WIPO-WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual Property for Government Officials

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1 E WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ADVANCED COURSE -WTO/ADV/ACAD/12/INF1.PROV ORIGINAL: ENGLISH DATE: MARCH WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual Property for Government Officials organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization () and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Geneva, March 12 to 23, 2012 PROGRAM Under each session, an introductory presentation will be made by a representative of the or the WTO Secretariat. Ample time will be provided for comments and questions from participants. In certain sessions, Geneva-based delegates and other participants with responsibility for current policy issues will also be invited to give their perspectives.

2 page 2 Venue for 1 st week: March 12-16, 2012,, New Building (NB) Conference Room 3 Monday, March 12, Administrative Formalities Opening Remarks by: Mr. Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization () Mr. Rufus Yerxa, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO) Ms. Carlotta Graffigna, Executive Director for the Academy and IP Human Capital Development, Development Sector, Introduction of Participants Gap Analysis - Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation (ITTC), World Trade Organization (WTO) Coffee Break THEME 1: Mrs. Carlotta Graffigna) SETTING THE POLICY CONTEXT: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) AND PUBLIC POLICY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TODAY i. Survey of IP and Public Policy issues ii. International IP legal framework and its Interaction with Public Policy Issues iii. IP Issues in other IGO forums Speakers: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro Peralta, Director, Academy, Development Sector, Mr. Antony Taubman, Director, Discussion Lunch Break THEME 2: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN A TRADE LAW AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SETTING i. Background ii. Negotiating the History of the Trade Related Aspects on Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement Speaker: Mrs. Jayashree Watal, Counsellor Discussion

3 page Coffee Break THEME 3: Mr. Tshimanga Kongolo) TRANSPARENCY FOR POLICYMAKERS: i. The WTO Notification System and the Current Policy Agenda Speaker: Mrs. Xiaoping Wu, Counsellor, ii. Explanation of Documents and Demonstration of IP Materials on Website Speaker: Ms. Martha Chikowore, Training Officer, Academic Institutions Program, Academy, Development Sector, Discussion Tuesday, March 13, THEME 4: Mr. Patrick Masouye) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Speakers: Mr. Carsten Fink, Chief Economist, Economics and Statistics Division, Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO Discussion Coffee Break THEME 5 Ms. Martha Chikowore) (A) DEVELOPMENT AGENDA Speaker: Mr. Irfan Baloch, Director, Development Agenda Coordination Division, Development Sector, (B) INTERNATIONAL POLICY PROCESSES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT Speakers: Mr. Ermias Biadgleng, Legal Expert, Intellectual Property Unit, UNCTAD Mr. Antony Taubman, WTO

4 page Discussion Lunch Break THEME 6: Mr. Patrick Masouye) COPYRIGHT OVERVIEW: THE EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE: LAW, POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT Speaker: Mr. Hannu Wager, Counsellor, Discussion Coffee Break Speaker: Mr. Paolo Lanteri, Assistant Legal Officer, Copyright Law Division, Culture and Creative Industries Sector, Discussion Introduction of Copyright Exercises Wednesday, March 14, THEME 6 (CONT D.) PREPARATION FOR COPYRIGHT EXERCISES Exercises on copyright Speaker: Mr. Hannu Wager, WTO Coffee Break THEME 7: Mrs. Martha Chikowore) TRADEMARKS AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS i. Law, Policy and Development Speaker: Mr. Wolf Meier-Ewert, Counsellor, ii. Trademarks: The Evolving International Landscape Speaker: Mrs. Martha Friedli, Head, Trademark Law Section, Trademark and Design Law Division, Brands and Designs Sector, Discussion Lunch Break

