IP Judges Forum 2023

Program

Day one – November 15, 2023

Registration (8.00 – 9.00)

Opening (9.00 – 9.20)

judgesforum2023-tang — **Daren Tang**
Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

judgesforum2023-kalden — **Rian Kalden**

Presiding Judge, Second Panel of the Court of Appeal, Unified Patent Court, Luxembourg; Chair of the WIPO Advisory Board of Judges

judgesforum2023-Ulate — Master of Ceremonies:
Inés Fernández Ulate
Legal Officer, WIPO Judicial Institute

judgesforum2023-Zebarjadi — Master of Ceremonies:
Nahal Zebarjadi
Legal Officer, WIPO Judicial Institute

Session 1: Emerging Issues in Trademarks (9.20 – 10.45)

Non-traditional trademarks
Bad faith trademark filings

Moderator and Speakers:

judgesforum2023-petersone — **Moderator: Zane Pētersone**
Judge, Supreme Court, Riga, Latvia

judgesforum2023-anderson — **Winston Anderson**
Justice, Caribbean Court of Justice, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

judgesforum2023-gomez-apac — **Hugo Ramiro Gómez Apac**
Judge, Court of Justice of the Andean Community, Quito, Ecuador

judgesforum2023-mulyati — **Rahmi Mulyati**
Justice, Civil Chamber, Supreme Court, Jakarta, Indonesia

judgesforum2023-Papasavvas — **Savvas Papasavvas**
Vice-President, General Court of the European Union, Luxembourg

judgesforum2023-Semini-Tutulani — **Marjana Semini-Tutulani**
Judge, Constitutional Court, Tirana, Albania

Reference Judgments:

District Court, Tirana, Albania [2018]: Besniku v M & Sillosi, Elledii and the General Directorate of Industrial Property, Decision No. 5839
Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia [2016]: BMW Aktiengesellschafft v Hendrywo Yuwijoyo, Case No. 29 PK/Pdt.Sus-HKI/2016
Court of Appeal of Jamaica [2017]: 3M Company v Manufacturera 3M SA DE CV [2017] JMCA Civ 21
Federal Supreme Court, Switzerland [2022]: Chokoladefabriken Lindt v Lidl, 4A_587/2021
Court of Justice of the Andean Community [2022]: Preliminary Ruling 81-IP-2020
Court of Justice of the Andean Community [2023]: Preliminary Ruling 128-IP-2022
General Court of the European Union [2021]: Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings v EUIPO, Case No. T-668/19
Court of Justice of the European Union (Fourth Chamber) [2012]: Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), Case No. C‑98/11 P

Coffee Break (10.45 – 11.15)

Session 2: Emerging Issues in Industrial Designs (11.15 – 12.30)

Interplay of industrial designs with patents, trademarks and copyright
Industrial designs and their technical or functional features
Infringement issues

Moderator and Speakers:

judgesforum2023-dinh — **Dinh Ngoc Thu Huong**
Judge, High People’s Court, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

judgesforum2023-farrag — **Moustafa Ahmed Farrag Hussein**
Judge, Court of Appeals of the Assiut Economic Court, Assiut, Egypt

judgesforum2023-ferrao — **Luis Manuel Ferrao**
Retired Appellate Judge, Intellectual Property, Competition, Regulation and Supervision Division, Court of Appeal, Lisbon, Portugal

judgesforum2023-mubiru — **Stephen Mubiru**
Justice, High Court, Kampala, Uganda

Reference Judgments:

Court of Cassation of Egypt [2015]: Case No. 4583 of Judicial Year 84
The Hague Court of Appeal, Netherlands [2020]: Digital Revolution B.V. and Maxperian NL B.V. v Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Case No. 200.216.620/01
Intellectual Property Court of Portugal [2022]: Barata & Ramilo, S.A. v Fabulous Cipher, Lda., Vila Nova Carneiro, S.A. and Cofemel – Sociedade de Vestuário, S.A.
High Court of Uganda [2021]: Migoo Industrial and Trading Company (U) Limited v Rida International Industry (U) Limited (Civil Suit No. 359 of 2019) [2021] UGCommC 145
People’s Court of Hanoi City, Viet Nam [2018]: P & CSPA v D Technology Development Support Joint Stock Company, Case No. 36/2018/KDTM-ST
Court of Justice of the Andean Community [2021]: Preliminary Ruling 476-IP-2019
Court of Justice of the European Union (Second Chamber) [2018]: DOCERAM GmbH v CeramTec GmbH, Case No. C-395/16

