Lecture by Professor Christoph Ann: The German Trade Secret Protection Act of 2019
Event Date
Event Venue
September 5, 2019
Lecture by Professor Christoph Ann on Intellectual Property Law
The German Trade Secret Protection Act of 2019
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2019, 1:15 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Venue: 3F Main Conference Room, North Building, Keio University
Mita Campus, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(Top floor of the building directly connected to the campus's North Gate)
Capacity: 50
Please note that entry may be denied if capacity is reached.
To secure your place, please register by email with your name and affiliation by September 30.
Fee: Free
Languages: English and Japanese (with consecutive interpretation)
For registration and inquiries:
Email: seminars.keio.law[at]gmail.com
(Please replace [at] with @ when sending the email.)
In response to the 2016 EU Trade Secrets Directive, Germany enacted a new Trade Secret Protection Act this year, which came into force on April 26, 2019.
We are pleased to welcome Professor Ann, a leading authority on German patent and trade secret law, again this year to give a lecture on the protection of trade secrets in Germany since the new law's enactment.
<< Program >>
1:15 p.m. Opening Remarks: Yuko Kimijima, Professor, Graduate School of Law and Faculty of Law, Keio University
1:30 p.m. Lecture: Christoph Ann, Guest Professor (Global), Professor, TUM School of Management
3:00 p.m. Comments: Makiko Takabe, Chief Judge, Intellectual Property High Court
3:20 p.m. Q&A
Organizer: Graduate School of Law, Keio University
Intellectual Property Law Seminar Series
German Trade Secret Protection Act of 2019
Prof. Dr. jur Christoph Ann LL. M.
TUM School of Management
Distinguished Guest Professor, Keio University
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2019 13:15-16:00
Venue: North Building 3F Conference Hall
Keio University Mita Campus
2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(Building at the North Gate of Mita Campus)
Fees: Free
Language: English & Japanese (interpreted)
To secure your place, please register by emailing your name and class/position latest by September 30, 2019 to:seminars.keio.law[at]gmail.com
Please replace [at] in the email address with @
On 26 April 2019, the new Trade Secrets Protection Act (Gesetz zum Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen, GeschGehG) came into force in Germany. The Act implements the EU Trade Secrets Directive of 2016.
Keio University welcomes Prof. Ann, one of the leading German law researchers of Patent and Trade Secrets to our campus again this year to speak about trade secrets protection in Germany since the enactment of the new legislation.
Agenda 13:15 Opening Address Prof. Dr. Yuko Kimijima, LL.M.
13:30 Seminar Prof. Dr. Christoph Ann, LL.M.
15:00 Comments Chief Judge Makiko Takabe, IP High Court of Japan
15:20 Q & A
Graduate School of Law, Keio University