Jornades d’estudi i d’actualització en matèria de patents (Els Dilluns de patents)

10:00 - 11:20 h

Generative AI: How is it Changing the Role of the Patent Attorney?

PONENTE:

Timothy Powell (UK Patent Attorney and EPA, now at Two IP)

The presentation will address the following aspects:

· Key features of AI tools available for patent attorneys
· Impact on client confidentiality and invention novelty
· From originator to checker? The new roles in patent, response and opposition drafting
· Avoiding the plausibility trap
· We’re all fluent in English (or Chinese, or Spanish) now
· Are our clients now our competitors?
· Firm structures and organisational aspects:
       · Will we ever hire another trainee?
       · How many paralegals do we need?
· How much should we charge for AI-generated work?
· How green is AI?

(La ponència s’oferirà en anglès)

11:40 - 13:00 h

Two years that have changed patent litigation in Europe

PONENTE:

Enric Carbonell (EPA, partner & head of BCN office at ABG IP)

The presentation will address the following aspects:

- Evolution of the Unitary Patent System and the Unified Patent Court (UPC)

- Selected Case Law of the UPC

· The territorial jurisdiction of the UPC
· Interaction between the UPC and other Bodies
· Provisional measures
· Change of language
· Representation
· Public access to documents
· Anti-anti-suit injunctions
· Costs determination
· Nullity by counterclaim
· Priority
· Claim interpretation
· Amendments
· Common general knowledge
· Inventive step
· Prior use defens+e
· Infringement by equivalence

- Spanish companies and the UPC

(La ponència s’oferirà en castellà, amb profusió de materials en anglès)