OBJECTIVE:

This year’s annual conference will update intellectual property lawyers on the ongoing EU initiatives in the field of copyright law.
 

KEY TOPICS:

• Follow up to the EU copyright reform in the Digital Single Market
• New developments on copyright, cable retransmission and broadcasting
• The adoption of the Regulation on cross-border portability of online content
• Communication to the public: recent CJEU rulings on streaming, hyperlinking, and broadcasting
• Role and responsibilities for internet intermediaries
• Key recent CJEU rulings on copyright

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Lawyers in private practice, in-house counsel, judges and other practitioners of law dealing with copyright and intellectual property law, internet and consumer law.

SPEAKERS:

Agata Gerba,  Team Leader – Legal Adviser, DG CNET, European Commission, Brussels (Web streaming)

Ansgar Ohly, Professor of Civil Law, Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

Cédric Manara, Copyright Counsel, Google (France), Paris

Mirena Pencheva, Member of the Legal Service, Unit for Justice and Civil Liberties, Directorate for Legislative Affairs, European Parliament, Brussels

Nils Rauer, Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP, Frankfurt

Adam Rendle, Senior Associate, TaylorWessing, London

Agustin Reyna, Digital Team Leader, BEUC, Brussels

Jerker Rydén Senior legal adviser, National Library of Sweden

Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, Associate Professor in IT/IP law Director of Ilaws & iCLIC, University of Southampton

Ted Shapiro, Partner and Head of Brussels Office, Wiggin, Brussels

Caterina Sganga, Associate Professor of Law, Central European University, Budapest

Maciej Szpunar, Advocate General, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg