Digital Health is the rapidly evolving future of innovation in healthcare, and organizations need to be prepared to navigate the complex legal landscape of the industry across geographies. In this interactive seminar and workshop, the experts at Vossius & Partner in Switzerland and Germany will partner with the experts at Wolf Greenfield in Boston to give an overview of the current challenges and opportunities in protecting and utilizing digital health solutions in the US and Europe. The conversation will focus on digital health patenting and trademarking requirements as well as data protection, with particular emphasis on the differences between the US and Europe. For e entrepreneurs considering conducting business in multiple markets, this is a must-attend event.
US Perspective from Wolf Greenfield:
– Emily Gardel
– Amanda Slade
– Andrew Tibbetts
Swiss and European Perspective from Vossius & Partner:
– Simone Schäfer
– Philipp Marchand
– Monika Menz
Program (EST)
9:00 am – 10:00 am: Overview of Swiss, European, and US trademark, patent, and data privacy guidelines for digital health startups.
10:00 am – 10:30 am: Breakout sessions with the experts. Choose trademark, patenting, or data privacy as focus topics.
10:30 am – 11:00 am: Recaps of breakouts and general Q&A session.
In Switzerland (CET)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Overviews of Swiss, European, and US trademark, patent, and data privacy guidelines for digital health startups.
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Breakout sessions with the experts. Choose trademark, patenting, or data privacy as focus topics.
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Recaps of breakouts and general Q&A session.
Speakers from Wolf Greenfield:
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Bio
Emily Gardel
Patent Attorney, Wolf GreenfieldEmily Gardel focuses her practice on patent prosecution in areas where electronic devices and software overlap with biotechnology. She has worked with technologies related to healthcare IT, medical devices, biosensors, diagnostic devices and software, bioinformatics, and data processing, including technologies implementing machine learning. She has extensive experience handling prosecution matters on these technologies, advising clients on all aspects of IP strategy and portfolio development both in the United States and abroad.
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Amanda Slade
Associate, Trademark Group at Wolf GreenfieldAmanda Slade focuses her practice on a wide variety of trademark issues, including federal litigation, trademark prosecution, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) proceedings, and trademark investigation and enforcement. Prior to joining Wolf Greenfield, Amanda served as a law clerk for the Senate Judiciary Committee Minority Office in Washington, D.C., where she concentrated on constitutional law, matters concerning the USPTO, privacy, and data breach notification issues, immigration policy, criminal justice issues, and judicial nominations.
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Andrew (A.J.) Tibbetts
Intellectual Property Attorney, Wolf GreenfieldAndrew (A.J.) Tibbetts represents clients in industries ranging from financial services and mobile applications to speech recognition, machine learning, operating systems, networking and telecommunications (including 3G and 4G cellular standard technologies, and wireless LAN technologies), big data analytics, and more. He counsels clients on IP best practices, navigating acquisitions, transactions including licensing, patent litigation, and challenging validity of patents at the Patent Office through post-grant proceedings. While he works with multiple international and publicly-traded companies, he devotes part of his practice to counseling small and growing companies on IP strategies that will help them achieve their own unique business goals.
Speakers from Vossius & Partner:
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Simone Schäfer
Partner, Trademark and Design Department at Vossius & PartnerSimone Schäfer is a partner in the trademark and design department of VOSSIUS, and can look back on expertise in this field since 1999. The focus of her work is the prosecution and enforcement of trademarks and designs with a strong emphasis on the monetization of IP rights, in particular license agreements, design development, and IP purchase contracts. She frequently develops complex custom-tailored IP landscapes and provides her clients with competitive analysis.
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Philipp Marchand
European Patent Attorney and Partner, Vossius & PartnerPhilipp Marchand is a qualified European Patent Attorney and partner at Vossius & Partner. He specializes in advising clients of all sizes with respect to freedom-to-operate analyses and portfolio and value generation.
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Monika Menz
Information Technology Specialist Attorney, Vossius & Partner BerlinMonika Menz is an information technology specialist attorney from the Vossius & Partner Berlin office. She has many years of practical experience in advising clients on all information technology and data protection topics. She is a certified privacy professional of IAPP for Europe (CIPP/E) and is a lecturer in IT law at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering at the University of Potsdam. One of her special areas of focus is data protection in the health sector.