14:00-19:30 | REGISTRATION | |
15:00-17:30 | OPTIONAL WORKSHOP | The Bot Stops Here: AI and the Future of IP Practice | |
17:30-19:30 | WELCOME RECEPTION | |
07:00-17:00 | REGISTRATION | |
07:00-08:15 | BREAKFAST | |
08:30-08:40 | OPENING REMARKS | |
08:40-09:40 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER | Sage Paul | Executive & Artistic Director, Indigenous Fashion Arts | |
09:40-10:00 | NETWORKING BREAK | |
10:00-11:00 | PLENARY | IP Funding: Cultivating Canadian Innovation and Economic Prosperity | |
11:00-12:00 | PLENARY | Redefining Deference: Implications for IP Professionals Speakers | |
12:15-13:45 | IP ROUNDTABLES AND LUNCH | Ethics/Professionalism | |
14:00-15:00 | BREAKOUT | Essential Elements and the Free World Trust Legacy: Where Are We Now? BREAKOUT | Protecting and Selling Image Rights (Real and Fake) |
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15:00-16:00 | BREAKOUT | Dispute Finance and IP Insurance : Turning Litigation into an Asset BREAKOUT | Trademark Tactics: Navigating Bad Faith After SkyKick |
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16:00-17:00 | NETWORKING MIXER | |
18:30-23:00 | TRIVIA NIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE IPIC FOUNDATION | |
07:00-15:00 | REGISTRATION | |
07:00-08:15 | BREAKFAST | |
08:30-09:00 | PLENARY | CIPO Update | |
09:00-10:00 | PLENARY | College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents: Update on New Initiatives | |
10:00-10:15 | NETWORKING BREAK | |
10:15-11:15 | BREAKOUT | Rethinking Patent Law: Unresolved Challenges in Canadian Doctrine BREAKOUT | “Fair” or Foul? Copyright Battles |
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11:15-12:15 | BREAKOUT | Patent Office Practice Update BREAKOUT | Trademarks Office Practice Update |
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12:30-13:45 | IP ROUNDTABLES AND LUNCH | |
14:00-14:45 | PLENARY | IPIC Feud! Novel & Non-Obvious v. Creative & Original | |
14:45-15:55 | PLENARY | From Courtroom to Practice: A Review of Top IP Cases | |
15:55-16:00 | CLOSING REMARKS | Closing Remarks | |
18:30-22:30 | RECEPTION & GALA | |
22:30-24:00 | DESSERT RECEPTION | |