5 page 5 iii. Industrial Designs: Evolving International Landscape Speaker: Ms. Marina Foschi, Legal Officer, Design and Geographical Indication Law Section, Trademark and Design Law Division, Brands and Designs Sector, iv. The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs Speaker: Mr. Yves Closet, Head, Information and Promotion Section, International Designs Registry, Brands and Designs Sector, v. International Registration and Promotion of Madrid System Speaker: Ms. Tetyana Demchenko, Senior Legal Officer, Promotion Section, Information and Promotion Division, International Registries of Madrid and Lisbon, Discussion Coffee Break THEME 8: Mrs. Jayashree Watal) GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS i) Overview of the Provisions in the Lisbon Agreement and Current Work in Speaker: Mr. Matthijs Cornelis Geuze, Head, International Appellations of Origin Registry, International Registries of Madrid and Lisbon, Brands and Designs Sector, ii) Geographical Indications Overview of the Provisions in the TRIPS Agreement and Current Work in the WTO Speakers: Mrs. Thu-Lang Tran Wasescha, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, WTO Mr. Andrès Guggiana, TRIPS Council delegate from Chile Mr. Tomas Baert, TRIPS Council delegate from the European Union

6 page Discussion Introduction of Exercises Thursday, March 15, THEME 9: EXERCISES ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS (GI) Speaker: Mrs. Thu-Lang Tran Wasescha, WTO Coffee Break THEME 10: Mr. Tshimanga Kongolo) PATENTS EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE: LAW, POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT AND PATENT COOPERATION TREATY Speakers: Mr. Philippe Baechtold, Director, Patents and Innovation Division, Innovation and Technology Sector, Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO Mr. Matthias Reischle, Deputy Director and Head, PCT Legal Affairs Section, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Legal Division, Innovation and Technology Sector, Discussion Lunch Break THEME 11: Mrs. Martha Chikowore) ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION CENTER INTERNET DOMAIN NAME, AND OTHER ONLINE IP DISPUTES Speaker: Ms. Eun Joo Min, Head, Legal Development Section, Arbitration and Mediation Center, Global Issues Sector, Discussion Coffee Break Reserved for visiting /WTO officials or country representatives (with prior appointment)

7 page 7 Friday, March 16, THEME 12: Mr. Pierre Arhel) WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND TRIPS Speaker: Mr. Hannu Wager, WTO Discussion Coffee Break THEME 13: INTRODUCTION OF WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT EXERCISES AND GROUP PREPARATION Speakers: Mr. Hannu Wager, WTO Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO Mr. Wolf Meier-Ewert, WTO Excursion to "Nestlé", Vevey

8 page 8 Venue for 2 nd week: March 19-23, 2012, Training Room, 3 rd Floor, 15, Chemin des Mines, WTO Monday, March 19, THEME 14: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PUBLIC HEALTH Mrs Jayashree Watal) Speakers: Mr. Roger Kampf, Counsellor, Mr. Hans Georg Bartels, Senior Program Officer, Global Challenges Division, Global Issues Sector, Coffee Break Speaker: Dr. Peter Beyer, Senior Advisor, Department of Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, World Health Organization (WHO) Discussion Lunch Break i. Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration Exports Under a Compulsory Licence + Introduction to Paragraph 6 exercise Speaker: Mr. Roger Kampf, WTO Discussion Coffee Break ii. Intellectual Property and Public Health: Current Debate Speakers: Ms Pacale Boulet, IP & Policy advisor, DNDi Mr. Andrew Jenner, Director of Innovation, Intellectual Property and Trade, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association Discussion Preparation for the Public Health exercise (suggested)

9 page 9 Tuesday, March 20, THEME 14: (CONT D.) FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: PROVISIONS ON PUBLIC HEALTH Mr. Pierre Arhel) Speaker: Mr. Raymundo Valdes, Counsellor, Discussion THEME 14: (CONT D.) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PUBLIC HEALTH i. Public Health Case Study/Exercise on Paragraph 6 ii. Introduction and Group Preparatory Work Speaker: Mr. Roger Kampf, WTO Coffee Break Public Health Case Study (Cont'd) Public Health Case Study/Exercise: Group Reports and Discussion Speaker: Mr. Roger Kampf, WTO Lunch Break THEME 15: Mr. Tshimanga Kongolo) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Speaker: Mrs. Olga Begoña Venero Aguirre, Head, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Section, Traditional Knowledge Division, Department for Traditional Knowledge and Global Challenges, Global Issues Sector, Discussion Coffee Break

