Transatlantic Summer Academy

15th Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy

September 6–9, 2022
at Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland (OH), USA

For one week each year, Case Western Reserve University School of Law organizes or takes part in the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy jointly with other schools and universities. Faculty includes highly-regarded academics from top-ranked law schools around the world, including Bocconi University.

The course features leading IP scholars and researchers from multiple countries in Europe and North America. The number of participants is limited to 50. Attendees must meet one of the following:

have a graduate degree in law, economics or engineering;
have an undergraduate degree in law (subject to a selection procedure);
be a current American JD or graduate student; or
be a young researcher or professional working in TTOs.

The program costs $900. Participants are responsible for booking their own travel, accommodation and meals.

A participatory and interactive teaching approach is used for all lessons, including business examples and studies, practical exercises and direct contact opportunities with IP operators and companies. Free tutor assistance is also available.

An optional daily recreational program is available in advance to participants and includes invitations to cultural and social activities at free or limited costs.

Entry requirements are indicated below.

Attendance certificates are granted at the completion of the program below.

For more information, and details on our Summer Academy for the September 2022 Session, please contact:

Eric Siler, Director, Academic Centers and Continuing Legal Education at CWRU, eric.siler@case.edu, 216.368.1806 or
Laurent Manderieux, Coordinator at Transatlantic IP Academy, laurent.manderieux@unibocconi.it

1. Teaching language

English only.

2. Access requisites

Graduate Degree in Law, Economics or Engineering; OR
Undergraduate Degree in Law or current American JD or graduate student; OR
The program is also open to Government officials, lawyers, researchers and professionals working in TTOs.

3. Fees

US $900 (including materials)

Students enrolled in Universities of origin of the Transatlantic Academy's Lecturers can obtain, upon admission, a 20% discount on fees.

4. Program Details

Program contents include inter-disciplinary high-level teaching on intellectual property, Internet technology and international economic law and policy (as per details below), with added value in each of the following fields:

North American, European and International IP and Economic Law and Policy;
North American, European and International IP and Trade and Investment Economics;
North American, European and International IP as a tool for Researchers;
North American, European and International IP and Trade and Investment Business operational models.

As a result of their attendance to the Transatlantic Summer IP Academy 2022, participant lawyers, economists, scientists and engineers, as well as business specialists (at student or young professional level) are to:

enhance, thanks to lectures by the best international IP specialists, their international knowledge in their own field of expertise;
better embrace intellectual property, high-tech and international trade globally, as a subject item at the crossroads between different stakeholders.

For all lessons, a participatory and interactive teaching approach is chosen, involving trade and business case examples and studies, practical exercises and direct contact opportunities with IP operators and companies in a dynamic, horizontal and open work environment. In addition, free tutor assistance will be available to the participants, in order to ensure cohesion between the participants.

Schedule

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

09:15– 09:45. Registration of Participants

09:45 – 10:15. Opening Ceremony

Opening Speech and Welcome Address
Introduction to the 2022 Edition of the Summer Academy
Michael Scharf, Dean, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Craig Nard, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Laurent Manderieux, Bocconi University

Session A. General International Challenges for the IP System

10:30–12:00. International Intellectual Property Lawand the Challenges of the 21st Century

Laurent Manderieux, Bocconi University

14:00–15:30. Discussion on IP Agenda in Europe and the US

Panorama of European developments in TM, designs and GI’s enforcement, Virginia Melgar, EUIPO
Granting and Enforcing IPRs in the US and abroad: a US perspective, Damiano Porcari, USPTO

15.45-16:45. Visit CWRU's Sears think[box], which is a world-class innovation center, makerspace and entrepreneurship ecosystem that welcomes thousands of visitors each year. Here, students have launched startups that change the trajectory of their careers; researchers have forged new partnerships and proven ideas viable; industry partners have discovered space to find new inspiration, and community members have turned part-time tinkering into full-time doing.

17:00 - 18:00. Welcome gathering

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Session B. IP and Health

09:30–10:30. IP and Health: A Long-Standing Discussion

Rochelle Dreyfuss, NYU

10:30-12:00. International Intellectual Property Law: Basic Human Needs and Development Challenges

Laurent Manderieux, Bocconi University

14:00 - 15:00. The Intersection of International IP Governance and Health Governance

Victor Owade, World Intellectual Property Organization

15:15 - 16:15.The Past, Present, and Future of IP, Health and Vaccines IP

Katharine Van Tassel and Craig Nard, Case Western Reserve University

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Session C. IP and the Technological Revolution

09:00–10:30.

IP in Digital Environments: Challenges and Opportunities, including IP and AI: A (Re)volution?

Ulrika Wennersten, Lund University
Michael Geist, Ottawa University

10:30 – 12:00. International Intellectual Property Law: Interacting with Technology Law

Laurent Manderieux, Bocconi University

14:00 - 15:00. IP in Society: Journalists, Artists and their Public

Ulrika Wennersten, Lund University

15:30-17:00. Field trip to Cleveland Diagnostics (start up)

Friday, September 9, 2022

Session D. IP in a (Multipolar) Global Economy

08:30–09:30. IP and the International Trade Agenda of the US: The Impact of IP on Health-Related Industries

Ted Theofrastous, Case Western Reserve University

09:30–10:30. IP and the International Trade Agenda of Canada

Ysolde Gendreau, Montreal University

10:30–12:00. International, US and European Intellectual Property Law: A Fragmented IP World in a Fragmented Trade Environment?

Laurent Manderieux, Bocconi University

15:00–16:00. IP and the International Trade Agenda in Europe

Nicolas Binctin, Poitiers University

16:00–17:00 De-constructing or Re-constructing IP in the post-Covid era?

Manuel Desantes

CLOSING SESSION: What’s Next?

17:00-17:30 Round Table on IP and the 21st Century Challenges & Closing remarks + Wrap up

Laurent Manderieux, Coordinator of the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy
Craig Nard, Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, Case Western Reserve University School of Law