The IPKat: Baroness Morgan

Friday, 25 January 2008

Lords, Ladies ...

Breaking news comes to this weblog in the form of the revelation by Managing Intellectual Property magazine's website that Baroness (originally Sally) Morgan is to become the next British Minister for Intellectual Property, in succession to Lord Triesman.

At the time of writing, it is not known whether she likes Kats.

Alternatively, and contrary to what MIP's website says (but according to one commenter below), the next IP minister is actually Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (left).

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22 and 23 August: "Asia Strategy Forum", New Delhi, India. For details of this imaginative event, masterminded by Dr Rajesh Pillania, visit the Asia Strategy website here.

31 August to 17 September 2010: Full programme of Foundation & Advanced Level revision courses for the November 2010 JEB examinations, Milton Keynes. Run by JDD Consultants. For more information click here.

1 to 2 September 2010: "Digital Spark--IP in the digital creative industries", Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland. Further details here.

7 September 2010: US “Basic” Patent Law Seminar for Administrators/Paralegals. Speaker: Mark D. Simpson, Saul Ewing LLP. Organised by Intellectual Property Administrators Group (IPAG). For full programme of topics/booking form see: CIPA website here

9 to 11 September 2010: ALAI Study Days, dedicated this year to the duration of copyright and neighbouring rights. Location: Vienna. Further details available here

10 September 2010: closing date for applications for three Doctoral positions at the University of Leuven (details here).

10 September 2010: FICPI's Munich Forum is holding a new Session 7.3 on Top Level Domains -- Enforcement of Rights. Venue: Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich. Forum information and registration details available here.

14 to 17 September 2010: "MARQUES Reloaded", the 24th MARQUES Annual Conference, Berlin. Further details are now available from the MARQUES website here.

15 to 18 September 2010: CEIPI Pre-Preparatory Seminars for the EQE (papers D, C and AB). The C paper seminar features the UK’s own Susan Kirsch (Carpmaels & Ransford) and Bill Chandler (EPO Boards of Appeal; co-author of the C-Book). Essential aspects of the examination(s) with practice exercises interactively in small groups. For the more adventurous, courses available in English in Gothenburg, Milan and Warsaw - for the masochistic, in French in Paris. Details here.

15 to 18 September 2010: Annual Conference of GRUR, the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, to be held in Hamburg. Further details can be found here.

21 September 2010: Handbags at Dawn, the annual IP and Fashion conference, venue: Central London. Organised by CLT. Sponsored by Fashionista-at-Law. Further details are available here.

21 September 2010: "Strategies for Optimising the Value of Your Portfolio", London, UK. Organised by LexisNexis. Programme details here; register online here.

22 September 2010: Obviousness in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology in the US. CIPA CPD seminar. Further particulars are available here.

24 to 26 September 2010: Geographies of Intellectual Property", second Annual Workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP), American University, Washington DC.

30 September to 1 October 2010: "IP in the New Decade", CIPA Congress 2010. Venue: Lancaster London Hotel, England. As always, a cerebrally stimulating and professionally valuable event. Details from the CIPA website here or email CIPA here.

27 September to 1 October: 15 Day Integrated D & C training for EQE 2011: Week 3. Organised by DeltaPatents; venue, Eindhoven, NL. Click here for further details.

1 October 2010: P6 final practice and re-sitter revision course, Milton Keynes (tutored by Nigel Frankland). For more information click here.

3 to 6 October 2010: AIPPI World Intellectual Property Congress, Palais des Congres, Paris. Details, as available, will be posted on the conference website here.

7 October 2010: UNION (a.k.a. UEPIP, a.k.a. Union of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property) Round Table, Torino, Italy. Further details here.

19 and 20 October 2010: WIPO Advanced Workshop on Domain Names Dispute Resolution: update on practice and precedents, held at WIPO, Geneva. Details available here.

20 October 2010: Intellectual Property and Finance: exploiting and explaining the financial dimensions of IPRs. Venue: somewhere in Central London. Organised by CLT. IPKat team member Jeremy is in the chair. Supported by the IP Finance weblog. Further details to follow.

21 and 22 October 2010: WIPO Arbitration Workshop, held at WIPO, Geneva. Details available here.

15 to 19 November: CEIPI Preparatory Seminars for the EQE (papers AB and/or C). Experienced tutors (working in industry, private practice, or the EPO) cover essentials of the examination(s) and more, interactively in small groups. Includes a mock examination and oral proceedings. Details here.

16 and 17 November 2010: Fourth Annual Standards and Patents Conference, organised by IBC Legal Conferences: venue, Crowne Plaza London -- St James. Outstanding panel of speakers. Sponsored by the IPKat and PatLit weblogs. Click here for programme details and registration.

26 to 27 November 2010: Special CEIPI course on Paper C (Opposition) of the EQE for "multiple resitters". English and German courses by C-Book authors Bill Chandler and Hugo Meinders. Tackles the problems encountered in past papers interactively in small groups to help you pass this sometimes unpredictable exam. A small mock exam is included. Details here.

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10 to 15 January 2011: EQE revision courses, Milton Keynes (run by JDD Consultants). For more information click here.

10 to 14 or 25 to 29 January 2011: CEIPI Preparatory Seminars for Paper D of the EQE. Experienced tutors (working in industry, private practice, or the EPO) cover all the essential aspects of the examination and more, interactively in small groups. Details here.

3 to 4 February 2011: CEIPI "Cramming Course" for Paper C of the EQE. Put the last minute polish on your knowledge of Paper C with a mock examination (C 2010) and a review and discussion with an experienced tutor (English and German courses by C-Book authors Bill Chandler and Hugo Meinders). Details here.

26 April 2011: World Intellectual Property Day -- so party!

29 and 30 April 2011: The Annual Fordham University Intellectual Property Conference, New York. Details will eventually be posted here. Not to be missed!

14 to 18 May 2011: 133rd annual International Trademark Association Meeting, San Francisco, California. Details, once available, will be posted on the INTA's website here.

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