Intellectual Property Rights and the Small Craft Designer Seminar

12 January 2012, London, UK

Supported by:

Rapisardi Intellecual Property	Withers & Rogers LLP

Overview

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are an increasingly important part of a company’s values. As developed countries move to knowledge based economies, protection of IPR becomes both more difficult and more important for the small craft designer, particularly in a more competetive market. In a global marketplace, international protection of IPR is complex and generally not well understood by the small craft designer and others in that sector of the maritime industry.

The one-day Seminar on IPR and the Small Craft Designer will provide designers and others involved with the small craft sector with an understanding of IPR law and the extent to which it protects inventions and designs. The seminar will consist of a number of sessions in which presentations on various aspects of IPR will be given by experts and practictioners, followed by a discussion.

Programme and Registration forms

Please click here to download the Intellectual Property Rights 2012 registration form. The programme and timings for the day are shown below and can be found by clicking here.

You can also contact the conference department directly on Tel +44 (0) 20 72354622 or email

Course fee's for RINA members are £100+VAT and for non-members £120+VAT.

Registration fees include lunch and refreshments

Payment must be made in pounds sterling by Eurocheque, cheque drawn on a bank with a UK branch address, credit card (VISA/AMEX/Mastercard) or bank transfer. Please note RINA requires payment before the conference date.

Please note that cancellations received within 48 hours of the event or in the case of non attendance will not be refunded. Delegates may be substituted; however, this must be sent in writing and confirmed with the Conference Co-ordinator. It may be necessary for reasons beyond our control to alter the content and timing of the programme. In the unlikely event that RINA cancels the event for any reason, our liability is limited to the return of the registration fee.

Programme

09.00 - 09.30 Coffee and Registration

09.30 - 09.35 Introduction

09.35 10.20 Session 1: Patents, copyrights and other forms of IPR protection.

What are they? - How are they obtained? - What protection do they offer the designer or builder?

Speaker: Catharina Waller - Trademark and Patent attorney, Rapisardi Intellectual Property Consultants

10.20 11.05 Session 2: Scope of protection in a global industry

Respect for IPR in other countries around the world - uncontrolled copying - differing views on prior invention - can a small company protect its IPR against predators, or is might right?

Speaker: to be announced - Rapisardi Intellectual Property Consultants

11.05 11.20 Coffee

11.20 12.05 Session 3: Using IPR.

Protecting a new twist on an old idea - ‘spirit of tradition’ designs - how far need an old mould be modified to become a new design? - how far can existing IPR cover a further development?

Speaker: James Gray Patent attorney, Withers & Rogers LLP

12.05 13.30 Lunch

13.30 14.15 Case studies

Examples of IPR battles won, lost or in progress Speaker: Lorne Campbell - Small Craft Designer

14.15 15.00 Session 5: Panel discussion

Discussion of topics covered during the previous sessions.

The seminar should help naval architects, designers and builders to understand IPR law and the extent to which it protects inventions and designs. It should also present practical examples of IPR used in defence and attack.

Details on this seminar will be available shortly and updated here. In the meantime please contact if you have any queries