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SUMMARY:Hot topics in intellectual property\, communications and technolo
 gy
DESCRIPTION:This very dynamic and well-attended session enables you to se
 lect from a menu of hot topics in the Intellectual Property (IP)\, commu
 nications\, media and technology sectors and participate in roundtable d
 iscussions.\n\nTopics of current interest are selected to stimulate a li
 vely debate. Moderators on each table introduce the table topic\, and th
 e participants do the rest. Background knowledge or experience within ar
 eas for discussion is not required. Our menu will include hot and 'late 
 breaking' topics in the areas of intellectual property law\, internet la
 w and mobile technologies\, privacy and data protection\, technology con
 tracting and dispute resolution\, arts law\, media and space law.\n\nDis
 cussion is usually around the interface of law\, business\, technology a
 nd culture\, with a global focus. Many topics for discussion are often t
 he subject of considerable public and media interest. In participating i
 n the table topics you will gain a deeper insight into these areas and b
 e able to add your own comments.\n\nThe format is interactive networking
 . The session will provide you with a great opportunity to meet many oth
 er lawyers and to discuss topics of mutual interest with them: don't for
 get your business cards\, ecards and contact details to share. We welcom
 e new participants in these discussions.\n\nSession Co-Chairs - Elisa He
 nry\, WSP / Rebecca McDougall\, Morgan Lewis\n\n\n\nRotations\nWe will s
 tart with a brief introduction and have 3 rotations of 45 minutes each w
 ith a break of 5 minutes between each rotation for people to wrap up dis
 cussions.\n\nThe following topics will be discussed during the session\,
  with the help of the respective moderators identified for each topic:\n
 \n\nTopic 1\nOriginality! What's new? Scandinavian design\nThis table wi
 ll explore how Scandinavian furniture design has shaped global ideas of 
 originality\, minimalism\, and functional aesthetics—and how those ideas
  are protected (or challenged) under copyright and design law. Discuss h
 ow iconic Scandinavian design works sit at the intersection of artistic 
 expression and industrial production\, raising key legal questions about
  where “design inspiration” ends and copyright infringement or copying b
 egins.\n\nModerators - Herman Croux\, MVVP / Hanna Tilus\, Cirio Advokat
 byrå AB\n\n\nTopic 2\nReturn to the Moon. Access to space\nThis rotating
  table discussion will cover current proposed plans by NASA\, ESA\, Chin
 a and Roscosmos\; the principle of non-appropriation of outer space and 
 celestial bodies foreseen in international treaties\, peaceful purpose a
 nd restrictions on specified military establishments and potential comme
 rcial activities. This table will also cover different forms and possibi
 lities of accessing space\, from tourism to defense\, from satellites to
  human continuous presence in outer space\, from the use of energy to ES
 C\, from free access to barriers\, limits and restrictions.\n\nModerator
 s - Bob Calmes\, 55 Legal / Luca Iaboni\, Genergo Space / Andreas Lenz\,
  Heuking\n\n\nTopic 3\nAI\, image rights\, and moral rights: who owns a 
 face in the age of synthetic media?\nThis table will focus on how AI is 
 blurring the boundaries of image rights\, personality rights\, and moral
  rights. With deepfakes\, voice cloning\, and AI generated likenesses be
 coming mainstream\, the discussion would explore how existing legal fram
 eworks are coping\, drawing on U.S. debates around celebrity deepfakes a
 nd false endorsement\, European approaches grounded in moral rights and 
 human dignity\, and Latin American perspectives where image rights often
  have constitutional protection. The key question: do we need new ways t
 o protect identity itself in the age of synthetic media?\n\nModerators -
  Luiza Tângari Coelho\, Madrona / Tim Creek\, Davies Collison Cave Law\n
 \n\nTopic 4\nGreen brands on thin ice: IP protection and the legal limit
 s of sustainability claims\nThis discussion will focus on the growing te
 nsion between sustainability driven branding strategies and the legal bo
 undaries set by trademark\, unfair competition\, and advertising law. It
  could examine how “green” product names\, labels\, and brand narratives
  are assessed under various legal frameworks\, including evidentiary sta
 ndards and enforcement risks. The roundtable could also explore how comp
 anies can align IP portfolios with ESG objectives without triggering gre
 enwashing claims or undermining brand value.\n\nModerators - Sarah Druka
 rch\, Pestalozzi / Sebastain Heim\, Graf von Westphalen\n\n\nTopic 5\nIs
  my invention created aboard the International Space Station protected? 
