Prof. Dr. Cyrill P. Rigamonti - Presentations

• "Copyright Levies in Digital Ecosystems – a Tool for Contributing to Sustainable Innovation?", 42nd ATRIP Congress, LUISS University, Rome, July 2024 (in English)

• "The Use and Abuse of Copyright Levy Systems", OIPRC Invited Speaker Series, University of Oxford, May 2024 (in English)

• "Trademark Dilution in Europe", Guest Lecture in Trademark and Unfair Competition Class (Prof. Mark D. Janis), Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, IN, USA, April 2024 (in English)

• "Questions of Law or Questions of Fact? A Swiss Perspective", INGRES/ETHZ, Zurich IP Retreat - The Measure of All Things, September 2023 (panel with Dr. Klaus Grabinski and Sir Christopher Floyd) (in English)

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Current Issues in Swiss Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, June 2023 (in German)

• "The Federal Arbitral Commission on Copyright and Neighboring Rights and its Role in Copyright Law", Federal Arbitral Commission on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (ESchK) und Judicial Training Institute of Thailand, Study Visit of the Thai Delegation of Chief Judges (Class 22, Group VI), Bern, May 2023 (in English)

• Participation in the panel discussion on the "Trittligass" copyright parody decision of the District Court of Zurich, Faculty of Law and Institute of Art History of the University of Zurich, SIK-ISEA Villa Bleuler, Zurich, November 2022 (in German)

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Current Issues in Swiss Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, June 2022 (in German)

• "The Case Law of the Swiss Federal Patent Court", Harmonized Patent Law in Europe and National Patent Courts, Conference on occasion of the 10-year anniversary of the Swiss Federal Patent Court, St. Gallen, May 2022 (in German)

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Current Issues in Swiss Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, October 2021 (in German)

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Current Issues in Swiss Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, June 2020 (in German)

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Current Issues in Swiss Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, June 2019 (in German)

• "Injunctive Relief in Switzerland", INGRES/ETHZ, Zurich IP Retreat - Injunctions at a junction?, November 2018 (in English)

• "Doctrinal Foundations of Contributory Patent Infringement", VESPA/VIPS Fall Seminar 2018, Zurich, October 2018 (in German)

• "The Original/Copy Distinction from the Perspective of Copyright Law", Swiss Study Foundation, Summer Academy on Reproduction and Copying in Transdisciplinary Perspective, Magliaso, September 2018 (in German)

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Current Issues in Swiss Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, June 2018 (in German)

• "International Patent Protection", WIPO-UNIGE Summer School on Intellectual Property, WIPO, Geneva, June 2018 (in English)

• "The making available of (performances in) audiovisual works (articles 13a and 35a of the Swiss Draft Copyright Law of 2017)", Swiss Forum for Communications Law (SF-FS), 17th Copyright Conference, Zurich, May 2018 (in German)

• "Copyright and Data Protection in the Age of Digitization", Forum for University and Society, University of Bern, Digital World - Analog Experience, Bern, February 2018 (in German)

• Moderator of the Panel on Party Experts, Court Experts, and Technical Judges, INGRES/ETHZ, Zurich IP Retreat - Patents and Hindsight, September 2017 (in English)

• "Substantive International Patent Law", WTI Summer Academy, Frontiers in Intellectual Property Governance, Bern, August 2017 (in English)

• "Substantive International Design Law", WTI Summer Academy, Frontiers in Intellectual Property Governance, Bern, August 2017 (in English)

• "Introduction to Intellectual Property", WTI Summer Academy, Frontiers in Intellectual Property Governance, Bern, August 2017 (in English)

• "International Patent Protection", WIPO-UNIGE Summer School on Intellectual Property, WIPO, Geneva, June 2017

• "The Need for Revision from an Academic Perspective", Swiss Forum for Communications Law (SF-FS) / Center for the Law of Innovation and Competition (CLIC), 16th Copyright Conference, Bern, May 2017 (in German)

• "The Original/Copy Distinction from the Perspective of Copyright Law", Walter Benjamin Kolleg of the University of Bern, Workshop on Original/Copy: Technologies and Aesthetics of Reproduction, Bern, December 2016 (in German)

• "Copyright and Fundamental Freedoms", General Assembly of the Bernese Law Society, Bern, November 2016 (in German)

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Current Issues in Swiss Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, September 2016 (in German)

• "The Rise of Constitutional Balancing in European Copyright Law", 16th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, August 2016

• "The International Patent Landscape", WIPO-UNIGE Summer School on Intellectual Property, WIPO, Geneva, June 2016

• "Copyright and the Freedom of Expression - Towards Ad Hoc Normative Orders", Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, Balancing Intellectual Property Claims and the Freedom of Art and Communication, Bielefeld, March 2016

• "Internet Service Provider Liability", ALAI Switzerland / University of Neuchâtel, Copyright at a Crossroads, Neuchâtel, January 2016 (in German)

• "The Doctrine of Equivalents in Patent Law - Comparative Aspects", Association of Swiss Patent and Trademark Attorneys (ASPTA), Fall Event, Lugano, August 2015 (in German)

