IPRIA Seminar Series
Raising the Inventive Step: A Look at the Issues
Free public seminars in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth proudly presented by IPRIA in association with IPTA
PRESENTERS:
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Tom Cordiner - The Victorian Bar
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Beth Webster - IPRIA, The University of Melbourne
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IP Australia is conducting a series of public consultations about the Australian patent system including whether to raise the bar for establishing an inventive step required for a patent. In this seminar, barrister Tom Cordiner talks about the current state of play of the debate and practical impacts of some of the detailed proposals. Associate Professor Beth Webster concludes with a discussion about the benefits of patent systems with high versus low inventive steps.
Tom Cordiner is an intellectual property and trade practices barrister of the Victorian Bar. He is also a registered Australian Patent Attorney and Trade Marks Attorney. He has both conducted, and been junior in, numerous trials and interlocutory disputes, predominantly in the Supreme and Federal Courts. Most recently he appeared in the special leave application to the High Court in UWA v Gray and, relevantly to this talk, has been involved in numerous patent infringement and revocation disputes. Tom is a member of the Licensing Executives' Society of Australia and New Zealand (LESANZ), the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) and the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (IPTA). He also contributes quarterly to the law journal, IP Forum.
Beth Webster is an economist and Director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA) and Principal Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (University of Melbourne). Beth has undertaken wide-ranging research on the economics of innovation, intellectual property, as well as more general research on the performance of Australian enterprises. She has published widely including over 100 articles, books and reports. She is currently a member of the Advisory Council for Intellectual Property and has previously been a Commissioner for the Victorian State Services Authority and a member of the Bracks’ Review into the Automotive Industry.
Presentation - Beth Webster; Presentation - Tom Cordiner
DATE: Tuesday 18 May 2010, 6:30pm (Refreshments from 6pm)
VENUE: Fisher Adams Kelly - Level 29, 12 Creek Street, BRISBANE (map)
COST: Free of charge
DATE: Wednesday 19 May 2010, 1pm (Refreshments from 12:30pm)
VENUE: Davies Collison Cave - Level 14, 255 Elizabeth Street, SYDNEY (map)
COST: Free of charge
DATE: Friday 21 May 2010, 1pm (Refreshments from 12:30pm)
VENUE: Allens Arthur Robinson - Level 34, 530 Collins Street, MELBOURNE (map)
COST: Free of charge
DATE: Thursday 17 June 2010, 1pm (Refreshments from 12:30pm)
VENUE: Cliftons Training Centre - Level 1, 80 King William Street, ADELAIDE
COST: Free of charge
DATE: Friday 18 June 2010, 1pm (Refreshments from 12:30pm)
VENUE: Cliftons Training Centre - Australia Place , Cnr William Street & St George's Terrace, PERTH
COST: Free of charge
Continuing Professional Development
NATIONAL
Professional Standards Board
The Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys has advised that
attendance at this seminar will enable Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys to claim 1 CPE point.
QLD
The Bar Association of Queensland
The Bar Association of Queensland
have advised that attendance at
this seminar will attract 1 CPD
point (non allocated strand)
NSW
The New South Wales Bar Association
NSW Barristers can claim 1 CPD point per hour of attendance at this seminar in the substantive law strand.
The Law Society of New South Wales
If this particular educational activity is relevant
to your immediate or long term needs in
relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one “unit” for each hour of attendance,
refreshment breaks not included.
VIC
The Victorian Bar
The Continuing Legal Education
Committee of the Victorian Bar have
advised that attendance at this seminar
will enable barristers to claim 1 CPD
point in the fields of substantive law
and professional skills.
SEMINAR CONTACT: Michelle Wilson, IPRIA, Alan Gilbert Building, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010
Telephone: (03) 8344 2153 Fax: (03) 8344 2111
Email: mawils@unimelb.edu.au