Speaking Engagements

• "Update on the Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent and Implications for the Industry," 8th Legal EGA Affairs Forum (March 23, 2012). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Basel Intellectual Property Lecture," Basel, Switzerland (November 29, 2011). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Sancties en procedures inzake intellectuele rechten: beslag inzake namaak” [Sanctions and procedures in IP matters: saisie-contrefaçon?], BVA - BNVBIE - VSMR Seminar, Brussels (November 24, 2011). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "A review of key cases affecting generic companies," 7th EGA Legal Affairs Forum, Brussels (March 17-18, 2011). Speaker: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Recente ontwikkelingen," Actua Intellectuele eigendomsrechten, [Actua Intellectual Property], Kluwer, La Hulpe (February 24, 2011). Speaker: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Remedies at national level: Injunctions and damages actions," ERA Training of national judiciaries, Trier, Germany (February 18, 2011). Speaker: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Juridische actualiteiten voor de farma-industrie: Artikel 10 Geneesmiddelenwet?" [Legal up-date for the pharmaceutical industry: article 10 Medicines Act], Antwerp (24 January, 2011). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Astra Zeneca case of abuse of dominant position," 6th EGA Legal Affairs Forum, Munich (Germany) (March 10-11, 2010). Moderator: Kristof Roox; Panelist: Thomas De Meese.
  
  
• "IP and Enforceability of IP rights in Belgium," The Erasmus European Business & Innovation Center (EEBIC) Seminar, Brussels, Belgium (February 26, 2010). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "The pharmaceutical sector inquiry," Seminar De Clerq Brants & Partners "Patenting life sciences in 2009: A system in (di)stress or a time of opportunities," Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium (November 27, 2009). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Application of patent litigation strategies to biosimilars: is there a difference?," Informa Life Sciences' 6th Annual Biosimilars Conference, Berlin, Germany (November 18-19, 2009). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Litigation Based on Patent Linkage in Different Member States," Drug Information Association (DIA) 21st Annual EuroMeeting, Berlin, Germany (March 23-25, 2009). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Better Patents, Better Medicines," 5th European Generic Medicines Association (EGA) Legal Affairs Forum, Munich, Germany (March 12-13, 2009). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Intellectual Property Related Barriers to Market Entry for Generic Medicines, an Evaluation for EU and Turkey," Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations of Turkey (iEiS) seminar, Ankara, Turkey (March 3, 2009). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• IP/IT Update, IBJ-IJE Seminar, Brussels, Belgium (October 21, 2008). Co-Presenters: Kristof Roox and Thomas De Meese.
  
  
• "New legislative developments regarding IP in Belgium. How to deal with them?" Seminar The Patent Law Landscape In 2007: How to keep up with all developments? (9 November 2007). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Biosimilars : Regulatory and legal issues – The lead From Europe," East Meets West Generics Summit, Dubai (October 22-23, 2007). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Nieuwigheden in het intellectueel eigendomsrecht", Dag van de Advocaat, Brussels (23 August 2007). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Pharmaceutical patent litigation: an overview," Legal Strategies for Developing Generic Medicines, Amsterdam (July 10-11, 2007). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Parallel Import : A Legal Perspective," Veterinary Medicines: Generics, Patents and Parallel Trade Summit, Amsterdam (July 3-4, 2007). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Time for a Bolar-type exemption to patent infringement in the agrochemical industry," Crop Protection: Generics, Patents and Parallel Trade Summit, Amsterdam (November 23-24, 2006). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Biosimilars: Regulatory Pathways," Legal Strategies for Developing Generic Medicines, Amsterdam (July 10-11, 2006). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "The Bolar provison: A Safe Harbour in Europe," 4th EGA Symposium on Biosimilars: Biosimilar Medicinal Products: A Reality in Europe, London (May, 18-19, 2006). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Patent Law Developments and the Future for Pharma and Biotech Industry: (Research) Exemptions in the US and Europe," [Speaking Engagement] (November 25, 2005). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Beslag inzake namaak: gebruik of misbruik - Wat te doen in geval van een beslag inzake namaak?," [What to do when faced with a saisie-contrefaçon?], Federation of Belgian Enterprises, Brussels (June 3, 2004). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• Workshop on “International Contracts,” EU-China Legal and Judicial Co-operation Programme (November 7, 2001). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Special considerations for pan-European injunctions" and "The role and form of discovery in European patent litigation," International Patent Litigation, New York (October 31 to November 2, 2001). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Auteursrecht" [Copyright], Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Antwerpen (March 9, 2001). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• "Belgian Torpedoes Under the Brussels Convention," Meeting of the Belgian Assistant Professors Private International Law, Brussels (2000). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• “Internationale geschillenbeslechting: welke mogelijkheden,” EFE-seminarie, “Hoe uw internationale contracten onderhandelen, opstellen en uitvoeren?,” [International litigation: how to negotiate, draft and execute international contracts], Antwerpen (December 1, 1999). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• “De ontwikkelingen in auteursrecht in Europa met het zicht op de 21ste eeuw,” [The evolution of copyright in view of the 21st century], Europese Studiedag, Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg (May 14, 1998). Presenter: Kristof Roox.
  
  
• “Domeinnamen en Internet: een stand van zaken,” [Domainnames and Internet], Lunchcauserie Intellectuele Rechten, O.S.B.-V.U.B, Brussels (October 24, 1997). Presenter: Kristof Roox.