Events
March 2025
AUTM 2025 Annual Meeting - Washington, US
2 - 5 March
The AUTM Annual Meeting is the largest gathering for technology transfer professionals worldwide. In just a few days, attendees gain valuable insights from industry leaders and experts while exploring the latest trends and best practices in technology transfer. The event offers opportunities for professional development, including networking meetings to strengthen connections and educational sessions on key industry topics. Following the strong interest and positive feedback from our UPC panel discussion at AUTM 2024, HOFFMANN EITLE partners Leonard Werner-Jones and Anne Katrin Schön are back to participate in a further panel discussion. After more than a year of activity at the Unified Patent Court (UPC), they will join experts from four different corners of the profession to share key insights and lessons learned in “European Patents and The Unified Patent Court: Insights and Lessons from the First Year.”
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Past events in 2024
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12 December
Juracon is one of the leading career fairs for attorneys-at-law in Germany. It also serves as a popular platform for networking, knowledge exchange, and professional development. This year at BMW Welt in Munich, visit the Hoffmann Eitle stand to meet Isabelle Kuschel, Mike Gruber, Robin de Meyere and Eve O Connor and gain insight into careers at a leading patent law firm.
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4 - 5 December
ACI’s 7th Annual Life Sciences IP Due Diligence Summit is devoted to providing corporate and IP counsel with the tools and critical information to develop winning strategies and ensure strong, valuable, and protected IP Assets that can hold up under pressure. The esteemed speakers will provide insights on what to look for during the due diligence process, how to strategize in a shifting landscape, and how to avoid potential patent pitfalls. On behalf of HOFFMANN EITLE Thorsten Bausch and Christopher Schoene will attend. Our partner Thorsten Bausch will also present "Revisiting the Significance of Unitary Patents, the Unified Patent Court, and Other Developments in Key European Jurisdictions for U.S. IP Due Diligence Strategies".
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18 - 21 November
This year’s APAA Council Meeting will take place in Manila, Philippines. This event is designed to illuminate the forefront of intellectual property through productive workshops, round table discussions on emerging topics, and networking opportunities. HOFFMANN EITLE partner Michaela Ring will be there and looks forward to connect and exchange ideas during this four-day event.
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12 - 13 November
This year, our annual CPPC seminar is scheduled to be held in-person in Tokyo on 12 November (Tue) and 13 November (Wed).
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4 - 6 November
BIO-Europe is Europe’s leading life sciences partnering event gathering over 5,500 attendees from across the biotech, pharma, and finance sectors to facilitate business development and partnerships. A great opportunity to connect with delegates spanning the global life science ecosystem in only three days. Stephan Wickles will represent HOFFMANN EITLE at this premier biotech and pharma partnering event in Stockholm.
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24 - 26 October
This year's AIPLA Annual Meeting will take place at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, MD. This three-day event offers CLE panels, committee meetings, expanded skills workshops, and networking events for IP professionals worldwide. The HOFFMANN EITLE partners attending are Thomas Becher, Chloe Holloway, Roland Schieren, Isabelle Kuschel and Jeremias Wollschlaeger.
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20 - 22 October
The 2024 IP Law & Management Institute will offer IP Leaders navigating this evolving IP landscape, the opportunity to connect with peers from other leading organizations, who will serve as a strong network and sounding board for ideas and information exchange on strategies to help guide one another through these disruptive times. Over the course of the two-and-a-half-day event, a series of panels, interactive roundtables, think tanks, and keynote presentations will be showcased. HOFFMANN EITLE partners Axel Esser and Roland Schieren will attend and host a think tank on 'European Patents and the Unified Patent Court - Insigts and Lessons from the First Year.'
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8 - 10 October
This industry premier life science legal event will gather the leading pharmaceutical and biotech professionals for 3 days of practical discussion on the protection of pharmaceutical drugs based on patent and regulatory exclusivities. HOFFMANN EITLE is sponsoring this year's Summit as a Gold Partner and presenting at the SPC & PTE Forum.
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24 - 27 September
MARQUES is a European association representing the interests of brand owners. The 2024 MARQUES Annual Conference will be held in Stockholm. The theme of this year's conference will focus on 'The Many Traits of the Trademark Expert'. HOFFMANN EITLE partner and attorney-at-law, Isabelle Kuschel, will attend this year's conference.
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22 - 24 September
The IPO Annual Meeting offers a mix of educational programs featuring leaders in the IP industry, committee meetings, networking opportunities, sponsors, exhibitors, and more. This must-attend event brings together IP professionals from around the world to discuss strategies, trends, and best practices. HOFFMANN EITLE partner Adam Lacy will attend this year's meeting in Chicago.
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16 - 17 September
This year's Annual Conference of LES Scandinavia will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. This two-day event will explore the latest trends in IP and examine the effects of new developments. HOFFMANN EITLE partners Mike Gruber and Morten Garberg will speak at the conference and share their first experiences with the UPC.
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June 25 - 27
For more than two decades, HOFFMANN EITLE has organised the Life Science IP Seminar in Munich every two years. The seminar will deal with current topics of intellectual property protection for inventions in the field of life sciences. It is considered by many to be an important opportunity to keep updated of developments and is characterised by a very high number of experts from the industry and the legal profession.
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March 7
Explore discussions on AI's influence on technology, economics, ethical dimensions, and the legal intricacies of intellectual property. Connect with influential figures from leading universities, institutions, law firms and companies, shaping the future of AI. At the event, we will also present the volume titled Digital Single Market and Artificial Intelligence, based on an event held in Milan in October 2022 and expanded with international contributors to include recent developments on the AI Act in Europe.
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January 19, 9 am or 6 pm CET
Our litigation experts and UPC representatives Niels Hölder, Anne Schön, Mike Gruber and Thorsten Bausch gave an update on past decisions, hearings, and procedural orders, and provided takeaways for your litigation strategy.