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CIPA
Congress 2019
19-09-19 - Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
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Programme
08:15 - 09:00 Breakfast & Registration
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and Introduction Julia Florence
09:15 - 09:45 Keynote Speech Stephen Rowan
09:45 - 10:45 How Much Preparation is Adequate Preparation? Nicholas Fox
Preparing for All Unexpected Pitfalls Ingo Beckedorf
Gwilym Roberts
Chair: Greg Corcoran
10:45 - 11:15 Tea/Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:45 Keynote Speech Tim Moss CBE
11:45 - 12:45 From Landmark to Sky Grab Anita Shaw
Sharpen your UK Practice: Clicks are in & whips are out James Porter
Sophie Maughan
Chair: Alasdair Poore
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 -13:50 Afternoon session Introduction Richard Mair
13:50 - 14:20 Keynote Speech Amanda Michaels
14:20 - 15:20 Life at the Sharp End - A litigator’s view of IP Gordon Harris
Stephen Jones
15:20 - 15:50 Tea/Coffee Break
15:50 - 16:20 An Entrepreneur’s Perspective Stephen Lester
Chair: Alexandra Seymour-Pierce
16:20 - 17:20 Hot Topics
17:20 - 17:30 Closing Remarks Richard Mair
Post Congress
17:30 - 19:00 IP Inclusive networking drinks reception
Drinks speaker: Internationality Daniel Winterfeldt
2 19:00 CIPA Annual Dinner
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Stephen Rowan,
Vice-President of the EPO Directorate-General Patent Granting Process
Stephen joined the European Patent Office as Vice-President on 1st January 2019. He is responsible
for the entire Patent Granting Process at the EPO and has the lead for the largest Directorate General
with more than 5,000 staff. He is also Site Manager for the EPO branch in The Hague. Before joining the
EPO, he held a number of senior leadership roles in the UKIPO. These included the position of Director
of Registered Rights, responsible for the end to end processing of patent, trade mark and design
applications and the associated tribunal functions. He has an LLB (Hons) from the University of the West
of England.
Tim Moss CBE, CEO of the Intellectual Property Office
Tim took up post as Chief Executive Officer and Comptroller General of the UKIPO on 1 May 2017. As
CEO of the UKIPO he is responsible for advising Ministers on all IP policy matters and for the operation
of the Office, which grants some 6325 patents, 63312 national trade marks and 20137 Designs each
year. He came to the IPO from Companies House where he was the Registrar of Companies for England
and Wales and Chief Executive (March 2012- April 2017). Tim’s career also includes 12 years in senior
operational roles in the manufacturing industry. He has a Natural Sciences degree from Cambridge
University, an MBA from Swansea University and lives on a farm in South Wales with his wife and two
children. He was awarded a CBE in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to the economy
and the people of Swansea.
Amanda Michaels, Hogarth Chambers
Amanda is especially well-known as a trade mark specialist, dealing with trade mark and passing off
matters at all levels, in UK and Community Courts. She has a wealth of experience in a broad field of
practice, ranging from trade marks and passing off, copyright and designs, breach of confidence and
related commercial disputes in the media and entertainment field, to broader contractual and Chancery
disputes. She has acted for multinational brand and copyright owners, film, TV and record companies
and collecting societies, as well as for SMEs and individuals in disputes in the music/record industry,
films, advertising, television and publishing. Amanda is the author with Andrew Norris of ‘A Practical
Guide to Trade Mark Law.’ The 5th edition of this popular textbook was published by OUP in March 2014.
Amanda is an experienced mediator of IP, Chancery and wider commercial disputes; she has a high rate
of successful outcomes.
Lee Davies, CIPA Chief Executive COMPÈRE
Lee Davies is the Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA), a role he took
up in February 2012. Prior to this, Lee held the position of Deputy Chief Executive of the Institute for
Learning (IfL), where he was instrumental in reforming and refocusing professional identity in the further
education sector. Lee is a passionate advocate for the association sector and is Vice-President and
Chair of the Institute of Association Management (IAM), where he leads the Chief Executives’ Forum.
Lee’s professional background is in engineering (mechanical services) and further education teaching.
Lee has experience of the governance of professional bodies, having served as the President of the
Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) in 2011-12.
