The theme of the conference is "Spirit of Licensing" - a special approach to licensing. The programme consists of a mixture of lectures and workshops with international content. Some of the topics scheduled for lectures are 'Global challenges for IP and licensing', 'Challenges of licensing standard essential patents', 'Commercializing underutilised patents', 'In search of strong design rights', 'Arbitration and mediation in IP matters' and 'Core elements of successful trademark licensing'.
Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran, Managing Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, India will speak on 25th June, 2013 in the workshop on pharma and on the topic 'Challenges in global pharmaceutical license collaborations'.