Events
September 2024
LES Scandinavia Annual Conference 2024 - Copenhagen, Denmark
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.
IPO Annual Meeting - Chicago, USA
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.
MARQUES 38th Annual Conference - Stockholm, Sweden
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.
October 2024
Life Sciences IP Summit & Exclusivity - Munich, Germany
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.
IP Law & Management Institute - Los Angeles, USA
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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November 2024
Comparative patent practice conference (CPPC)
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).
CPPC Website
Past events
Life Science IP Seminar
June 25 - 27, 2024
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.
The first six months of the UPC
January 19, 2024, 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.
Digital Single Market and Artificial Intelligence: AI Act and Intellectual Property in the Digital Transition
March 7, 2024
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.