Lunch Break (12.30 – 14.00)

Session 3: Emerging Issues in Geographical Indications (14.00 – 15.15)

Recognition and registration
Scope of protection
Unlawful evocation

Moderator and Speakers:

judgesforum2023-hopperger — Moderator:
Marcus Höpperger
Senior Director, Department for Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, WIPO

judgesforum2023-gill — **Dedar Singh Gill**
High Court Judge, Supreme Court, Singapore

judgesforum2023-gusman — **Alfredo S. Gusman**
Chief Judge, Federal Civil and Commercial Chamber II, National Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals, Buenos Aires, Argentina

judgesforum2023-melgar — **Virginia Melgar**
Chairperson, Fifth Board of Appeal, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Alicante, Spain

judgesforum2023-rios-lopez — **Yolanda Ríos Lopez**
Judge, Commercial Court Number 1, Barcelona, Spain

judgesforum2023-zervas — **Albert J. Zervas**
Administrative Trademark Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America

Reference Judgments:

Federal Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals - Chamber I, Argentina [2021]: Molinos IP S.A. v Conzorzio Tutela del Lambrusco di Modena and Conzorzio per la Tutela dei Vini Reggiano
Court of Appeal of Singapore [2023]: Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco v Australian Grape and Wine Incorporated, Case No. SGCA 37
High Court of Singapore (General Division) [2022]: Australian Grape and Wine Inc v Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco, Case No. SGHC 33
High Court of Singapore (General Division) [2023]: Fonterra Brands (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano, Case No. SGHC 77
Supreme Court of Spain (Civil Bench) [2019]: Fundación Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen protegida Queso Manchego v Industrial Quesera Cuquerella SLand Juan Ramón Cuquerella Montagud, Case No. 451/2019
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [2020]: Int'l Dairy Foods Ass'n v. Interprofession du Gruyère, 2020 USPQ2d 10892
Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office [2021]: Torta del Casar v Queso de La Serena, Case No. R 696/2018-5
Court of Justice of the European Union (Fourth Chamber) [2019]: Fundación Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Protegida Queso Manchego v Industrial Quesera Cuquerella SL and Juan Ramón Cuquerella Montagud, Case No. C-614/17

Coffee Break (15.15 – 15.45)

Special Guest Speaker on AI and Decision Making (15.45 – 16.15)

judgesforum2023-Narayanan — **Arvind Narayanan**
Professor of Computer Science and Director, Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University, New Jersey, United States of America

Reference Articles:

Kapoor, S. and Narayanan, A. [2022]. AI Snake Oil: A sneak peek into the book

Session 4: Intellectual Property and Competition Issues (16.15 – 17.30)

Refusal to license
No challenge clauses
Comparative advertising
Market dominance and pricing behavior

Moderator and Speakers:

judgesforum2023-reyna — Moderator:
Jimmie V. Reyna
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C., United States of America

judgesforum2018_bennett — **Annabelle Bennett**
Former Judge, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, Australia

judgesforum2023-peco — **Ángel Galgo Peco**
President, Chamber No. 32, Court of Appeal of Madrid, Spain

judgesforum2023-nunes-de-barros — **Márcia Maria Nunes de Barros**
Federal Judge, Thirteenth Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

judgesforum2023-zhu — **Zhu Li**
Deputy Chief Judge, Intellectual Property Division, Supreme People’s Court, Beijing, China

Reference Judgments:

Superior Tribunal of Justice of Brazil [2023]: Esperança Holding Ltda. and Hope Do Nordeste Ltda. v Loungerie S/A and Google Brasil Internet Ltda.
Supreme People’s Court of China [2023]: Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group v HIPI Pharma Tech
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [2023]: TRUSTID, Inc. v Next Caller, Inc., No. 2022‑1433
Court of Justice of the European Union (Fifth Chamber) [2004]: IMS Health GmbH & Co. OHG v NDC Health GmbH & Co. KG, Case No. C-418/01
Court of Justice of the European Union (Fifth Chamber) [2015]: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd v ZTE Corp. and ZTE Deutschland GmbH, Case No. C-170/13

Further Reference Materials:

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (2019): Guidelines on the repeal of subsection 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Group photo to be followed by reception (17.30)

Day two – November 16, 2023

Session 5: Generative Artificial Intelligence, the Metaverse and Intellectual Property Infringement (9.30 – 10.45)

