These can be viewed on the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy’s (BMWI) website and downloaded free of charge.