Scotland Meeting 2022

Audience

All

Programme & Speakers

Thursday 13th October 2022

• 12.30-13:30 Registration & networking lunch
• 13:30-13:40 Introduction from the Chair

  Speakers

  

  Magnus Johnston, Haseltine Lake Kempner

  Magnus Johnston, Haseltine Lake Kempner

  Magnus is a leading IP practitioner in the field of petrochemicals and materials chemistry, managing large patent portfolios and frequently representing clients at EPO Opposition and Appeal proceedings. As author/co-author of many peer-reviewed papers, he has a deep understanding of the technology, while maintaining a commercial perspective aided by his time seconded to the in-house team of a multinational US corporation. Magnus has considerable experience handling complex EPO Oppositions and Appeals, and uses practice points from these complex cases to further add value to his clients through his drafting and prosecution practice.

  Magnus is a long-standing member of the team at HLK, having joined the firm as a graduate trainee in 2003, and currently leads HLK’s Scottish Operations from their Glasgow office.

• 13:40 -14:25 - Oral proceedings via VICO at the EPO – an outlook

  Speakers

  

  Dr. Nataša Doslik, EPO

  Dr. Nataša Doslik, EPO

  Dr. Nataša Doslik holds a PhD in chemistry and is Senior Expert at the EPO, working in the sector Healthcare, Biotechnology and Chemistry. She is part of the expert group of the pilot project for oral proceedings by videoconference before opposition divisions, as well as of the expert group of the principle directorate PD Opposition and Central Formalities.

  

  Frédéric Bockstahl, EPO

  Frédéric Bockstahl, EPO

  Frédéric Bockstahl, FR, examiner Dir. 1001 and OPCF Dir. 1730, EPO The Hague. Graduated from Strasbourg University, France, with a PhD in nuclear chemistry in 2000. Joined the European Patent Office in 2001 as a patent examiner in Applied Physics. His domain of competence ranges from sampling and measuring materials, including optical materials, especially ophthalmic lenses, to chemical analysis. Since 2007, Frédéric is highly involved in opposition procedures as first member and chairperson on numerous cases covering technical fields ranging from mechanics to chemistry. He is further responsible for the drafting and coordination of the opposition training courses office wide.

• 14:25 - 14:35 - Customer Engagement International

  Speakers

  

  Peter Slater, IPO

  Peter Slater, IPO

  Peter has 32 years of experience working in the UKIPO during which he has been Deputy Director, Head of Examination in the field of Telecommunications, a Tribunal Hearing Officer and Head of Patent Information and Commercial Search Services. Peter is recognised as an expert in patent search and classification. He has previously held the post of Deputy Chairman of WIPO’s IPC Committee of Experts and has been responsible for the introduction of EPOQUENET and the Co-operative Patent Classification (CPC) here at the UKIPO. Peter is currently one of four Service Owners on our programme of digital transformation where he is most recently lead a project to introduce a new cross rights online renewal service. As Head of Business Support and IT Services, his previous achievements include the delivery of an integrated document management system, a successful mainframe migration and implementation of the Federated Register. Peter is a qualified Programme Manager with experience of contract negotiations and working with 3rd party suppliers to deliver IT solutions. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the EPO’s Technical and Operational Support Committee (TOSC) and has played a lead role in European Co-operation since 2006.

  

  Cerian Foulkes, IPO

  Cerian Foulkes, IPO

  International Business Support Officer

  As part of the IPO’s Customer Engagement Unit, Cerian leads on the IPO’s International IP Service to provide support for UK businesses planning to trade overseas.

  Cerian previously worked at the British Embassy Beijing, as the IPO’s IP Attaché for China. In this role she worked closely with Chinese government agencies on IP, to share UK expertise and best practice. Prior to this, Cerian worked as the Senior Innovation Policy Officer for the UK government’s Science and Innovation Network in China, and as programme lead for UK’s Research Councils China team.

• 14:35 - 15:10 - One IPO Transformation
• 15:10 - 15:30 - Refreshment Break
• 15:30 -16:15 - Testing Times in Education

  Speakers

  

  Chris Mercer, CIPA Council

  Chris Mercer, CIPA Council

  Chris Mercer joined the patent profession in 1975 and passed the UK Finals exams in 1979. For the majority of his career, Chris was either a partner or a consultant for Carpmaels & Ransford, with a large practice in oppositions and appeals at the EPO and litigation before the UK courts. Chris is a member of Council for CIPA and is also on a number of CIPA committees, including the Education, Patents and Litigation Committees. He is also on epi’s Council and on various epi Committees and was a founding member of EPLIT. Chris is a former president of both CIPA and epi. He appeared as an advocate in a Moot Court event in 1977.

• 16:15 - 17:00 - CIPA Talk

  Speakers

  

  Lee Davies, Chief Executive, CIPA

  Lee Davies, Chief Executive, CIPA

  Lee Davies has been the Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) since February 2012. Prior to this, Lee was the Deputy Chief Executive of the Institute for Learning (IfL), the professional body for further education teachers. Lee’s professional background is in engineering (mechanical services) and further education teaching. Lee has experience of the governance of professional bodies, having served as the President of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) in 2011-12.
  Lee says that such a varied career, from apprentice plumber to CEO of CIPA, via organisations such as the Highbury College in Portsmouth, the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) and IfL, has left him a little confused about his professional identity. Lee now identifies as an ‘association leader’, although the concept of association leadership is, in Lee’s words, “woefully undervalued and little recognised in the UK”. Lee is a passionate advocate for the association sector and is President and Chair of the Institute of Association Leadership (IAL), where he leads the Chief Executives’ Forum.

• 17:00 - 17:10 Closing remarks from the Chair

  Speakers

  

  Magnus Johnston, Haseltine Lake Kempner

  Magnus Johnston, Haseltine Lake Kempner

  Magnus is a leading IP practitioner in the field of petrochemicals and materials chemistry, managing large patent portfolios and frequently representing clients at EPO Opposition and Appeal proceedings. As author/co-author of many peer-reviewed papers, he has a deep understanding of the technology, while maintaining a commercial perspective aided by his time seconded to the in-house team of a multinational US corporation. Magnus has considerable experience handling complex EPO Oppositions and Appeals, and uses practice points from these complex cases to further add value to his clients through his drafting and prosecution practice.

  Magnus is a long-standing member of the team at HLK, having joined the firm as a graduate trainee in 2003, and currently leads HLK’s Scottish Operations from their Glasgow office.

• 17:10 – 19:00 Drinks reception with canapés

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