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Current Challenges in Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, June 2015 (in German)

• "Patent Priority Issues", Panelist, 23rd Annual Fordham IP Conference at Cambridge University, April 2015

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Current Issues in Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, June 2014 (in German)

• "Limitations in Copyright Law – Critical Views from an Academic Perspective", Swiss Forum for Communications Law, 13th Copyright Conference: AGUR12 – and now?, Bern, May 2014

• Welcome Address, Presentation by Chief Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, University of Bern, January 2014 (in English)

• "Switzerland and the Substantive Law of Patent Infringement in Europe", Conference Commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the Swiss Patent Office, Bern, November 2013

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Current Challenges in Swiss Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, June 2013 (in German)

• "Specialized Patent Courts: The Swiss Experience", Panel on Intellectual Property Courts and Judging, ATRIP 2013 Congress, Oxford University, June 2013

• "ECJ Jurisprudence on the Requirements for Protection of Works in Copyright Law", Swiss Forum for Communications Law and Institute for Economic Law, 12th Copyright Conference, Bern, February 2013 (in German)

• Welcome Address, Conference on "Topical Issues in Swiss Antitrust Law", Association for the Study of Antitrust Law, University of Bern, June 2012 (in German)

• "Nespresso - the Capsule Controversy from a Legal Perspective", University of Bern, April 2012 (in German)

• "Judicial Enforcement of Patents", Bern Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education in Business Law, Bern, November 2011 (in German)

• "Current Developments in Copyright Law and Their Significance for Research Libraries", Swiss Association of Law Libraries, Symposium 2011 - Digital Libraries and the Law, Bern, June 2011 (in German)

• "Regulating Biosimilars - Challenges and Complications", Basel Institute on Governance, Generics & Biosimilars Conference, Basel, May 2011 (in English)

• "Content Flatrate - an Overview", Swiss Forum for Communications Law, 10th Copyright Conference, Bern, February 2011 (in German)

• "Current Developments in Patent Law", University of St. Gallen, Conference on Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Zurich, November 2010 (in German)

• "The Impact of Digital Technologies on the Global Intellectual Property Regime" (Discussant), World Trade Forum 2010, World Trade Institute, Bern, September 2010 (in English)

• "Soccer Events and Trademark Protection - A Somewhat Different Introduction to the Soccer World Cup 2010", Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Lecture Series ip@6, Bern, June 2010 (in German)

• "The World of Contributory Patent Infringement", Cardozo Law School, New York, April 2010 (in English)

• "Current Developments in Patent Law", University of St. Gallen, Conference on Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Zurich, November 2009 (in German)

• "The Assignment of Rights in Software - Used Software and Outsourcing", German Society for Law and Computer Science (DGRI), 16th Tri-National Meeting, Italy, June 2009 (in German)

• "Indirect Patent Infringement - Doctrine and Case Law in Germany and Switzerland", University of Bayreuth, Germany, DFG Graduate Program on Intellectual Property, May 2009 (in German)

• Introductory Remarks to the SNIS Seminar on Barriers to the Cross-Border Flow of Intellectual Assets, University of Bern, World Trade Institute, April 2009 (in English)

• "Current Developments in European Copyright Law", University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Integrated Seminar on Law & Economics, March 2009 (in German)

• "Ambush Marketing and Event Marks", CMS von Erlach Henrici AG, Switzerland, June 2008 (in German)

• "Soccer Events and Trademark Law", University of Bern, Switzerland, Collegium Generale, May 2008 (in German)

• "Intellectual Property Law and EURO 2008", University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Integrated Seminar in Law & Economics, April 2008 (in German)

• Moderator of the Panel on "Fair Use & Fair Dealing", Conference on Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright, Cardozo Law School, New York, March 2008 (in English)

• "Secondary Liability in Intellectual Property Law", CMS von Erlach Henrici, Switzerland, Client Seminar, June 2007 (in German)

• Acceptance Speech on Occasion of the Award of the Prix Jubilé 2007, Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bern, Switzerland, June 2007 (in German)

• "Swiss Perspectives on the European Design Regime", CMS Alliance, London, European IP Practice Group Meeting, February 2007 (in English)

• "Net Art and the Theory of Moral Rights", American Association of Law Schools (AALS), Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2006 (in English)

• "Recontextualizing Moral Rights", Harvard-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, November 2005 (in English)

• "Recontextualizing Moral Rights", Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Colloquium, November 2005 (in English)

• "Reconceptualizing Moral Rights", 5th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, Cardozo Law School, New York, August 2005 (in English)

• "Artists and Copyright in the Digital Millennium", University of Bielefeld, Germany, Conference on Copyright & Art, May 2005 (in English)

• "Limitations and Exceptions in Copyright Law" (Discussant), Max Planck Institute, Symposium on the Balance of Interests in Copyright Law, Berlin, November 2004 (in English) [PDF]

• "Moral Rights in Copyright Law", Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Colloquium, March 2004 (in English)

• Moderator of the Online Module on Business Method Patents, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Internet Law Program (iLaw), Cambridge, MA, June 2003 (in English)