The Comparative Legal Research Center Ono Academic College
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
JMB, Fa©tor & Co. Israel's International IP Firm
are delighted to invite you to participate in a Special Seminar
IP@Work: To Whom Does the Patent Belong? The Employer or the Employee-Inventor?
Sunday September 6, 2009 (17th Elul) 17:00 to 20:30
Presented by Jeremy Ben-David, Managing Partner of JMB, Fa©tor & Co.
17:00-17:30 Cocktail Reception hosted by WIPO
Welcome by Prof. Dudi Schwartz, Vice Chairman and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Ono Academic College
Greetings from WIPO by Ms. Li Maor Advocate, Israel Desk, WIPO
"Rethinking the Israel Patent Law Regarding Employee-Inventor Rights"
Dr. Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, Director of the Comparative Legal Research Center, Ono Academic College
"International Perspectives on Employee Inventions" (in English)
Guest Lecturer Prof. Jeremy Phillips, Director of Research and Professorial Fellow, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute Editor, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Editor, European Trade Mark Reports; Intellectual Property Consultant
18:30 - 18:40 Coffee Break
"Ownership of Intellectual Property Developed by Civil Servants: What is the Public Interest?"
Dr. Yaron Zelekha, Head of Accounting Studies, Ono Academic College,Former Accountant-General of the State of Israel
"Patents of University Employees"
Prof. Hagit Messer Yaron, President of The Open University, former Chief Scientist, Head of the Directorate of Science, Israel Ministry of Science
19:50 - 20:00 Coffee Break
20:00 - 20:30
"Should the Israel Patent Law Recognize Rights of Employees in their Inventions or Should it be Left to Contract Law?"
A panel discussion chaired by Dr. Michael Factor, Partner of JMB, Fa©tor & Co.,featuring the lecturers listed above, joined by:
Dr. Rachel Adato, MK
Molly Polishuk-Bloch, Former MK and Chairwoman of the Knesset Science and Technology Subcommittee
Dr. Shulamit Hirsch, Patent Attorney, Director of Intellectual Property, Ramot, Tel Aviv University
Perry Smith, Vice President IP Strategy, NDS
Dov Hirshberg, Chairman of Compugen, Executive Director of IP Powermat
Location: Ono Academic College, Lecture Hall 7, 104 Zahal Street, Kiryat Ono
Registration is required: Seminars@israel-patents.co.il
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