CIPA OFFICERS Julia Florence, CIPA President
Julia is the current President of CIPA and,until her recent retirement, was a senior patent attorney at
GlaxoSmithKline. She has extensive experience of building, managing and defending IP portfolios for
pharmaceutical products at all stages of development and commercialisation. More recently she has
been involved in European IP policy issues. Prior to joining GSK in 2001, Julia worked for several years
at Kilburn & Strode, as well as in the former Glaxo, Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham. She has a keen
interest in education and training and served as an examiner for the European patent exams for several
years. She served an initial 3-year term on CIPA Council in the late 90s. She returned to Council in 2015
and has been a member of the Patent and Life Science Committees.
Richard Mair, CIPA Vice President
Richard is the current Vice President of CIPA and will become President in January 2020, having served
on CIPA’s Council since 2015. He has been a member of CIPA’s International Liaison Committee since
its formation in 1996 and was appointed its Chairman in 2015. Richard has led or been a member of
CIPA delegations and has presented papers all over the world. He has over 40 years’ experience as a
European and UK Patent and Trade Mark Attorney. In 1988 he joined Abel & Imray as a Partner and,
after leaving the Partnership 27 years later, continued as a Consultant to the firm. He has also served
as Vice-Chairman of CIPA’s Trade Mark Committee; representing CIPA on the UK Trade Marks
Registry Practice Working Group, on the UKIPO Marks and Designs Forum and at British Days at
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WIPO on Trade Marks and Designs.
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Nicholas Fox, Finnegan
SPEAK
Nicholas Fox practices intellectual property law with a focus on electronics, telecoms and software
patent litigation. In addition to being qualified as a solicitor, he is also qualified as a European and
Chartered British patent attorney, with full rights of audience to appear in intellectual property
proceedings at all levels in the English High Court. He is also qualified and admitted as an attorney in
New York. Nicholas is the author of the practitioners work “A Guide to the EPC 2000” and is the
consulting editor and author of the UK intellectual property, European patents and European
enforcement chapters of the book “Intellectual Property in Electronics and Software” published by
Globe Law and Business.
Ingo Beckedorf, EPO
Ingo Beckedorf, Dr. iur., M.L.E., is the legally qualified Chairman of Technical Board of Appeal 3.2.07
(Mechanics) and a regular member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office.
In the latter he was rapporteur in decisions G2/12 and G2/13 (Tomatoes II and Broccoli II) and G1/16
(Disclaimers III) and member i.a. of the panels deciding G3/14 (Clarity), G1/15 (Partial Priority) and
G1/18 (Filing of an Appeal). Before joining the Boards of Appeal in 2007, he was a judge at the Han-
seatic Higher Regional Court Hamburg (GER), legal counsel to the Court’s President in court man-
agement matters and legal counsel to the Constitutional Court of Hamburg. He also held a position
outside the judiciary as attaché de presse and deputy head of the Office of the European Parliament
in Germany.
Gwilym Roberts, Kilburn & Strode / CIPA Honorary Secretary
Heavily involved in CIPA’s Patents Committee, Gwilym is closely involved in responding to patent
office consultations especially in the area of future changes and improvements to the system. In his
professional life he advises clients on all aspects of the patent process including IP audit and capture,
IP filing strategies and patent portfolio management techniques. He acts for a range of clients
including individuals, SMEs, Universities and spin outs through to multi-nationals and handles a
broad and diverse range of cases before the UK Patent Office, EPO and WIPO. He is a visiting
Professor at QMUL, President of the British Group of UNION, Chairman of Kilburn & Strode LLP and
a Council Member of CIPA
Greg Corcoran, ASML Corporate Intellectual Property
Greg Corcoran is a chartered and European patent attorney at ASML. ASML is a global supplier of
silicon chip fabrication equipment which is based in the Netherlands. Greg’s practice covers the full
lifecycle of a patent from invention identification and patent drafting through to risk assessment and
litigation support. He is a member of CIPA’s Congress Committee.
Anita Shaw, IBM
Anita Shaw is a dual qualified European and UK Patent Attorney at IBM. Having first trained in
general sciences and then tech, she has wide-ranging experience in protecting and harvesting IP as
well as monetising IP through deals, collaborations and licensing. Anita is involved in a number of
external initiatives in the broader European & UK IP & Legal professions: Policy work around
copyright and patents, EPI: Examiner for European Qualifying Examinations, Chartered Institute of
Patent Attorneys (CIPA): South and South coast Regional Representative, IP Inclusive: Founding
Member of IP&ME (a diversity network for BAME employees and their allies).
