Workshop "Legal Issues of IP Rights in Electronic Commerce"

Workshop Annoncement:
Legal Issues of Intellectual Property Rights in Electronic Commerce

          Muenster, Germany, 24/25 September 1998

Dear list members,

On September 24th and 25th a workshop ”Legal Issues of Intellectual Property Rights in Electronic Commerce” will be held at the Wetfalische Wilhelm-Universitat in Muenster, Germany. The workshop is organised by the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law - Civil Law Unit run by Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren.

The workshop, which is open to the public, includes the following topics and speakers:

> Thursday, 24 September 1998

    Section 1: Introductions
    e. g. Introductions to Copyright - Prof. Dr. Alain Strowel; Copyright in Electronic Commerce and Private International Law - Prof. Dr. Jon Bing

    Section 2: Single Licensing
    e.g. License Agreements in Electronic Commerce; Clickwrap Licensing in Europe?

    Section 3: Statutory Licensing
    e.g. EC Directive Proposal on the Harmonization of Copyright - Dr. Jens Gaster, DG XV

> Friday, 25 September 1998

    Section 4: Collective Licensing
    e.g. Representitives of IFPI and BUMA / STEMRA on the Role of Collecting Societies in Electronic Commerce; "Duty to Negotiate" in Collective Licensing Agreements? - Ute Decker

    Section 5: Registration and Protection of Domain Names     e.g. European Domain Name Disputes; Liability of Registries in Domain Name Disputes

    Section 6: Technical Aspects of IPR
    e.g. Legal and Technical Aspects of Electronic Rights Management Systems - Séverine Dussolier, Edmond Kouka; Reliability of Watermarking and Labelling Techniques - Dr. Catherine Simon

The workshop is part of the ECLIP project, a research project funded by the European Commissions’ ESPRIT programme. ECLIP seeks to set up a platform on the legal issues of electronic commerce and to this end gathers five European research centres specialised in information and technology law. The workshop will be held in English which is the ECLIP projects’ working language.

The Workshop addresses lawyers, legal experts working for enterprises, associations or public authorities, as well as RTD projects interested in intellectual property rights in the electronic field. The fee for attending the workshop is 350,00 DM (or 175,00 DM for RTD projects under ESPRIT). As the attendance is limited to around 50 persons, an early registration would be advisable. As well, early bookings will be rewarded with a reduction of DM 25,00.

Further information about the ECLIP project can be obtained at

   http://www.jura.uni-muenster.de/eclip/

The workshop page with the preliminary agenda as well as an online booking form (not until July 30th) can be found under the topic "News", "2nd ECLIP workshop".

If you want to apply or in case you have additional questions please feel free to contact me personally,

sincerely,

Jan Kaestner

P.S.: Please excuse any cross postings in advance, should they occur. I shall be glad if you forward this information to your colleagues.

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jan.kaestner[_at_]uni-muenster.de

Institut fur Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht (ITM)
- Zivilrechtliche Abteilung -
Bispinghof 24/25
48143 Muenster
Tel.: 0251/83-2 18 66
Fax: 0251/83-2 11 77
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