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CROSSING THE DIVIDE:
CURRENT TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL LICENSING
With an emphasis on intellectual property rights and current trends in licensing strategies and regimes, this panel will provide an in-depth look at everything from patent standards and pools, to cross-border cooperation among standards committees, to trademark and copyright licensing, to cross-border enforcement challenges and strategies.
MODERATOR:
Bert Oosting, Partner
Lovells LLP, Netherlands
Bert Oosting heads the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Group as well as the Pharmaceutical Group of the Amsterdam office of Lovells. His practice encompasses all areas of intellectual property and information technology, as well as pharmaceutical law. MORE>
PANELISTS:
Tim Bruinsma, Partner
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, United States
Tim Bruinsma is a corporate and business attorney with extensive experience in international transactions. He has a broad legal practice that emphasizes corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and project finance matters. Mr. Bruinsma’s practice also includes real estate, licensing, distributorships, and other commercial transactions, particularly in an international context. MORE>
Nelson G. Dong, Partner
Dorsey & Whitney LLP, United States
Nelson Dong is a partner in Dorsey's corporate group, and co-chair of the firm's Technology Commerce Practice Group and Asian Law Practice Group. He represents technology companies in venture capital financing, technology transfer and distribution agreements, and other domestic and international technology and intellectual property transactions. MORE>
Boh Young Hwang, Partner
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, Korea
Boh Young Hwang is a partner in the IP Practice Group at Bae, Kim & Lee. She has served as lead counsel in many major and well-known IP cases in Korea, including the 1995 Supreme Court case regarding Samsung's laser print cartridge, which recognized indirect patent infringement for the first time in Korea. MORE>
Hideki Kojima, Senior Partner
Kojima Law Offices, Japan
Hideki Kojima established Kojima Law Offices, a private commercial/corporate law firm in Tokyo, specializing in transnational investment and contractual matters for Japanese and foreign clients, in 1984. His areas of legal expertise include intellectual property, licensing agreements, cross-border arbitration, antitrust law, and outbound investment. MORE>
Harry Melkonian, Principal
Melkonian & Co., Australia
Harry Melkonian’s practice specializes in international trademark, copyright, and defamation law. He represents publishing and media clients in different parts of the world and is regularly involved in both litigation and alternate dispute resolution concerning intellectual property and media issues on the Internet as well as traditional markets.
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CURRENT TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL LICENSING
With an emphasis on intellectual property rights and current trends in licensing strategies and regimes, this panel will provide an in-depth look at everything from patent standards and pools, to cross-border cooperation among standards committees, to trademark and copyright licensing, to cross-border enforcement challenges and strategies.
MODERATOR:
Bert Oosting, Partner
Lovells LLP, Netherlands
Bert Oosting heads the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Group as well as the Pharmaceutical Group of the Amsterdam office of Lovells. His practice encompasses all areas of intellectual property and information technology, as well as pharmaceutical law. MORE>PANELISTS:
Tim Bruinsma, Partner
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, United States
Tim Bruinsma is a corporate and business attorney with extensive experience in international transactions. He has a broad legal practice that emphasizes corporate finance, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and project finance matters. Mr. Bruinsma’s practice also includes real estate, licensing, distributorships, and other commercial transactions, particularly in an international context. MORE>Nelson G. Dong, Partner
Dorsey & Whitney LLP, United States
Nelson Dong is a partner in Dorsey's corporate group, and co-chair of the firm's Technology Commerce Practice Group and Asian Law Practice Group. He represents technology companies in venture capital financing, technology transfer and distribution agreements, and other domestic and international technology and intellectual property transactions. MORE>Boh Young Hwang, Partner
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, Korea
Boh Young Hwang is a partner in the IP Practice Group at Bae, Kim & Lee. She has served as lead counsel in many major and well-known IP cases in Korea, including the 1995 Supreme Court case regarding Samsung's laser print cartridge, which recognized indirect patent infringement for the first time in Korea. MORE>Hideki Kojima, Senior Partner
Kojima Law Offices, Japan
Hideki Kojima established Kojima Law Offices, a private commercial/corporate law firm in Tokyo, specializing in transnational investment and contractual matters for Japanese and foreign clients, in 1984. His areas of legal expertise include intellectual property, licensing agreements, cross-border arbitration, antitrust law, and outbound investment. MORE>Harry Melkonian, Principal
Melkonian & Co., Australia
Harry Melkonian’s practice specializes in international trademark, copyright, and defamation law. He represents publishing and media clients in different parts of the world and is regularly involved in both litigation and alternate dispute resolution concerning intellectual property and media issues on the Internet as well as traditional markets.
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