Committees & Chairs
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW COMMITTEE
As developed and developing economies become ever more reliant on the creation and use of technology, increasingly complex and controversial cross border intellectual property issues arise which demand resolution. The ITechLaw Intellectual Property Law Committee encourages members to identify these issues , debate them and attempt to find ways to resolve them. The Committee comprises a global network of Technology Lawyers with an interest in the protection and exploitation of innovation.
Co-Chair: Intellectual Property Law Committee Jeremy MortonCMS Cameron McKenna, London Mitre House, 160 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4DD United Kingdom Tel. (+44) (0)207 367 3657 Email: Jeremy.morton@cms-cmck.com |
Co-Chair: Intellectual Property Law Committee Peter Huppertz Hoffmann Liebs Fritsch & Partner, Dusseldorf Kaiserswerther Strasse 119 Dusseldorf, Germany 40474 Tel. +49 211 518 82197 Email: peter.huppertz@hlfp.de |
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Vice-Chair: Intellectual Property Law Committee  Stephen WeyerStites & Harbison PLLC, Alexandria (VA) 1199 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 900 Alexandria, VA 22314 United States Tel. +1 (703) 837-3908 Email: sweyer@stites.com |
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Joren de Wachter
Robert MilliganWhat’s New?
Where technology and intellectual property intersects, the Intellectual Property Committee has several projects in progress, ranging from Open Source and a comparative analysis as to the enforceability of open source licences, to a review of the latest developments on the patentability of computer software and in considering whether there is increasing convergence or divergence in the approaches of different jurisdictions on this important topic. Recently the Intellectual Property Law Committee made a highly regarded submission on the patentability of computer software to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) on behalf of ITechLaw and a recent submission to the Israeli Patent Office. The Committee has also been engaged in high profile discussion and reporting on the use of trade marks in internet search engine advertising. . The Committee maintains an ongoing and active role in the continuous monitoring of legislation in all jurisdictions which affects the interplay between technology and intellectual property.