Trademark issues that may arise in the context of the Metaverse
Localizing infringement in the Metaverse
Copyrightability of AI-generated content
The judicial process and AI and the Metaverse

Moderator and Speakers:

judgesforum2023-arnold — **Richard Arnold**
Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of England and Wales, London, United Kingdom

judgesforum2023-burley — **Stephen Burley**
Justice, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, Australia

judgesforum2023-zhang — **Zhang Lingling**
Judge, Intellectual Property Division, Supreme People’s Court, Beijing, China

Reference Judgments:

Primary People’s Court of Nanshan District, China [2019]: Tencent Company v Yingxun Company
Intermediate People’s Court of Hang Zhou City, China [2022]: Yuanyuzhou Company v Qice Company
United States District Court of the Southern District of New York [2023]: Hermes Int’l v Rothschild, No. 22-CV-384
United States District Court for the District of Columbia [2023]: Thaler v Perlmutter, Civil Action No. 22-1564 (BAH)

Further Reference Materials:

Rosati, E. (2023). The Localization of IP Infringements in the Online Environment: From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 and the Metaverse. World Intellectual Property Organization
Ryan, M. (2022). Intellectual Property Considerations and Challenges in the Metaverse. SSRN.
Saw, C. L. and Chan, Z. W. S. (2023). The subsistence and enforcement of copyright and trademark rights in the metaverse. Research Collection Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University.

Coffee Break (10.45 – 11.15)

Session 6: Rules of Evidence in Intellectual Property Litigation (11.15 – 12.30)

Expert evidence
Digital evidence
Purchase of alleged infringing goods
Survey evidence in trademark cases
Preservation and seizure
Cross-border taking of evidence

Moderator and Speakers:

judgesforum2020_singh — Moderator:
Prathiba M. Singh
Justice, High Court of Delhi, New Delhi, India

judgesforum2023-alhusban — **Nehad Al Hussban**
President, Court of First Instance, Amman, Jordan

judgesforum2023-baylson — **Michael Baylson**
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America

judgesforum2023-faji — **Olayinka Faji**
Justice, Federal High Court, Lagos, Nigeria

judgesforum2023-hoffmann — **Fabian Hoffmann**
Judge, Federal Court of Justice, Karlsruhe, Germany

judgesforum2023-mizuno — **Mizuno Masanori**
Judge, Intellectual Property High Court, Tokyo, Japan

Reference Judgments:

Federal Court of Justice, Germany [2020]: Case No. X ZR 111/18
High Court of Delhi, India [2023]: Communication Components Antenna Inc. v Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH, 2023:DHC:4582
High Court of Delhi, India [2023]: Eicore Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v Eexpedise Technologies Pvt. Ltd., CS(COMM) 1146/2018
Intellectual Property High Court of Japan (Third Division) [2020]: Case No. 2020 (Gyo-Ke) 10076
Court of First Instance, Amman, Jordan [2008]: Aowrgo Food and Befrg International Company v Akhaa Arabia Company
Court of First Instance, Amman, Jordan [2008]: Talhowni and Aqeel Corporation v Tashera Company
Court of Appeal of Nigeria, Kaduna Judicial Division [2002]: Arewa Textiles Plc & Ors v Finetex Ltd [2002] LPELR-5361 (CA)
Federal High Court of Nigeria, Lagos Judicial Division [2022]: Technocrat Consult and IT Limited v Central Bank of Nigeria et al., Case No. FHC/L/CS/1519/2012
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [2022]: Behrens et al. v Arconic, Inc. et al., Nos. 20-3606, 21-1040 and 21-1041

Further Reference Materials:

India (2021): High Court of Delhi Rules for Video Conferencing for Courts 2021
Jordan (1952): Evidence Law
Jordan (2021): Border Measures System for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
United States of America: 28 U.S. Code § 1782 – Assistance to foreign and international tribunals and to litigants before such tribunals

Lunch Break (12.30 – 14.00)

WIPO’s Work with Judiciaries (14.00 – 14.15)

**Min Eun-Joo**
Director, WIPO Judicial Institute

Session 7: Simplified or Fast Track Procedures for Certain Intellectual Property Claims (14.15 – 15.45)

Objectives of simplified or fast track procedures
Judicial efficiency of appeal proceedings: options and methodology
Scope of simplified or fast track procedures (e.g., type of intellectual property right, value of the claim, remedies sought, complexity of the case)
Features of simplified or fast-track proceedings (e.g., shorter time limits, simplified rules for representation, pleading, hearings and discovery)