Upcoming events on this week and more!

WHAT’S GOING ON THIS WEEK? 

The Intellectual Property Center of the Austral University will hold the master class Legal Aspects of Platform Applications (in Spanish) on 28 July 2020. The speaker is Darío Veltani. Attendance is free, but you need to register here. 

On 29 July 2020, the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI), the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI), the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI Brazil) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are offering the webinar The Importance of the Role of the Industrial Property Agent in Brazil. The speakers are Alvaro Loureiro Oliveira (ABAPI), Luiz Edgard Montaury Pimenta (ABPI), Claudio Vilar Furtado (INPI Brazil), and José Graça Aranha (WIPO). Paulo Afonso Pereira will moderate the session. 

Meanwhile, the webinar Non-traditional Trademarks (in Spanish) will also take place on 29 July 2020. The event is organized by the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI). The speakers are Iliana Mier Hérnandez, Josúe Medina Campos and Mariana Vargas Macías. The moderator is Carolina Ponce. 

On the same day, it will be held the webinar Global Design Database: Practical Cases, which is organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). 

On 30 July 2020, the following webinars are scheduled: 

• Life Stories: Biopics and Image Rights (in Spanish), organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). Speakers: Diana Muller (USA), Gustavo Rodríguez (Peru), and Santiago Mediano (Spain). Moderator: Francisco Pérez Gangotena (Ecuador). 
• The Fight against Piracy and the Law Proposals on Intellectual Property (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Speaker: Mariana Carvalho (Federal Deputy). Moderator: Gabriel Leonardos (ABPI). 
• MP 984 - Football will no longer be seen in the same way (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Speakers: Alexandre Rangel and Guilherme Bellintani (Esporte Clube Bahia). 

On 31 July 2020, the Peruvian National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) and the National Association of Inventors of Peru (ASONIP) are offering the webinar Patent Oppositions (in Spanish). The speaker is Diego Ortega (INDECOPI). 

AIPPI ESSAY PRIZE 

The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) is calling for submissions for the AIPPI Essay Prize. 

The theme of this year’s competition is COVID-19 and its impact on the world of IP. There are two prizes for AIPPI members and one for IP students. The first prize is 2,000 Swiss francs and complimentary registration for the AIPPI World Congress. The winners of the second and the student prize will receive 1,000 Swiss francs. The winning essays will be available on the AIPPI website. 

Complete submissions (the essay in English and the entry form) must be sent to publications@aippi.org before 1 September 2020 (5 pm CEST). Review here more information about the competition. 

PAST EVENTS

Did you miss some events held the last week? The following are still available on-demand: 

• 20 - 22 July. Conference: A Brand’s New World: The future of challenges in brand protection, organized by the Michigan State University’s Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP Center). The conference is available on-demand only for those who registered to attend the event. 
• 20 July - 16 August. Course: Copyright and the Business of Creative Industries (in Spanish and Portuguese), organized by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC). 
• 22 July. Global Digital Encounters: IP Arbitration in a Digitally Enhanced World (Encounter 4), organized by the Foundation for Research on Law and Business (FIDE, acronym in Spanish) and the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Academy (TIPSA). 
• 22 July. Webinar: Online piracy in Brazil - Achievements and Challenges (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). 
• 23 July. Webinar: Intellectual Property and Hackathons: Computer Program Registration (in Portuguese), organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). 
• 23 July. Webinar: Cannabis regulation (in Spanish), organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). 

If you have a craving for more, review the full list of events here! 

Image is courtesy of the Intellectual Property Center of the Austral University.