 And does it infringe other IP rights?\nThis table will explore the compl
 ex legal questions surrounding inventions\, technologies\, and creative 
 works developed\, used\, or potentially infringed aboard the Internation
 al Space Station (ISS)\, on spacecraft\, and in future lunar and orbital
  habitats. Discuss how existing patent\, copyright\, trade secret\, and 
 contractual frameworks apply in space\, including the role of internatio
 nal agreements\, national patent laws\, and the jurisdictional rules gov
 erning activities conducted beyond Earth's borders.\n\nModerators - Paul
  Monaghan\, The Law Society of NSW / Francesca Ferrero\, Trevisan Cuonzo
 \n\n\nTopic 6\nShow me the money! Establishing monetary compensation for
  patent infringement in technology products\nThere are many interesting 
 issues like how to apportion value of a sale\, how to prove IP owner’s l
 ost profits\, how to determine reasonable royalty\, and what is deductib
 le in the common law infringer’s profit’s inquiry (incremental\, fixed c
 osts\, variable costs etc.) Can the existence of a non-infringing altern
 ative impact the causality inquiry? Some systems foresee bifurcation of 
 the monetary aspects of the case\, some don’t\, what are the trends?\n\n
 Moderators - Bob Sotiriadis\, ROBIC / Hasan Ifran Khan\, United Trademar
 ks\n\n\nTopic 7\nAI and biology: tracking the legal and regulatory issue
 s arising from human augmentation technologies\, along with AI assisted 
 scientific review: approaches by FDA\, EMA\, and other regulators\nAs ad
 vances in artificial intelligence\, biotechnology\, neurotechnology\, an
 d bioengineering increasingly converge\, the line between human and mach
 ine is becoming more difficult to define. From AI-assisted prosthetics a
 nd brain-computer interfaces to genetic enhancement and cognitive augmen
 tation technologies\, innovation is rapidly outpacing the legal framewor
 ks designed to govern it. This table will discuss the evolving intellect
 ual property\, regulatory\, and ownership issues arising from human augm
 entation technologies. This table will also discuss how life sciences re
 gulators such as the FDA\, EMA\, and others are using artificial intelli
 gence for scientific reviews and to assist with reviewing medical produc
 t submissions and applications. The discussion will explore fundamental 
 questions surrounding the patentability of augmentation-related inventio
 ns\, ownership of AI-generated biological innovations\, protection of da
 ta derived from enhanced individuals\, and the allocation of rights amon
 g inventors\, developers\, medical institutions\, and users\, as well as
  the allocation of regulatory responsibilities and liability once a prod
 uct has been approved.\n\nModerators - Ping Gu\, Zhong Lun / Vanessa Bur
 rows\, STB Law / Elysangela Rabelo\, Demarest\n\n\nTopic 8\nMission: imp
 ossible – regulating truth without censorship\nAfter the success of last
  year’s discussions on this topic and the many changes around the world 
 in this area over the last 12 months\, the Media Law Committee will once
  again explore:\n\n\n	What legal tools do countries use to regulate trut
 h-telling in the media?\;\n	Where should the fine line be drawn between 
 demanding reliable and responsible reporting of the news and imposing ce
 nsorship?\; and \n	What role does litigation play in regulating truth te
 lling?\n\n\nModerators -Rajesh Sreenivasan\, Rajah &amp\; Tann Singapore
  LLP / Rob Balin\, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP\n\n\nTopic 9\nStreet art\, 
 street rules? Banksy's complicated relationship with IP. Public Art\, pr
 ivate rights: IP ownership in commissioned works\nThis table will explor
 e how the pseudonymous street artist and his legal and authentication bo
 dy\, Pest Control\, have maintained a famously ambivalent attitude towar
 ds IP protection. We will discuss how the artist has sought to rely on t
 rademark law rather than conventional copyright enforcement to avoid rev
 ealing his identity and the practical limits of policing IP rights in th
 e context of street art.\nAnd\, a lively cross-jurisdiction discussion o
