8.30 -16.00 on December 12, 2011
(at Lotus Suite 5-6, 22nd floor)
Topic : Patent Fundamentals and Strategies for Personal Care
Lecturer : Louis C. Paul (The founder of Louis C. Paul & Associates, PLLC)
OUTLINE
1. Introduction
a. What is a patent? What are patent rights?
b. Sources of patent law in different countries
c. Importance of patents to different constituencies – raw materials suppliers; finished goods companies; retailers; contract manufacturers/formulators
2. Patentability
a. Novelty
b. Inventive step (non-obviousness)
c. Written description
d. Enablement
3. Freedom to Operate / Freedom to Market
a. Non-infringement
b. Invalidity
c. Options when confronting a blocking patent
4. Patent Application Process
a. Invention disclosure / laboratory notebooks
b. Steps / timing
c. Strategies
5. Infringement case studies
6. Invalidity challenges / defenses
7. Country/Region Specific Aspects of Patent Law
a. Interference Practice in US (first to invent)
b. Opposition practice in Europe
8. Licensing basic
9. Trademark basics (how to defend)
8.30 -12.00 on December 12, 2011
(at Lotus Suite 7, 22nd floor)
Topic : Skin Whitening
Lecturer : Kiyoshi Sato (Shiseido Co. Ltd., Japan)
OUTLINE
1. Introduction
2. Skin physiology and skin pigmentation
3. Basics of “skin whitening”
4. Mechanisms of “skin whitening”
5. "Skin Whitening" in Asia
6. Actives for “skin whitening”
7. Regulations
8. Development of a "skin whitening" product
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