Name: US Patent Reform Forum: Industry perspectives; ITC proceedings; Kappos Keynote
Start: 2012-03-27T14:45:00Z
End: 2012-03-27T17:17:53.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 4

‘What keeps in-house counsel awake at night?’ is one way to summarise our editorial focus. We aim to track the strategies of in-house IP counsel within companies, big and small, by speaking directly to them about the day-to-day issues they face. Law firms need practical information that they can apply when advising their clients, and companies find value in benchmarking their strategies with those of their peers. This is why we have adopted this approach in our subscription-based service. Our content is not reactionary or news-focused, but informed and actionable.

In this pursuit of in-house intelligence, we also publish several surveys each year that include exclusive data focusing on specific industry issues. These polls allow us to provide an accurate snapshot of how in-house counsel perceive and act on a given issue.

Our other core objective is interviewing senior judges, whose insight is valuable for many IP stakeholders. We find that the judiciary are vital for giving counsel, private and in-house, highly useful information for when they are locked in litigation. We continue to speak regularly with IP offices too.

Regardless of its specific intent, our coverage is global and encompasses (but is not limited to) the following areas:

Copyright;
Data;
Designs;
Patents;
Trademarks; and
Trade secrets 

Whether you are a general counsel or a brand protection expert dealing with a lot of infringers you are probably wondering: how can I identify who is threatening my brand the most, and make the biggest impact for my business? 

Wahl Clippers implemented a new brand protection strategy that prioritises large-scale counterfeiters instead of smaller distributors in order to make a bigger impact. By combining online and offline data – and being more strategic in the way they used their resources to target large-scale infringers – they have been able to see real tangible impact in their brand protection efforts worldwide. 

In this webinar, you will learn:
(1) What top actions Wahl Clippers’ legal team is taking to uncover and dismantle large-scale counterfeiters;
(2) How Wahl Clippers is leveraging data from multiple sources including Red Points’ brand protection software in order to zero in on infringers; and  
(3) Best practices to bridge the gap between online and offline investigation to act against physical factories, wholesalers, and seller networks.

The webinar will be held at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 5pm BST / 6pm CEST. The 50-minute webinar will be moderated by Red Points’ VP of Brand Relationships, Daniel Shapiro, and have Wahl Clippers Corporation’s IP attorney, Atika Prasad, as a guest speaker. The webinar will be followed by a Q&A session.

Combining online and offline investigations to stop large-scale infringers

How do IP leaders report on metrics of brand protection software? In fact, how do they even define them? 
While many rely on spreadsheets to monitor performance, others are using self-created reports to share with stakeholders and showcase brand protection efforts and success.

There are a number of methods for measuring brand value. These involve looking at revenue gain, regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection, and many other areas necessary for protecting brands.

Join our webinar and learn how IP leaders are defining, measuring, monitoring, and reporting on their brand protection software.

In this webinar you’ll learn:
1.	Real-world examples of how IP leaders are using brand protection software to bolster their brand protection programs 
2.	What you should expect from using brand protection software 
3.	Metrics & KPIs you can track to effectively measure a brand protection software success

Online brand protection: How IP leaders define, track, report & assess KPIs?

The current pandemic situation is unsettling, yet we hope temporary. This webinar will look at nine key skills you can work on during this time and ongoing, that will help to future proof your career - both in terms of the current situation and other changes that are happening regardless. These key skills are our non-technical 'soft' skills which are frequently neglected, yet essential to progress in your career and improve your firm's performance.

Skills to work on to future proof your career

Join executive coach Alicia Sutton for this 30 minute webinar.
Do you often find yourself wondering whether or not you’ve demonstrated the right level of assertiveness? This uncertainty can impact our effectiveness and self-confidence. With the increase of virtual working, it can be even more challenging to gauge how well you’re representing yourself in conversations with colleagues and clients. This engaging and interactive session will support you in having clarity on how to stand up for yourself, whilst also creating warmth and connection in your relationships.

Enhancing your assertiveness for greater self confidence

In Part 1 we covered - How to Identify your Personal Brand.

That’s a great first step but your personal brand is no use if only you know about it! You need to take proactive steps to raise your visibility. This 30 minute seminar will provide tried and tested tips on how to do this.

I’m not about to suggest you all start speaking at international conferences if that’s not your thing.  There are introverted and extraverted ways to do this.  Yes, stretch outside your comfort zone but I’m not asking you to terrify yourself.
It’s about finding natural ways to share with people:
•what you do,
•what they can expect from you,
•how they will benefit from having a working relationship with you,
•your interests and where you want to go in the future.