 f who owns copyright in a commissioned public artwork\, market norms and
  the pressures on artists to assign their intellectual property. We will
  also consider moral rights\, when waivers are demanded and whether they
  are enforceable or desirable.\n\nModerators - Amelia Brankov\, Brankov 
 PLLC / Petra Warrington\, Wedlake Bell\n\n\nTopic 10\nDigital sovereignt
 y – is open source the remedy?\nThe discussion around digital sovereignt
 y has recently picked up and gained momentum\, particularly for governme
 nts\, but also for private businesses. The increased use of open source 
 systems has been proposed as remedy to combat dependency from large tech
  vendors and to maintain digital sovereignty. The roundtable will discus
 s whether and how open source systems can effectively be used as an alte
 rnative\, what legal issues may be mitigated thereby and what new risks 
 and challenges may emerge from using open source components.\n\nModerato
 rs - Roland Mathys\, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd / Astrid Wagner\, Arendt /
  Johan Hubner\, DLA Piper\n\n\nTopic 11\nAI and its impact on law firm m
 anagement and legal practice\nThe choice of this topic reflects the grow
 ing relevance of artificial intelligence in the legal sector\, not only 
 as a tool for efficiency but as a force that is reshaping how law firms 
 are organised\, deliver services\, and create value for their clients. A
 I is influencing everything from internal processes (knowledge managemen
 t\, task automation\, resource optimisation) to more strategic aspects s
 uch as business models\, client relationships\, and decision-making.\nTh
 e discussion would address\, among other points:\n\n\n	how law firms are
  incorporating AI into their daily practice\;\n	the impact on team struc
 ture and management\;\n	risks\, as well as ethical and regulatory challe
 nges\;\n	opportunities to enhance the quality and efficiency of legal se
 rvices\; and\n	best practices.\n\n\nModerators - Doil Son\, Yulchon / Gu
 stavo Giay\, Marval / Caroline Berubé\, HJM Asia Law &amp\; Co LLC\n\n\n
 Topic 12\nShould you and your clients accept the standard contract terms
  for Generative AI services?\nAI tools assist in decision making-- AI sh
 apes an outcome but users play a large role in proper input and examinat
 ion of output. This roundtable will discuss the appropriate balance of r
 esponsibility and liability in AI terms and conditions. We will cover is
 sues involving ownership\, data use and deletion\, use of customer data 
 to train the AI tool\, risk shifting to cover inaccurate or made-up data
  and challenges in a contract keeping up with the ever-changing AI techn
 ology.\n\nModerators - Christopher Millard\, Queen Mary University of Lo
 ndon / Joost Schmaal\, Kennedy Van der Laan / Dr. Matthias Orthwein\, SK
 W Schwarz\n\n\nTopic 13\nBuying a company\, buying its data - what due d
 iligence is missing and how to draft reps and warranties?\nData assets a
 re increasingly central to M&amp\;A valuations - yet most legal teams ha
 ve no framework for assessing them. Is the data clean\, lawfully collect
 ed\, and actually usable? Is the data subject to IPR? This roundtable as
 ks what lawyers need to know before signing off on a data-heavy deal\, a
 nd what questions nobody is asking until it is too late.\n\nModerators -
  Laura Ziferman\, Walless / Stefan Weidert\, Gleiss Lutz / Statira Ranin
 a\, ALMT Legal\n\n\nTopic 14\nDoes banning children from accessing socia
 l media services work?\nThis discussion will look at different models th
 at have been adopted in different countries around the world and whether
  these are\, or will be\, effective in addressing the harms arising from
  children accessing social media services.\n\nModerators - Sam Feder\, J
 enner &amp\; Block / Mario Di Carlo\, Ristuccia &amp\; Tufarelli\n\n\nTo
 pic 15\nModernising communications infrastructure: a discussion of the d
 igital network act\nThe Digital Network’s act will impact in facilitatin
 g the modernisation of the EU’s communications infrastructure\, for exam
 ple\, by facilitating infrastructure investment and what the long term i
 mpacts might be.\n\nModerators - Anne Vallery\, Wilmerhale / Innocenzo G