James Porter, IPO
James Porter is a Deputy Director at the Intellectual Property Office and a hearing officer in relation to
patents matters. As head of the Patents Legal Section, he is responsible for matters
concerning UK patents legislation and practice. He also has some wider responsibilities for IP
legislative change and he led the Parliamentary Bill teams who delivered the IP Act 2014 and the
IP (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017. His most recent legislative work has been on aspects of IP law
affected by EU Exit. He joined the Office as a patent examiner, following a PhD in condensed matter
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AKERS Sophie Maughan, Cleveland Scott York
Sophie has over fifteen years’ experience advising clients on IP matters. She is qualified as both a
Patent Attorney and a Trade Mark Attorney, and advises clients on all aspects of IP protection and
enforcement relating to patents, trade marks and designs. She is described by The Legal 500 2013
as “proactive and professional”. In relation to patents, Sophie works with clients in the chemical and
life sciences fields. She has particular experience in working with clients in the medical field, in areas
such as orthopaedic implants, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and laboratory research equipment.
Sophie has gained extensive experience dealing with issues relating to methods of treatment and
diagnosis before the European Patent Office. Sophie works with multinational companies, SMEs and
universities on matters such as patent drafting, prosecution and infringement.
Alasdair Poore, Mills & Reeve / CIPA Council
Alasdair is Head of the Intellectual Property Team at Mills & Reeve LLP, advising on protection of
intellectual property and technology contracting especially in the IT and public procurement sectors.
He is a past President of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and Editor of the CIPA Journal.
Alasdair has a mixed Natural Sciences and Law degree, following which he qualified as a barrister,
before joining Shell’s Patents and Licensing Department, working in London and Canada prior to
moving into practice as a lawyer and patent attorney. Alasdair is also Deputy Chair of the Litigation
Committee of CIPA and member of CIPA’s Trade Marks and Patents Committees
Gordon Harris, Gowling WLG
Gordon Harris is Global Co-Head of IP at Gowling WLG. He has specialised in IP enforcement for
over 30 years, originally working across the full range of IP rights but for many years now specialising
in patent litigation. Gordon conducts litigation in all UK and European Courts for clients seeking to
protect their IP or who have been accused of infringing other people’s rights. His highest profile win
was in the Supreme Court in Virgin v Zodiac. He is on the Committee of the Intellectual Property
Lawyers’ Association and has worked in that capacity to inform the government in respect of aspects
of the proposed Unified Patents Court and Brexit.
Stephen Jones, CIPA Immediate Past President
Stephen is the Immediate Past President of CIPA and was formerly editor for 15 years of the CIPA
Guide to the Patents Acts. He is a UK and European patent attorney and trade mark attorney. He is
also an accredited mediator and a solicitor-advocate. During a career spanning nearly 40 years he
has practised with major international law firms, with one of the leading UK patent attorney firms and
in house at a major industrial company. He was most recently a partner and then consultant at Baker
& McKenzie where he worked for 17 years. He is a visiting professor at the University of Law
(formerly the College of Law), a visiting lecturer at University College London and tutor on the IP
Diploma Course of the University of Oxford. He is also a Council Member of AIPPI UK.
Stephen Lester, Flint Engineering
A founding partner of Flint Engineering, Stephen has driven the company through 7 years of research
relating to the flat heat mat. During this time, successful research and development projects funded
by Government, the EU and private companies have seen the successful delivery of results in flat
heat pipe technology, leading to applications which are now approaching commercialisation. The
latest and most advanced of these is currently part of negotiations with The Chinese State Shipping
Company to set up joint venture factory with a value of £5 million. All of these projects, both past and
ongoing, have been brought in on time and budget. Prior to Flint, Stephen spent 30 years in IT as
a project manager responsible for many multi- million pound projects in both the public and private
sectors.
Alexandra Seymour-Pierce, Venner Shipley
Alexandra is a UK Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney at Venner Shipley LLP.
She joined the patent profession in 2014, following a PhD in Engineering Physics from University
College London, during which she designed and tested sports equipment for use by Team GB
athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She is a member of CIPA’s Congress Steering
Committee.
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