E JAPAN PATENT OFFICE WORKSHOP NO. WIPO/TM/TYO/12/INF/3 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH DATE: MARCH, 2012 Measures for Accession to, and Effective Use of, the Madrid System organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the Japan Patent Office (JPO) Japan, Tokyo, March 8 and 9, 2012 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO
page 2 I. PARTICIPANTS AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (OAPI) Hamidou KONE, Chief of Service of Distinctive Signs, OAPI, Yaounde, Cameroon AFRICAN REGIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (ARIPO) Flora Kokwihyukya MPANJU (Mrs.), Senior Examiner, Organic Chemistry, Zimbabwe ALGERIA Hichem BOUTABBA, Head, Department of Technology Transfer, Directorate of Promotion of Innovation and Technology Transfer, Algerian National Institute of Industrial Property, Alger BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Ainatol MOHAMMAD (Mrs.), First Secretary, Department of Trade Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Berakas Mariani SALLEHUDDIN (Miss), Legal Counsel, International Affairs Division, Attorney General Chambers, Bandar Seri Begawan CAMBODIA Sokheng SIM, Deputy Director, Department of Intellectual Property Rights, Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh Thana MOM (Mrs.), Deputy Director, Department of Intellectual Property Rights, Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh ETHIOPIA Adello Berhanu Gebre Mariam ADELLO, Director General, Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office, Addis Ababa INDIA Ram Awtar TIWARI, Assistant Registrar of Trademarks and Geographical Indications, Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mumbai
page 3 INDONESIA Mohammad ADRI, Director, Directorate of Trademark, Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights (DGIPR), Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Tangerang Irnie Mela YUSNITA (Ms.), Trademark Examiner, Directorate of Trademark, Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights (DGIPR), Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Tangerang LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Ratsamy PHANTHAVONG, Deputy Director General, Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Science and Technology, Vientiane Phouxay THEPPHAVONG, Head, Secretarial and General Affair Division, Lao National Chamber of Commercial and Industry, Vientiane MYANMAR Thandar MYINT (Ms.), Deputy Director, IP Section, Ministry of Science and Technology, Yangon Zaw Min HTUN, Assistant Director, IP Section, Ministry of Science and Technology, Yangon MALAYSIA Mohd Faizal Abd LATIP, Senior Manager, Industrial Relation, Malaysian Franchise Association, Kuala Lumpur Faridah YAAKOB (Mrs.), Senior Trade Mark Examiner, Trademark Division, Intellectual property Corporation of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur PAKISTAN Sajjad AHMAD, Director General, Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan, Cabinet Division, Islamabad Zafar Iqbal CHAUDHRY, Chairman, IPR Committee, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lahore PHILIPPINES Jesus VARELA, Chairman, Intellectual Property Committee, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Taguig City Leny RAZ (Ms.), Director, Bureau of Trademarks, Intellectual Property Office Philippines, Taguig City
page 4 SRI LANKA Noordeen Mohamed SAHEED, Chairman, Intellectual Property Advisory Commission, National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka, Colombo Chandima Subhashini ABEYSINGHE (Mrs.), Senior Economist, Economic Unit, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Colombo THAILAND Voravut POSAGANONDH, Director, Trademark Office, Department of Intellectual Property, Nonthaburi Manoon CHANGCHUMNI, Senior Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property, Rouse and Co. International (THAILAND) LTD, Bangkok II. SPEAKERS Andre NTAMACK, Head, Examination and Registration Section, Operations Service, Brands and Designs Sector, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva Atsuko SATO (Ms.), Senior Specialist for Formality Examination, International Trademark Application Office, International Application Division, Trademark, Design and Administrative Affairs Department, the Japan Patent Office (JPO), Tokyo Basak KARADENIZLI (Ms.), Trademark Examiner, The Trademarks Department, Turkish Patent Institute, Ankara Jane COLLINS (Ms.), Former Global Head of Trademarks, Syngenta, Camberley, United Kingdom Junko SAITO (Ms.), Patent Attorney, Ishida and Associations, Nagoya Katsumasa DAN, Deputy Director, Trademark Policy Planning Office, Trademark Division, Trademark, Design and Administrative Affairs Department, the JPO, Tokyo Ken-ichiro NATSUME, Head, WIPO Japan Office, Tokyo Neil WILSON, Director, Functional Support Division, Brands and Designs Sector, WIPO, Geneva Toshiyuki MATSUDAIRA, Assistant Manager, Patent Attorney, Brand/IP Planning Department, Intellectual Property Division, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Tokyo Yoshihiro NAKAYAMA, Assistant Director, International Affairs Division, General Affairs Department, the JPO, Tokyo III. ORGANIZERS Japan Patent Office (JPO) Toru YAMAZAKI, Deputy Director, International Affairs Division, General Affairs Department
page 5 Yoshihiro NAKAYAMA, Assistant Director, International Affairs Division, General Affairs Department Sayo IKAI (Ms.), Administrative Officer, International Affairs Division, General Affairs Department World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Neil WILSON, Director, Functional Support Division, Brands and Designs Sector Andre NTAMACK, Head, Examination and Registration Section, Operations Service, Brands and Designs Sector Ken-ichiro NATSUME, Head, WIPO Japan Office, Tokyo [End of document]