Registration and Coffee

Welcome

Hisao Yamasaki, Professor, Graduate School of Intellectual Property, OIT | Office of Society-Academia Collaboration, Kyoto University

Opening Remark

Akihiro Kobayashi, Dean, Professor, Graduate School of Intellectual Property, Osaka Institute of Technology

Keynote Speech

Kenichi Nagasawa, Managing Executive Officer and Group Executive, Corporate IP and Legal, Canon

Networking Coffee Break

Panel Session 1 “Next Stage of Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration"- Utilization of universities and other research institutions as a promising option for corporate business development”

Under the Japanese Government's “Growth Strategy 2017”, to achieve social challenges by incorporating the innovations of the fourth industrial revolution (e.g., IoT, big data, AI, robot and sharing economy), we are enhancing industry-government-academia collaboration and trying to triple corporate investment for universities and public research institutions by 2025. In this session, we discuss the roles of universities and other research institutions that are powerful outsourcing options for corporate R&D. Also discuss consultation services which enables timely matching between corporate needs and institutional resource, as well as the most recent international collaborations. Some points which will be discussed:

1. Near future applied research vs Long-term future basic research - Research that companies want to invest
2. Methods and issues for matching company needs and research tasks
3. Recent initiatives implemented both in France and Japan to foster public-private cooperation.
4. Consulting services of technology transfer to private sector
5. Research consulting function required for universities and public research institutions

Lunch Break

Panel Session 2 “Evolving Corporate IP Management – Defensive Options”

Corporate IP has changed significantly over the last several years. Learn how corporate IP leaders are maneuvering in this environment to ensure their companies future success. Some points which will be discussed:

1. What are the biggest changes effecting the patent market
2. Are companies seeing more selling or buying patent asset, and if so how to defend business
3. Which technologies are they most concerned about in the future and how has that effected strategy
4. Are there cost effective ways to ensure rational defense form patent assertions
5. What to do when you don’t need so many patents, what are the options

Keynote Speech – How to use Big Data to Support Patent Lifecycle Operation

Zhiwei Xie, CEO, ScienBizIP

Networking Coffee Break

Keynote Speech - Dealing with Asymmetries around SEP licensing and AI enabled HEVC and LTE SEP landscaping

Kevin Jakel, Founder & CEO, Unified Patents

Panel Session 3 “SEP Pools and Patent Quality- How do they affect technology adoption”

As technology standards continue to increase in use and importance, changes have occurred in the parties which develop them. In the past, companies which developed the standards also implemented them. Now, many of the companies which create them and patent are not the ones that use them. Standard Essential Patents (SEP) and Patent Pools are several of the ways organizations are now using to manage this change. Points which will be discussed include:

1. What are SEP and Patent Pools.
2. Considerations companies should make when implementing standards
3. Ways to reduce the risk and price of implementing
4. Whether to participate in Pools
5. What is FRAND and how to calculate a fair price.

Dinner Reception – chat with speakers

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