10 page THEME 16: Mr. Tshimanga Kongolo) PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION: LAW, POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT Speakers: Mr. Peter Button, Vice Secretary- General, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Discussion Preparation for dispute settlement exercise Ms. Yolanda Huerta-Casado, Legal Counsel, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Wednesday, March 21, THEME 17: Mr. Daniel Morales) BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PATENTS UNDER TRIPS Speaker: Mrs. Xiaoping Wu, WTO Discussion Coffee Break THEME 18: Mr. Pierre Arhel) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRIPS AND THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; THE PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE: CURRENT WORK IN WTO Speakers: Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO Ms. Letícia Frazão, TRIPS Council delegate from Brazil Ms. Karin Ferriter, TRIPS Council delegate from the United States Discussion Lunch Break THEME 18: (CONT D.) Dispute Settlement Group Reports and Discussion Speakers: Mr. Hannu Wager, WTO Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO Mr. Wolf Meier-Ewert

11 page Discussion Coffee break THEME 19: Mr. Daniel Morales) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY Speakers: Mr. Matthew Rainey, Director, Innovation and Technology Sector, Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO Discussion Preparation for the Transfer of Technology Cases Thursday, March 22, THEME 19: (CONT D.) SUCCESSFUL TECHNOLOGY LICENSING (STL) DEVELOPING KEY ELEMENTS OF THE NEGOTIATING STRATEGY: EXERCISES Speakers: Mr. Matthew Rainey, Discussion Coffee Break Mrs. Olga Spasic, Senior Program Officer, Innovation and Technology Transfer Section, Innovation and Technology Sector, THEME 20: Mr. Hans Georg Bartels) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CLIMATE CHANGE Speakers: Mr. Antony Taubman, WTO Mrs. Yesim Baykal, Consultant, Global Challenges Division, Global Issues Sector, Discussion Lunch Break

12 page THEME 20: (CONT D.) (Moderator. Mrs. Jayashree Watal) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: PANEL DISCUSSION Speakers: Mr. Thaddeus J. Burns, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, General Electric Mr. Ahmed Abdel Latif, Senior Programme Manager, Innovation, Technology and IP, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Discussion Coffee Break THEME 21: Mrs. Martha Chikowore) ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: LEGAL AND POLICY CONTEXT Speakers: Mr. Pierre Arhel, WTO Mr. Xavier Vermandele, Deputy Director, Building Respect for IP Division, Global Issues Sector, Discussion Friday, March 23, THEME 22: Mrs. Jayashree Watal) IP AND COMPETITION POLICY Speakers: Mr. Giovanni Napolitano, Consultant, Intellectual Property and Competition Policy Division, Global Issues Sector, Mr. Robert Anderson, Counsellor, Discussion Coffee Break Mr. Pierre Arhel, WTO

13 page THEME 23: Mr. Antony Taubman) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE AREA OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND RESPONSES AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL Speakers: Mr. Herman Ntchatcho, Senior Director, Regional Bureau for Africa, Development Sector, Mr. Pierre Arhel, WTO Discussion Lunch Break Lunch hosted by the WTO THEME 24: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro) Evaluation ROUNDTABLE ON EVALUATION OF ADVANCED COURSE Feedback from the Academy, Intellectual Property Division (IPD), Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation (ITTC), WTO Closing Remarks by : and WTO officials [End of document]

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ADVANCED COURSE. WIPO-WTO/ADV/ACAD/13/INF1.PROV ORIGINAL: English DATE: March 15, 2013

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