16 April 2024

What a chemist needs to know about patents 2024

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SCI, London, UK

Synopsis

Intellectual Property (IP) is one of the major outputs of all Research and Development (R&D) organisations, yet remains an area most scientists are unfamiliar with. SCI’s Young Chemists’ Panel in collaboration with UK-based patent and trademark attorneys and litigators, EIP, will hold this one-day workshop to introduce patent law and IP to those with a scientific background.

Attendees

This event will bring together R&D and legal staff covering a broad spectrum of industries and is particularly relevant to those who wish to learn more about patents and IP in their field. This highly successful event has proved popular with previous attendees and speakers alike, as a chance to gain insight into the world of patents and IP from leading professionals in their field.

Exhibition and Sponsorship

For further information and prices, please email conferences@soci.org.

Programme

Tuesday 16 April 2024

09.00: Registration and refreshments
09.20: Introduction and welcome
09.30: What is a patent, how do you get one, who owns it, how long does it take, how long does it last, what rights does it give you and what does it all mean?
What is a patent? Dr Darren Smyth
10.00: Who should be included as an inventor of a patent? Issues relating to ownership of patents and the importance of inventorship and experimental records.
Inventorship and ownership of patents, Jared Barnard
10.30: What is a patentable chemical invention? What are the requirements for patentability?
Patentability before the patent office, Dr Darren Smyth
11.00: Refreshment break
11.30: Litigation case studies of patent validity
Patentability when you are in court, Dr Robert Lundie Smith
12.00: Relative strengths of patents; strategies to cover your product's unique selling point; how to decide which countries to seek protection; building a patent portfolio for optimum effect.
Patent filing strategies; a pharmaceutical industry perspective, Dr Jen Le Mière
13.00: Lunch
14.00: How to read and interpret a patent specification. Patents as a source of information. Varieties of patent claims used in a chemical context. Timing of patent filings for optimising protection and value.
Patent specifications and chemical claims, Dr Darren Smyth
14.40: How to proceed when your patent is infringed - or you are accused of infringing. What constitutes patent infringement? Strategies to avoid infringement. Unitary Patent.
Infringement and enforcement, Dr Robert Lundie Smith
15.20: Refreshment break
15.50: What happens when a patent is litigated in the US and how you can prepare now for when your patents are litigated. Discussion of the duty to disclose relevant information to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office when obtaining a U.S. patent
US patent litigation, Jared Barnard
16.30: Before litigation: monitoring for infringement/infringers; how your (written) past may come back to haunt you & discovery; dealing with experts; managing multi-country litigation.
Patent litigation from an in-house perspective, Dr Jen Le Mière
17.10: Panel session
17.30: Networking reception

Further details will be announced in due course.

Venue and Contact

SCI

14/15 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PS

Conference Team

Tel: +44 (0)20 7598 1561

Email: conferences@soci.org

Booking Process/Deadlines

Booking terms and conditions

CPD Info

SCI Members attending this meeting are able to claim CPD points.

Organising committee

Joseph Howard, SCI / Bio-Techne
William Waddington, SCI / Pfizer
Fahima Idiris, SCI / Pharmaron