Topic 1: To what extent is data (experimental data or correlation data between input and output) is required for AI application inventions?
This session will address issues regarding AI model inventions and provide a discussion of requirements for patent eligibility of AI model inventions. Is defining input/output of the AI model sufficient? Is data from a generated model required for eligibility? If required, to what extent? Should accuracy be above a certain level? How do jurisdictions differ?

Dr. Sharon CRANE (US)
Mr. JiHoon Joseph HONG (KR)?
Dr. Andreas OSER (DE)

Practice Topic 2 - A Common Denominator in Trade Mark and Design
This session will discover availability, merits and demerits for alternative or parallel registration of the same subject matter as a trade mark and a design in the global context. Exploring the value and necessity of registering and protecting an industrial design as a trade mark, the session will consider eligibility for registering and protecting an industrial design as a trade mark in major jurisdictions.

Ms. Elia SUGRANES (ES)
Mr. Doohee LEE (KR)?

Management Topic 1: Which IP firm should you hire? – A discussion from different perspectives
In this session a panel including IP managers from companies, and representatives from IP firms, will discuss processes and criteria for selecting an IP firm to work with, and for evaluating its performance. How is a firm selected? How is its performance reviewed? What are the main criteria and how are they appreciated? Who is in charge of this process within the firm and how is it organised?

The session will last the whole afternoon, and will be run in three parts. In the first part, Industry representatives will share their perspective and explain what they are looking for when they select an IP firm. In the second part, representatives from IP firms will do the same, explaining the main criteria and priorities for selecting a (foreign) IP firm to work with. The third part will be ‘en banc’, and the differences between the perspectives explained during parts 1 and 2 will be discussed.

In-house speakers :
Mr. Ilyoung JUNG (Chief Patent Counsel, Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)?
Mr. Kyunghwa MIN (Head of IP Center, LG Chem)?
Mr. Pierrick ROUSSEAU (Intellectual Property Director, Pierre Fabre)?

Speakers from IP firms :
Mr, Robert WATSON (UK)
Mr. Jordan KIM (KR)?