Conference on Latest Developments in the Field of Intellectual Property, Luxembourg, 6 and 7 october 2005
Location
European Commission Jean Monnet Building Room M5 Luxembourg
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Program
At the moment, intellectual property is a hot issue because of the Lisbon strategy, which emphasises economic growth, prosperity and employment and according to which innovation and dynamism in the EU should be stimulated and the functioning of the internal market and liberalisation of services should be developed in order to support the knowledge society.
Furthering the success of a knowledge-based economy therefore presupposes that the current body of EU law on intellectual property should be adapted to economic globalisation and to the digital world, particularly to stop internet piracy.
The effective implementation of this policy also presupposes harmonisation of criminal sanctions punishing counterfeiting or piracy, of substantive patent law and of the resolution of disputes relating to the counterfeiting and the validity of Community patents.
EU action will thus be optimised by, on the one hand, protecting its innovation and its market against counterfeiting by third countries, and, on the other hand, by working towards a redistribution of wealth to developing countries e.g. by strengthening its position as pioneer in ensuring access to affordable medicines for the poorest countries.
Thursday 6 October 2005
08.45 09.15 REGISTRATION
09.15 09.30 Welcome and opening of the seminar: Véronique Bertoli-Chappelart, Lecturer, European Centre for Judges and Lawyers, European Institute of Public Administration, Antenna Luxembourg
09.30 11.00 What is the Commissions policy on adjusting the Information Society Directive 2001/29/EC to the digital world? Ludwig MAJER, Seconded National Expert, European Commission, DG Internal Market and Services, Directorate D Unit Copyright and Knowledge-Based Economy , Brussels (confirmed)
11.00 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 13.00 Different European and international laws aimed at stopping internet piracy (WIPO, Geneva)
13.00 14.00 Lunch (Jean Monnet Building Green Room)
14.00 15.30 State of affairs regarding the implementation of the Counterfeiting/Piracy Directive 2004/48/EC in the Member States, Mr Fabrice Claireau, Legal Director of the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (INPI), Paris (invited)
15.30 16.00 Coffee break
16.30 18.00 The harmonisation of criminal sanctions punishing counterfeiting and piracy, Daniel FONTANAUD, Seconded Expert Judge, Unit on the Fight against Organised Crime, DG Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission, Brussels (confirmed)
Friday 7 October 2005
09.00 10.30 The proposal to set up a Community Patent Court and the proposal for a Community patent regulation: what about the harmonisation of substantive patent law? DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission, Brussels
10.30 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 12.30 Patenting inventions involving software, Mr Jean-Luc Gall, Representation of the European Patent Office, Brussels (invited)
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch (Jean Monnet Building Green Room)
14.00 15.30 The Commissions strategy regarding the fight against counterfeiting by third countries: the example of China, Mrs Anne Verron, DG Trade, European Commission, Brussels (invited)
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 -17.30 The incorporation into Community law of the Doha Decision and the Doha Declaration regarding access to generics, Mr Erik Nooteboom, Head of Unit, Industrial Property Unit, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission, Brussels (invited)
Invitation
Luxembourg, 30 June 2005
Dear Sir/Madam,
On 6 and 7 October 2005, the Luxembourg Antenna of the European Institute of Public Administration the European Centre for Judges and Lawyers is organising a seminar on
Latest Developments in the Field of Intellectual Property
At the moment, intellectual property is a hot issue because of the Lisbon strategy, which emphasises economic growth, prosperity and employment and according to which innovation and dynamism in the EU should be stimulated and the functioning of the internal market and liberalisation of services should be developed in order to support the knowledge society.
Furthering the success of a knowledge-based economy therefore presupposes that the current body of EU law on intellectual property should be adapted to economic globalisation and to the digital world, particularly to stop internet piracy.
The effective implementation of this policy also presupposes harmonisation of criminal sanctions punishing counterfeiting or piracy, of substantive patent law and of the resolution of disputes relating to the counterfeiting and the validity of Community patents.
EU action will thus be optimised by, on the one hand, protecting its innovation and its market against counterfeiting by third countries, and, on the other hand, by working towards a redistribution of wealth to developing countries e.g. by strengthening its position as pioneer in ensuring access to affordable medicines for the poorest countries.
The seminar is aimed at lawyers, counsels in industrial property, representatives of national industrial property institutes or agencies, EU officials and national civil servants, professionals from the industry and research sector, academics and other professionals interested in intellectual property law.
EIPA would be honoured to count you among the participants. For registrations received before the 9th of September, the registration fee is 650 (including documentation, beverages, 2 lunches and a dinner). The fee for registrations after this date will be 700. The working languages of the seminar will be French and English, and simultaneous interpretation between the two languages will be provided.
Should you wish to receive more details about this seminar, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Juliette MOLLICONE-BOUSSUGE, Programme Organiser, tel.: +352 426 230 304, fax: +352 426 237 eMail: Send We would be most grateful if you could also distribute this information to other persons who may be interested in this seminar.
We look forward to welcoming you to this seminar.
Yours faithfully,
Véronique BERTOLI-CHAPPELART
Lecturer
Marie SOVEROSKI
Director European Centre for Judges and Lawyers
European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), Antenna Luxembourg
Luxembourg, 67 October 2005
Venue
European Commission
Jean Monnet Building Room M5
