WHAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEK?
The Michigan State University’s Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP Center) is holding the conference A Brand’s New World: The Future of Challenges in Brand Protection from 20 to 22 July 2020. The conference will address brand protection strategies and issues post-pandemic. The speakers include Hernan Albamonte (Philip Morris), Charles Olschanski (Tiffany), Cristina Posa (Amazon), Brian Fogarty (Nike), Lori Mayall (Gilead Sciences), Mike Gannon (3M), Mark Schildkraut (BD), Tara Steketee (Merck & Co.), Kasie Brill (GIPC), and Carolina Giuga (LEGO). Some moderators are Jeff Rojek (A-CAPP), Leah Evert-Burks (A-CAPP), and Kari Kammel (A-CAPP). The program and registration are available here. The Latin American International Arbitration Course (LAIAC) will take place from 20 July until 7 August 2020. The LAIAC is organized by the Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement (CIDS). The program will cover procedural and substantive matters in commercial and investment arbitration. The course is addressed to lawyers, government, and public sector officials as well as advanced law students from Latin America and worldwide. The LAIAC will be instructed in English except for one lecture in Spanish.
The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) is offering the online course Copyright and the Business of Creative Industries from 20 July to 16 August. The instructor is Marisa Gandelman. The course will be taught in Spanish and Portuguese.
The third encounter of the Seminar Innovation and Intellectual Property in post-pandemic scenarios (in Spanish) will be held on 21 July 2020. The event is organized by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Industrial and Economic Law (CEIDIE) of the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires. The speakers are Diego Hurtado (MCyTArgentina), Eduardo Spitzer (Elea-Phoenix), Viviana Tellez Muñoz (South Centre), and Maximiliano Marzetti (CEIDIE-UBA).
On 22 July 2020, it will take place the webinar The ABC of trademarks which is organized by the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI). The speakers are Arturo González MartÃnez, Fernanda DÃaz Aquino, and Flor Bermúdez Trejo. Catalina Lozada will moderate the session.
The Foundation for Research on Law and Business (FIDE, acronym in Spanish) and the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Academy (TIPSA) will hold the Global Digital Encounters: IP Arbitration In A Digitally Enhanced World (Encounter 4), also on 22 July 2020. The event will provide an overview of the role of IP arbitration and mediation in a post-pandemic environment. The speakers are Catherine A. Rogers (Penn State Law) and Chung Nian Lam (WongPartnership). Ignacio de Castro (WIPO) will moderate the session.
Meanwhile, the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI) is offering the webinar Online piracy in Brazil - Achievements and Challenges (in Portuguese) on 22 July 2020. The speakers are Daniel Steinmetz (Walt Disney), Alessandro Barreto (Ministry of Justice and Public Security), and Guilherme Farid Mischi Bou Chebl (PROCON-SP).
On 23 July 2020, the following webinars are scheduled:
- Intellectual Property and Hackathons: Computer Program Registration, organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Opening speakers: Luiz Edgard Montaury Pimenta (ABPI) and José Graça Aranha (WIPO). Panellists: Gabriel Teixeira (1st winner of Hackcovid19, computing category), Camila Perico (1st winner of Hackcovid19, general category), and Helmar Alvares (INPI Brazil). Moderator: PatrÃcia Coimbra.
- Mediation under the WIPO Rules (in Spanish), organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The webinar will cover WIPO mediation rules for resolving IP and technology disputes.
- Cannabis regulation (in Spanish), organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). Speakers: Maritza Reátegui (Peru), Viviana Cervieri (Uruguay), and Guillermo Carey (Chile). Moderator: Armando Arenas (Mexico).
On 24 July 2020, the webinar IP Key LA to Host Virtual Seminar on Industrial Design Rights, will take place. The event is organized by the IP Key Latin America, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM). The program will cover the benefits and advantages of the Hague Agreement as well as the experiences of EU, Spain, and Mexico in such regard. A certificate of attendance will be provided. Register here.
On the same day, the webinar Most remarkable judgments issued by the Court of Justice of the Andean Community (in Spanish) will be held. The webinar is organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI), the Ecuadorian Intellectual Property Association (AEPI), the Colombian Association of Industrial Property (ACPI), and the Peruvian Association of Industrial Property and Copyright (APPI). The speakers are Hugo Gómez Apac (Court of Justice of the Andean Community, Peru), Gustavo GarcÃa Brito (Court of Justice of the Andean Community, Bolivia), Marcos Mercado D., MarÃa del Carmen Arana, Andrés Rincón and Sasha Mandakovic. MarÃa Rosa Fabara will moderate the session. Register here.
WIPO SURVEY ON BLOCKCHAIN AND IP ECOSYSTEM
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is conducting a survey on blockchain and IP ecosystem. The purpose is to “gather information for a Blockchain Whitepaper that will identify how blockchain technology can contribute to establishing a robust, streamlined, cost-effective, inclusive, and transparent IP ecosystem in the era of digital transformation”. The deadline to participate is 31 July 2020.
The whitepaper project is carried out by the Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS) Blockchain Task Force and involves a webinar series on the subject. The first webinar took place on 25 June 2020 (as announced here). The remaining two webinars will be held in the following months for discussing the survey’s findings and the content of the whitepaper. Review here more information on the webinar series.
PAST EVENTS
Did you miss some events held the last week? The following are still available on-demand:
- 13 July. Webinar: Shaping tomorrow: 3D printing and its impact on IP, organized by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
- 14 July. Webinar: Intellectual Property 4.0: IP in the Fourth Industrial Revolution? (in Portuguese), organized by WIPO, the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI Brazil), the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI), and the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI).
- 16 July. Webinar: Cancellation of trademark registrations for non-use: a comparative analysis (in Spanish), organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI).