FICPI Focus 45

In this session Sharon Deal will discuss Emotional Intelligence, Authenticity and Wellbeing in an IP firm working environment with Louis-Pierre Gravelle, our Focus 45 Moderator. Bastiaan Koster, managing partner at Von Seidels IP Attorneys, will also join to give feedback on experiences in his firm on Emotional Intelligence, Authenticity and Wellbeing initiatives. Learn more about your ad choices....

In this session, Norman K. Clark, Managing Principal of Walker Clark discusses profit generation with Louis-Pierre Gravelle, our Focus 45 Moderator. Walker Clark works exclusively with the legal profession, and helps law firms to identify and capture the "low hanging fruit" in their internal operations, to make smarter investments in their people, and to build long-term sustainable profitability....

In this session, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, our Focus 45 Moderator will discuss Golf IP with Michael J. Kline of Roger Cleveland Golf Company and Roberto Pistolesi, FICPI President and golf aficionado. Roberto Pistolesi will further explore the world of IP and Golf with the help of an outstanding speaker from the golf industry: Michael J. Kline, Senior Corporate Counsel, Director of Intellectual Prope...

In this session, PETOŠEVIĆ GROUP Chairman and CEO Slobodan Petošević, and Yuriy Karlash, Taras Manolov and Olga Kudoyar of PETOŠEVIĆ Ukraine will discuss life, work and IP protection in Ukraine since the invasion with Louis-Pierre Gravelle, our Focus 45 moderator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this session, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, our Focus 45 Moderator hears how students at Pennington, an independent school in New Jersey, USA, have been applying their STEM skills to improve the lives of refugees living in Malawi, Africa. Their work began in 2018 with the refurbishing of iPads and has since grown many times over. During this Webinar, the teacher and three students will describe how th...

In this session, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, our Focus 45 Moderator will discuss Gender and Equity – WIPO’s focus on inclusivity and closing the gender gap in IP and technology with Deputy Director General Lisa Jorgenson of WIPO. Later in the podcast, we also take questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Michael Evans to discuss business development for IP firms.  Michael works together with attorneys, IP firms & departments around the world to help them realise their business development goals. He has specialised in delivering business opportunities in the IP legal field with...

In this session, Reshika Dhir, Partner at Bereskin & Parr in Canada will discuss the Benjamin Moore v. AG of Canada 2022 case with Louis-Pierre Gravelle, our Focus 45 Moderator. The Benjamin Moore case turns on patentable subject-matter, and the framework adopted by the Canadian IP Office in construing the claims to make this determination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

Join us for this special FICPI Focus 45 podcast where Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, will introduce our Commission and Committee Presidents who will then talk about the work of their group and how to get involved. Ms. Elia Sugrañes, Secretary General, will also introduce the work of the FICPI Secretariat. Admissions: Francesco Pa...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Brad Watts to discuss The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022. The new bill is an effort to clarify the metes and bounds of subject matter eligibility in the US in view of the Mayo, Myriad, and Alice cases dealing with 35 U.S.C. 101 that were decided by the Supreme Cour...

In this session, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, our Focus 45 Moderator will discuss female inventors and encouraging women to become innovators with Dr. Renate Weisse.  Renate is author of a book about female inventors, a German and European Patent Attorney and holds a PhD in Engineering. She acts as a role model to promote STEM subjects and her profession to women. In the book Renate discusses why there...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by James Pooley, the former Deputy Director General of WIPO. Mr. Pooley’s storied career mirrors the development and innovation of Silicon Valley. He began in Palo Alto in 1973 trying commercial cases, primarily fights between startups over proprietary technology. Ten years later...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Roberto Pistolesi, FICPI Secretary General, and CEO and Partner of Dragotti & Associati in Italy. Roberto and Louis-Pierre discuss: Why is golf the number 1 sport for patents? When did inventors (or alleged inventors) start filing golf-related patent applications? What happene...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Marek Lazewski. They talk about automation within firms, working remotely, office space, productivity and digital nomads. Later in the podcast, we also take questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Malgorzata “Gosia” Gruzlewska. Gosia provides useful information and discussions on the EUIPO's Stakeholder Quality Assurance Panels - a programme aimed at involving users in the quality management of the Office decisions in order to bridge the gap between the users' perceptio...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Louis Lagler of Rentsch & Partner’s favoured tech and top tips including products such as Remarkable for taking notes, Synology for data storage, mobile access points, VPNs, and the benefits of having multiple cameras and an external microphone. He also covers why the size of...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Edward Kwakwa - Legal Counsel at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. They discuss the IGC and the IP issues surrounding traditional knowledge, cultural expressions and genetic resources. Topics include Disney and the impact of social media. Learn mor...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Andrew Hirschfeld, Director of the USPTO. Today, we discuss policy, procedure and initiatives within all parts of the USPTO, including the implementation of the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program, and the office’s participation in the Council for Inclus...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Paul Redmond Michel - a retired United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and a former Chief Judge of that court. They'll be discussing the notion of patentable subject matter and Section 101 of the United States legislation on p...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Marcus "eSports" Howard. The discuss NFT's in the eSports world. Later in the podcast, we also take questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Paul Horbal from Bereskin & Parr LLP. They discuss NFTs - what's the buzz all about, how do they work and what are the IP implications? Later in the podcast, we will also be taking questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded. Learn more about yo...

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Caitlin Kraft Buchman, Founder and CEO of Women at the Table. Later in the podcast, we will also be taking questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our host, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, a registered patent agent and partner at Bereskin & Parr in Montreal Canada, is joined by Davide Schiavetti from Rothwell Figg in Washington. They’ll be discussing the intersection between IP and fashion law.  Later in the podcast, we will also be taking questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded. Learn more about your ad choices. V...