“Thoughts on Employee’s Invention-Lessons from German Experience-“
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology， the Univ. of Tokyo and System Strategy Building Group， the Intellectual Property Association of Japan (TBC)
Goal of the Conference:
“How should we protect the right of an employee-inventor in a company?” This is one of the most critical issues for Japan to transform into a Knowledge-based Economy. Interestingly， German law， which we followed historically， is now attempting to abolish its 45 years’ insistence on the Employee’s Invention Law. We will discuss this issue to find out the right direction to give a right legal protection for an employee-inventor， with a leading German lawyer， with any updates of German evolution after its National Election in September.
Date: December 2nd， 2002 Open at 1:00pm; Starting at 1:30pm; Ending at 3:30pm
Place: Star Room， Westin Hotel Tokyo
Number of Seats: 100 seats (If more than 100， we will select attendants randomly.)
Registration: Please register at an application form
Schedule: |
13:30-14:15
Session 1 |
“Employees’ Inventions in Germany”
Dr. Heinz Goddar， Boehmert and Boehmert， Germany |
| 14:15-14:30 |
Break |
14:30-15:15
Session 2 |
” Employees’ Invention in Japan Regarding Recent Cases” (English-Japanese translation will be prepared)
Professor Katsuya Tamai， Department of Intellectual Property， Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology， the Univ. of Tokyo |
| 15:15-15:30 |
Discussion |
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Speakers:
Dr. Heinz Goddar
Dr. Heinz Goddar， German Patent Attorney and European Patent and Trademark Attorney， is Partner of Boehmert & Boehmert and of Forrester & Boehmert， with his office at Munich. He is one of the senior partners of his firm and is particularly involved in international patent and licensing matters with a special interest in EU questions. He is an Associate Judge at the Senate for Patent Attorneys Matters at the German Federal Supreme Court and lectures Patent and Licensing Law at the University of Bremen. He is a Past President of LES International and of LES Germany.
Professor Katsuya Tamai
Professor Katsuya Tamai joined the RCAST in 1995 as an Associate Professor， then become a Professor in 1997. Prof. Tamai was deeply involved in establishing CASTI as a prominent leader in the field of industry-university collaboration in Japan. Also， he is also active in international IP law arena based on his experience at the GWU(U.S.)， the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and the Max-Planck Institute as a visiting scholar. He has just been appointed as the Secretary for the upcoming Tokyo Conference in 2003 by International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP).
Contacts：
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology（RCAST）
TEL: 03-3560-8326 / FAX： 03-3589-0468 |
