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
Christof Augenstein
Partner, KATHER AUGENSTEIN
David Albagli
Local Partner, White&Case LLP
Zoë Butler
Partner, Powell Gilbert
17:50
Remarks
HONDA Tomonari
Chief Judge, Intellectual Property High Court
18:00
Scheduled to end