Program

Thursday, October 24
13:30 - 18:00 (JST)
By the Court - Mock Trials and Panel Discussion

Mock Trial by Japan, the Unified Patent Court, the United States and England & Wales
(Cases Where Patent Validity is Disputed in Patent Infringement Litigation)

Panel Discussion (Examination of Patent Validity in Court)

13:30 Opening Remarks: YASUNAMI Ryosuke
Justice, Supreme Court
13:40 Case explanation
13:45 Mock Trial by Japan: Presiding Judge
SHIMIZU Hibiku
Presiding Judge, Intellectual Property High Court; Associate Judge
MOTOYOSHI Hiroyuki
Judge, Intellectual Property High Court; KIKUCHI Eri
Judge, Intellectual Property High Court; Attorneys
SAGARA Yuriko
Attorney at Law, Partner, Nakamura & Partners; HATTORI Makoto
Vice Chairperson of Intellectual Property Center of the Japan Federation; Judicial Research Official
TAKENAKA Kenshi
Judicial Research Official, Intellectual Property High Court; Technical Advisors
NAKANO Yuji
Judicial Research Official, Intellectual Property High Court; Narrator
RAI Shin-ichi
Judge, Intellectual Property High Court
14:15 Mock Trial by the Unified Patent Court: Judge
Klaus Grabinski
President, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court; Attorneys
Anne Marie Verschuur
Partner, DE BRAUW BLACKSTONE WESTBROEK; Christof Augenstein
Partner, KATHER AUGENSTEIN
14:45 Mock Trial by the United States: Judge
Jennifer Choe-Groves
Federal Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade; Attorneys
David Albagli
Local Partner, White & Case LLP; Fadi N. Kiblawi
Partner, Sughrue Mion, PLLC
15:15 Mock Trial by England & Wales: Judge
James Mellor
Justice, Chancery Division and the Patents Court, the High Court of England & Wales; Attorneys
Zoë Butler
Partner, Powell Gilbert; Alex Wilson
Partner, Powell Gilbert
15:40 Break
16:00 Panel Discussion Examination of Patent Validity in Court: Moderators
AMANO Kenji
Judge, Intellectual Property High Court; SAGARA Yuriko
Attorney at Law, Partner, Nakamura & Partners; Panelists
SHIMIZU Hibiku
Presiding Judge, Intellectual Property High Court; HATTORI Makoto
Vice Chairperson of Intellectual Property Center of the Japan Federation; Klaus Grabinski
President, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court; James Mellor
Justice, Chancery Division and the Patents Court, the High Court of England & Wales; Jennifer Choe-Groves
Federal Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade; *Other panelists to be announced
17:50 Remarks: HONDA Tomonari
Chief Judge, Intellectual Property High Court
18:00 Scheduled to end