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EVENTS
The Federal Circuit Historical Society
“Beyond the Madame Curie Complex: A Retrospective on Women and Gender in Stem” (14 December 2021)
On 14 December 2021 (2 p.m. EST), Dr. Julie Des Jardins will be giving a lecture on the impact of gender disparities in STEM fields and in the related field of IP law. The lecture is organised by the Federal Circuit Historical Society.
More information about the lecture can be found here.
The C5 Group
“15th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe” (23 to 24 February 2022)
The C5 Group’s 15th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe will be taking place on 23 and 24 February 2022. Participants can either attend in person in Amsterdam or join a real-time broadcast from your location. The conference will cover the most significant developments impacting life sciences patents in Europe.
More information about this conference can be found here.
OPPORTUNITIES
University of Bayreuth
“Innovate Food Law Writing Competition”
The Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health, University of Bayreuth is organising a writing competition that challenges writers to reflect on problems in food law and policy. The three topics that writers can choose from are: (i) Food Law enforcement: from the past to the future; (ii) Food technology and the right to pleasure; and (iii) Food law and policy and the future.
Deadline for submissions is 15 March 2022. The overall winner will receive a grand prize of EUR 500. The contest is open to all current university students and recent graduates.
More information about the competition can be found here.
Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice
“Special Issue on the National Transpositions of the DSM Directive: Call for Articles!”
The JIPLP has just launched a call for articles for its forthcoming special issue on the national transpositions of the DSM Directive 2019/790. Writers are invited to submit articles on a topic of their choice within this theme for consideration for publication. The deadline for submissions is 18 March 2022.
More information can be found here.
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