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LESI 2003 Presentation Archive

Please find below the presentations held at the LESI2003 conference available for download in PDF format. If you do not have a PDF reader, please visit http://www.adobe.com/reader/ and download a reader for your operating system.  File size is shown for files larger than 1 Mb as these could take some time to download. If there is a presentation which you do not find, the presenter has requested that it shall not be made available.

PLENARY SESSIONS

Monday 16 June
Norwegian industry - challenges in a global perspective , Ansgar Gabrielsen, Minister of Trade and Industry, Norway
(2.8 Mb) Three scenarios for the new global reality ,  Terje Osmundsen, Preview, Norway
Connecting your company and your customer with a common dream   - the fine art of strategic positioning and brand strategy,  Michael Lasky, Altera Law Group, USA
Connecting people in the dream society ,  Ilkka Rahnasto, Nokia, Finland
Tuesday 17 June
(2.1 Mb) Sustainable oil and gas exploitation  - Contradiction or realistic ambition? Willy H. Olsen, Statoil
(1.4 Mb) Challenges and opportunities in licensing to emerging economies , Larry Evans, IP and Licensing Consultant, USA
(3.2 Mb) TH!NK electric vehicle  - Personal Mobility - A major future challenge calls for new solutions,
Jan Otto Ringdal, TH!NK, Norway
(2.7 Mb) HAMAX child seats for bicycles  - How brnading, design and product innovation led to a successful 'turn around' at Hamax AS, Skule Storheill, Brand House, Norwahy
(3.2 Mb) Tripp Trapp chair  - A child's need was the start of a success story, Herleif Ulstein, Stokke-gruppen, Norway
Wednesday 18 June 
Intellectual Property - A hindrance for competition?  Thomas C. Vinje, Morrison & Foester, Belgium
(2.4 Mb) Free software licensing , Odd Skjæveland, Håmsø Patentbyrå, Norway
(2 Mb) New strategic IP management techniques , John C. Paul, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, USA
From research to sale - Venture capitalism , Terje Mikalsen, Venturos Holding, Norway

WORKSHOPS

Workshop Session 1 (01-07)
01 - Scenario Building
Tom Karp    
02 - Patent and licence system coorination
Tom Kimball   
03 - Companies as incubators
Julian Nolan 
Tom Empson 
04 - European design protection
Bernt Boldvik 
Giovanni Casucci 
Utz Kador 
05 Licensing in China
Lucy L. Liu 
06 How to better fight IP piracy
Lars Ljungholm 
Mikael Ramnö 
07 Taste, smell and sound - future trade marks
Debbie Roenning 
Michael Lasky 
Workshop Session 2 (08-14)
08 Future development of PCT
Arild Tofting 
Philip Thomas 
09 SMEs and IPRs Issues and experiences
Felipe Aguillera Børresen 
Guriqbal Singh Jaiya - Part 1   -  Part 2  
Merle Jakob   
10 Rebranding
Alastair W. Neill 
11 Licensing in the Baltic Countris
Almar Sehver 
Valter Gencs 
12 How to fight bio piracy
Richard Hamer 
13 Exploitation of IPRs in cyberspace
Nick Wood 
Panos Malamis 
Tove Graulund 
14 The Dream Society
Tom Karp 
Workshop Session 3 (15 - 21)
15 European Licensing strategies and the doctrine of equivalence
Jeremy Brown Angleterre 
Thomas Reimann 
Bruno Wandermeulen 
Gunnar Grette 
Arnaud Michel 
James R. Sobieraj 
16 Business from university research and research institutes
Malvin Villabøe 
Robert Smailes 
17 Adjusting your copyright licensing practices in a changing world
Elliot Papageorgiou 
Frederic Goldsmith 
Jonathan Smith 
18 Trade mark licensing clauses - A new LES survey
Jonas Gulliksson 
Kenneth D. McKay 
21 The Risk Society - A future scenario
Tom Karp 
Workshop Session 4 (22 - 28)
22 The cost of infringement in Europe
Martin Fähndrich and Nicola Dagg 
23 Sailing your IP ship into bankruptcy fjords
Dwight C. Olson, Benny Browne, Stefan Krüger, Elisabeth Logeais, Stefan Schohe, Micheal Lechter 
Overview  -  Statistics 
Stefan Krüger 
24 Drafting of arbitration agreements
Lawrence Shore 
25 Recent court practices on the concept of suggestive and descriptive trademarks
Rory J. Radding 
26 Clean Energy and the environment
Christopher Kloed 
Walter G. Copan - Clean energy and the environment   
Walter G. Copan - Small Business partnerships 
28 The Knowledge Society - A future Scenario
Tom Karp