Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
OR
0.5 CPE hour for Patent Attorneys
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Natalie Shoolman, Principal & Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Wrays; Best Lawyers Australia™ for Intellectual Property Law and Litigation, 2024, Recommended Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyers, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Indigenous Knowledge and Patents
- Challenges in identifying the use of Indigenous Knowledge in Patent applications
- The WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
- Questions we are considering for policy settings
- IP Australia’s work relating to Indigenous Knowledge
Presented by Morris Ark, Acting Assistant Director - Trade Agreements and Indigenous Knowledge, IP Australia
Presenters
Natalie Shoolman, Principal & Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Wrays
Natalie Shoolman is an experienced commercial litigator who specialises in intellectual property and technology litigation and the intersection between intellectual property and competition and consumer law. Natalie has been voted by her peers as one of Australia's Best Lawyers in Intellectual Property Law (Best Lawyers Australia 2019 - 2022), ranked by IAM Patent 1000 – Patent Litigation - Bronze (2021), recommended for patent litigation (2018) and recognised as a Rising Star (2020-2021) in Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars. She is considered to be one of Australia's leading "next generation" Intellectual Property lawyers (The Legal Asia-Pacific 500: 2017- 2019). With a First Class Honours degree in Science and a passion for innovation, Natalie has significant experience acting for and advising clients on all aspects of intellectual property law across a broad range of industries including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, software, telecommunications, government, clean energy, mining and FMCG. Natalie's practice includes patent infringement and revocation proceedings, patent oppositions, copyright, trade mark and design infringement, breach of confidence and consumer law disputes. Natalie has particular expertise in managing complex, multi-jurisdictional patent infringement and revocation proceedings and advising clients on ways to maximise the life of their patent portfolios.
Morris Ark, Acting Assistant Director - Trade Agreements and Indigenous Knowledge, IP Australia