 enna\, Dipartimento per la Trasformazione Digitale / Nazli Cansin Karga\
 , Dentons\n\n\nTopic 16\nNeurodata\, emotion AI\, and biometric profilin
 g: privacy law's next frontier\nTechnologies that read\, interpret\, and
  act on our innermost states - from brainwave-sensing wearables and emot
 ion-recognition cameras to affective AI systems that infer stress\, atte
 ntion\, or mood - are moving rapidly from research labs into workplaces\
 , schools\, healthcare settings\, and consumer products. These technolog
 ies generate neurodata and biometric profiles that are uniquely sensitiv
 e: unlike a password\, they cannot be changed\, and they may reveal far 
 more about a person than the individual ever intended to disclose.\n\nTh
 is table will examine the emerging legal landscape around neurodata\, em
 otion AI\, and biometric profiling. The discussion will cover how the GD
 PR and UK GDPR interact with the EU AI Act (which banned emotion recogni
 tion in workplaces and schools from February 2025)\, and how the UK's po
 st-Brexit framework - including the ICO's approach to biometric data and
  the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 - is diverging from or aligning with
  EU standards. The table will also explore how other jurisdictions are r
 esponding. The discussion will explore the fundamental tension between t
 he commercial value of emotional and neural data and the protection of p
 rivacy\, and consider what meaningful consent can realistically look lik
 e when the data at stake is a real-time window into a person's inner bei
 ng.\n\nModerators - Norman Heck\, Ramon Cajal / Malin Tønseth\, Advokatf
 irmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS / Adam Rose\, Mischcon de Reya\n\n\nTopic 1
 7\nThe death of online anonymity\nFor decades\, anonymity was one of the
  defining features of the internet. Today\, that model is rapidly disapp
 earing. AI-powered identification tools\, biometric systems\, age-verifi
 cation laws\, platform accountability rules\, financial transparency req
 uirements\, and growing pressure to “know your user” are reshaping how p
 eople interact online — and how companies design digital services. This 
 table will explore whether anonymity can survive the next generation of 
 technology and regulation\, and examine the growing tension between iden
 tity\, safety\, privacy\, innovation\, financial integrity\, and freedom
  of expression in the AI era.\n\nModerators - Erik Valgaeren\, Stibbe / 
 Paulina Silva\, BitLaw / Raphael Dana\, Dana Law\n\n\nTopic 18\nAI\, jou
 rnalism and market power: who pays the bill in the age of AI?\nGenerativ
 e AI is fundamentally transforming the way people access and consume inf
 ormation. AI assistants and search engines increasingly provide direct a
 nswers\, summaries and synthesised content\, often reducing the need for
  users to visit the original sources. While these technologies offer sig
 nificant benefits in terms of accessibility and efficiency\, they also r
 aise important questions about the economic sustainability of journalism
  and the future of independent news production.\nAcross the globe\, regu
 lators\, courts and competition authorities are examining whether domina
 nt digital platforms and AI developers derive substantial value from jou
 rnalistic content without providing fair compensation to news publishers
 . At the same time\, policymakers are grappling with how to balance inno
 vation\, access to information and the preservation of a diverse and sus
 tainable media ecosystem.\n\n\nThis roundtable will examine the evolving
  intersection of competition law\, copyright\, platform regulation and m
 edia sustainability. Drawing on recent litigation\, licensing arrangemen
 ts and regulatory investigations involving AI developers\, search engine
 s and news organisations\, participants will discuss legal responses and
  consider how the value generated by information should be allocated in 
 the age of AI.\n\nModerators - Simone Lahorgue Nunes\, Lahorgue Advogada
 s / Daniela de Pasquale\, Ughi e Nunziante Studio Legale / Sajai Singh\,
  JSA Law\n
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