FICPI Focus 45

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 they became connected to the refugee camp and share two of their current inventions: a hybrid sanitary napkin (wissppad.org) and a water filtration sink.

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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.

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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 both clients and associates around the world since 2003. He has a proven track record in international sales, account management, and BD, as well as strong client-facing skills.

Later in the podcast, we also take questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded.

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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.

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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 Paolo Vatti

Communications & Nominating: Julian Crump

Study & Work (CET): Robert Watson

Practice Management (PMC): Anne Levy

Membership: Paula Sailas

EUCOF: Daniel Alge

Statutes: Jurgen Schmidtchen

Training & Education (TEC): Eric Le Forestier

DEIA: Sharon Crane

Finance Advisory Board (FAB): Philip Mendes da Costa

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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 Court over the last decade. FICPI has been actively involved in these stakeholder discussions.

Later in the podcast, we also take questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded.

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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 are so few female inventors in Germany (only around 6%) and what can be done to change this. 

Later in the podcast, we also take questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded.

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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, he wrote his first business book, “Trade Secrets.” In 1997 he introduced his legal treatise by the same name, which has become part of the IP canon and a vital desk reference for practitioners.

Later in the podcast, we also take questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded.

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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 happened to NIKE’s patent portfolio and why are golf-related patents frequently litigated?

Later in the podcast, we also take questions from our listeners who joined the live webinar as it was recorded.

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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.

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