SOFTIC Symposium 2005

Outline

1. Date:

Wednesday, November 9, 2005

2. Venue:

"Magnolia Hall", 2nd Floor, Tokyo Prince Hotel

3-1, Shibakoen 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8560, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3432-1111 Facsimile: 81-3-3432-5551
Web: http://www.princehotelsjapan.com/tokyoprincehotel/

3. Theme:

The Use and Protection of Information in the Internet Society

4. Organized by:

Software Information Center (SOFTIC)

Toto Bldg., 5-1-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3437-3071 Facsimile: 81-3-3437-3398
E-mail: Web: http://www.softic.or.jp

5. Official Language:

Japanese and English with simultaneous translation.

Program

9:00

Welcoming Remarks

  • Katsuro Yamaji, Executive Director, SOFTIC
  • Toyohiro Nomura, Professor, Gakushuin University

9:10

1 Copyright Infringement and Indirect Infringement in the Internet

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1) Recent Trend in Japan, USA and Europe; Responsibility of ISP, Access Control (DRM, etc.), Indirect Infringement and Action for System Reform, etc.

  • USA
    • Jerome H. Reichman, Professor, Duke University
  • Europe
    • Bernt Hugenholtz, Professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Japan
    • Ryo Shimanami, Associate Professor, Kobe University, Graduate School of Law

10:10-10:25 Break

10:25

2) Responsibility of ISP and Providers of P2P Software, etc.

  • Entity that Used the Copyrighted Work
  • Aid and Abet, Contributory Infringement, Vicarious Infringement
  • Comparison with the Requirements of Indirect Infringement on Patent

Moderator:

  • Keiji Sugiyama, Attorney at Law

Panelist :

  • Bernt Hugenholtz, Professor, Intellectual Property Law and Director of the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam
  • Kunitoshi Oka, Attorney at Law
  • Jerome H. Reichman, Professor, Duke University
  • Pamela Samuelson, Professor, University of California at Berkeley
  • Ryo Shimanami, Associate Professor, Kobe University, Graduate School Of Law
  • Ryuichi Shitara, Judge, Tokyo District Court
  • Yutaka Tanaka, Attorney at Law
  • Tatsuhiro Ueno, Associate Professor, Rikkyo University, Graduate School Of Law

13:00 -14:00 Lunch

14:00

2 Software Patent-Protection and Use

1) Recent Trend of Software-Related Patent Protection in Japan, USA and Europe

  • USA
    • Dan L. Burk, University of Minnesota Law School
  • Europe
    • Theodora Karamanli, Lawyer, Directorate General 5 "Legal/International Affairs" of the EPO
  • Japan
    • Katsuhiko Mise, Attorney at Law

15:00 - 15:15 Break

15:15

2) Views of Software Patent

  • Takashi Hirano, Senior Attorney, Law and Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Corp.
  • David J. Kappos, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property Law, IBM Corporation
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3) Discussion

  • Trilateral Comparison of Issues of Software Patent-Patentability, Scope of the Protection and Systematic Issues, etc.
  • Software Patent and Open Source Software

Moderator:

  • Naoki Mizutani, Attorney at Law

Panelist:

  • Dan L. Burk, University of Minnesota Law School
  • Takashi Hirano, Microsoft Corp.
  • Theodora Karamanli, Lawyer, Directorate General 5 "Legal/International Affairs" of the EPO
  • Katsuhiko Mise, Attorney at Law
  • Harold C. Wegner, Attorney at Law
  • David J. Kappos, IBM Corporation

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17:30

Closing Remarks

*Allocation of time may change.

Moderators and Panelists

Moderators:

Panelists:

Steering Committee

Chairman:

Members:

Registration

Registration fee

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Standard

Early bird discount
(submitted by Oct 31, 2005)

Participants from overseas

35,000 yen

30,000 yen

How to register

Please send e-mail to;

We will let you know the details without delay.

Location and Access

Address:

Tokyo Prince Hotel

3-1, Shibakoen 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8560
Phone: 81-3-3432-1111 Facsimile: 81-3-3434-5551
http://www.princehotelsjapan.com/tokyoprincehotel/

Access:

Subway:

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Symposium Secretariat

For answers to all your queries please contact:

Shigeki Yanagisawa
General Manager, Research Dept.

Software Information Center (SOFTIC)
Toto Bldg., 5-1-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3437-3071
Facsimile: 81-3-3437-3398
E-mail:
Web: http://www.softic.or.jp

This Symposium is subsidized by the Japan Keirin Association through its promotion funds from KEIRIN RACE.