Raising your visibility (part 2)

The western part of Africa is known for its vast population, cultural diversity and illustrious commercial activities that traverse the several countries that make up the sub-region. With trade and commerce deeply and historically embedded in the lifestyle and cultures of the people, it is no wonder that the use and protection of intellectual property rights is a significant concern – as well as a treasure trove of opportunities. 
 
Together, the trio of IP experts from Jackson Etti and Edu dissect the underlining issues surrounding trade and commerce cultures in West Africa and further advise on the best strategies to protect IP rights in this region. In this webinar, we will discuss cultural patterns such as the appetite for foreign goods, the relatively open borders and free trade system being operated in the region, the national and regional IP filing systems and how all of these come together to paint an interesting picture in the IP space. Join us on the 9th of June as we uncover the treasures of West Africa.

Trade and commerce in West Africa and how it influences IP rights

What type of person do you imagine saying ‘I’m currently working on my personal brand?' For many people, it’s an unflattering image that comes to mind, usually of someone similar to the most annoying contestants on The Apprentice.

I’m with you on this, such people have me ready to run in the opposite direction. The thing is, you have a personal brand whether you realise it or not. People are making judgments about you all the time based on your: work, behaviours, communication style, appearance etc. It matters because it’s a key factor in: 
•whether opportunities and clients come your way, 
•whether people want to help you on projects and
•whether people buy into what you are trying to achieve.

So, identifying your brand and raising its visibility, are vital.

This 30 minute webinar will explore the first step in this journey – How to Identify your Personal Brand.

For step two, join Part 2: Raising your visibility, next week.

How to Identify your Personal Brand (part one)

Join Alexandra Durnford, coach and former crisis management consultant, for 45 minutes to discuss how you can coach yourself and leaders as we navigate through the Covid-19 crisis by borrowing from best practice crisis management. 

There are a number of similarities between effective crisis management and coaching which we can use to help ourselves and those we work with, to adapt to the ‘new normal’ and create sustainable working practices. These include focusing on:

- Creating time and space to achieve perspective and insight 
- Discipline of thought and approach 
- Emotional Intelligence.

Coaching in a crisis

‘Uncertain,’ fast-moving’ and ‘unprecedented’ have been the buzzwords of the last two months. As this feeling of flux is likely to continue for some time, it is vital to develop mechanisms for coping. Join Executive Coach Julie Smith for 30 minutes as she shares a selection of tools to build and maintain your resilience during these unusual times.

Resilience during uncertainty

Finding the time to lead - and knowing how to do it well - can be difficult at the best of times. It can be challenging to figure out how to balance doing your own legal work with the responsibility of managing and motivating your teams and colleagues.

During a crisis, when working lives and social interactions are disrupted, it can feel overwhelming and almost impossible to do effectively, remotely. Yet our personal experience and studies show that now, more than ever, is when we all want and need great leadership. It’s become essential. What can you do to improve how you show up as a leader for others while you’re in lockdown?

This 45 minute session will give you immediate practical takeaways based on the latest leadership research. It will help you not only focus on what’s important during COVID-19 but also give you the tools to enable you, your colleagues and your business to come out better and stronger on the other side.

Leadership for Lawyers: how to stay visible and show up as a leader

Few organisations saw COVID coming, and it is causing massive global disruption right now. How are you navigating this challenging time? 

In this 45 minute webinar, Nicki Deeson will talk through:

•The change curve that we all have to go through to be successful in the new COVID world 
•How to negotiate that as leaders
•The importance and ways to maintain work life balance.  

Only by building our own resilience, can we be the best leaders we can possibly 
be. This webinar will help you do that.

How to adjust to Covid-19 while keeping a good work/life balance

This webinar will focus on techniques and skills to develop (and keep) new business. 

The speakers will discuss various ways to make contacts and build networks to reach potential clients, including how this can be done during these difficult times. Calling on their own personal experiences, they will discuss what worked and what they wished they had done differently, particularly early in their careers. They will also talk about how to focus on and win the business you want, and equally important, how to keep it once you have it.

Honing your business development skills

Millions of locations online are dedicated to infringing intellectual property, including by offering copyright content without any licence and selling counterfeit products. It doesn’t stop there.  Infringers will fake accounts to harvest data, run operations to trap people into paying for services that they never receive and give access to products that are illegal and often dangerous.

All responsible Internet operators can play their part in stopping this proliferation of unlawful activity online.  Hosts of websites act to take down an illegal website when notified.  Social media platforms remove harmful posts when notified. 

But search engines will do very little, if anything.  Indexing the world’s information has gone too far. 

