On 3 and 4 September, in Jurmala, Latvia, the Latvian Patent Office (LPO) will host a regional seminar for judges on current issues in intellectual property (IP), where internationally recognized lecturers will share the latest information with seminar participants who will have the opportunity to engage in discussions on current events related to IP rights protection. This year, special attention will be devoted to copyright and the impact of artificial intelligence on IP rights.
For the ninth year, the annual training for judges is being organized by the LPO in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and the European Patent Office (EPO).
At the seminar, Latvian judges will be given an overview of the recent case law of the General Court /Court of Justice of the European Union in trademarks and design cases. The event will also cover patent rights, including current activities of the Unified Patent Court, which began its work in 2023. Special attention will be paid to copyright issues taking into account an increasing impact of artificial intelligence on copyright. Traditionally, the actualities of Latvian, Lithuanian, and Polish courts will be highlighted. The seminar will close with a discussion on the regional outlook on the Baltic IP case law.
In all 12 speakers from different countries, including Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and Poland, will contribute to the seminar programme. Among them will be internationally recognized experts such as Mr. Edger Brinkman, Judge at the Unified Patent Court and the Court of The Hague, Mr. Pēteris Zilgalvis, Judge at the General Court of the European Union, Mr. Christoph Bartos and Ms. Elisabeth Fink, Members of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal, Mr. Tobias Bednarz, Legal Counsellor at WIPO Copyright Law Division, and others.