So, what can be done to redress the balance? 

Join us as we analyse:
• What is happening online, with practical case study examples on issues affecting the pharma, sports, consumer product, motoring and electrical sectors
• The case law that shows how search engines can be required to do more
• What next steps brands can take to get more cooperation from search engines

Jointly hosted by Incopro and Managing IP

Search Engines can do more to protect your intellectual property

Join Olivares and Managing IP for a complimentary webinar on May 14th at 4pm GMT/11am EST as we review the interplay between Cannabis and IP in Mexico. 

Topics to be discussed include:

• Regulation of the use of Cannabis in Mexico.
• Current legal framework.
• Intellectual Property & Cannabis.
• International trade law issues.
• Cannabis business in Mexico from the corporate perspective.
• Steps and predicted developments on the legal framework of Cannabis in Mexico.

Intellectual Property & Cannabis in Mexico

Join Gowling WLG and Managing IP for a complimentary webinar on February 12 at 4pm GMT/11am EST as we review the challenges posed by the future development of connected cars and autonomous vehicles. Guest speakers Matt Hervey and James Nurton will discuss strategies for innovative and disruptive technology trends. Topics to be discussed include:
• Challenges to the automotive industry: scale of investment needed, new entrants, competition for AI skills 
• Patentability of AI in automotive applications 
• Alternatives to patenting including the importance of trade secrets, copyright, designs and branding
• Is data properly recognised in IP?
• SEPs and connected vehicles and the potential for standards for AVs 
• Growth of litigation in the automotive sector and licensing models 
• IP for mobility as a service

IP and the automotive sector

Coaching is now a key component of many development packages, but do we really understand what it is and how to use it to our advantage?
In this practical session we’ll explore the following questions:
•What is coaching and what isn’t coaching?
•What type of challenges and goals can coaching help with?
•What happens in the coaching process?
•Are you ‘coachable’?
•How do you find a coach and assess whether they are the right fit for you?

Julie Smith is Director and Coach at Pressurevalve Ltd.  As well as being a qualified executive coach, she’s also an experienced leader with 15+ years in management positions.  Ten of these were in senior posts, including heading national operations and an interim CEO post.  This means she understands the complexities, challenges and rewards of leadership. Key success factors in her coaching include helping people develop: skills in viewing situations from different perspectives, self-awareness, decision-making, confidence, self-belief, self-coaching and resilience. As well as coaching, Julie: designs and facilitates sessions for leadership programmes in London and New York, runs network groups for leaders and is Chair of the Global Taskforce of the American Express Leadership Academy, Alumni Network. If you’d like more information on Julie’s coaching services, plus self-coaching resources, visit: https://www.pressurevalvecoaching.com/free-stuff

Using coaching to advance your career

The data trends do not lie: China will soon become the top filer of IP in the world, both home and abroad. What does this mean for your business? Join RWS and Managing IP for our webinar China IP Trends: the shift in patent filing as we take a look at the data and give you tips to stay ahead of your competitors. Guest speakers Justin Simpson, RWS, founder of inovia and Xia Zheng, founder, president of AFD China Intellectual Property, will review trends from WIPO and discuss important strategies for filing in China, including some of the advantages of their system and common mistakes even experienced filers fall victim to.

•Keys to Success: Understanding the Patent System in China

•National Filing Numbers in China: Looking at the Data

China IP Trends: the shift in patent filing

Join RWS inovia, Minesoft & Managing IP Magazine for a complimentary webinar on March 30, 2017 at 3pm GMT/ 10am EST, as we review challenges and solutions associated with patent searching in China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. The webinar will also discuss filing trends in Asia compared to strategies in the West.

The changing landscape of IP in Asia: what you should know to stay ahead

10.50am An Industry Perspective: We lobbied the cause; the act was passed – where did we land?

• Case notes from the pharmaceuticals and life science industry perspective
• Comparative reflections from the IT and software industry
• Discussions on implications of AIA for the future of patenting
• Advantages of trade secrets in the light of AIA: Considering recent trade secrets case law
and developments

11.50 Key considerations: The Joinder Provision; ITC proceedings and the new rules on false marking
• Will the Joinder Provision of AIA result in more ITC filings?
• Analysisng the relationship between post-grant procedures, litigation and ITC investigations
• Pros and cons of ITC under AIA
• Is this the end of false marking litigation and how will or should ‘Competitive Injuries’ be
defined?
• A look at the opportunities and risks in the new enforcement landscape

12.50pm Keynote address: David Kappos, undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the USPTO

US Patent Reform Forum: Industry perspectives;  ITC proceedings;  Kappos Keynote

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