Fordham University School of Law
Seventh Annual Conference on
International Intellectual Property Law & Policy
Thursday & Friday, April 8 & 9, 1999
Fordham University School of Law is pleased to present its Seventh Annual Conference on International Intellectual Property Law and Policy, which offers lawyers and others an opportunity to meet new colleagues and to learn about and discuss developments in this very important area of practice.
Conference Subject Matter
Patent Law
Developments in the European Union and Court of Justice
Recent Developments in U.S. Law
State Street Bank and Methods of Doing Business
IP Developments in the Transatlantic
Economic Partnership and TABD
U.S. and EU Governmental Views on TRIPS Compliance and Special 301
Patent Enforcement in Europe
Recent Developments in the EPO
TRIPS: Current Issues, Case Law and Enforcement Problems
European Commission's Paper on Community Patent and Software Protection
The Protection of Designs in the EU
EC Directive, Biodiversity, TRIPS and OECD Aspects of Biotech Protection
Role of Courts and Federal Circuit in Development of IP Law
Recent Developments in the World Intellectual Property Organization
Recent Developments in Asia Including the Role of the New Central Intellectual Property Court in Thailand
Address by U.S. Acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
U.S. Antitrust Law and EC Competition Law Effects on IP
Cross-border injunctions and Forum Shopping in Europe
A Look at Clinical Trials and Grace Periods in Europe
Trademark Law
Developments in the European Union
Developments in the European Court of Justice
Protection of Well-known Marks
Developments with Regard to Protection of Domain names
Cross-border Injunctions and Forum Shopping in Europe and TABD
IP Developments in the Transatlantic Economic Partnership
U.S. and EU Governmental Views on TRIPS Compliance and Special 301
TRIPS: Current Issues, Case Law and Enforcement Problems
Developments in OHIM: The Community Trademark Office
Madrid Protocol
Trademark Licensing in Europe
European Governments Protection of Designs
Recent Developments in Asia including the Role of the New Intellectual Property Courts
Recent Developments in WIPO
Address by the U.S. Acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Unfair Competition and Human Rights
Links, Meta-Tags and Trademark Law
An International Survey of Protection of Color Marks
The Single Trademark Requirement and Pharmaceuticals
Copyright Law
Developments in the European Union
Developments in the European Court of Justice
Developments in the WIPO
IP Developments in the Transatlantic Economic Partnership and TABD
U.S. and EU Governmental Views on TRIPS Compliance and Special 301
TRIPS: Current Issues, Case Law and Enforcement Problems
The Digital Agenda & Copyright: Complete Coverage of the U.S. and EC Legislation
Protection for Databases in EU, U.S. & WIPO
Digital Distance Education
Developments in the Copyright Office
Cross-border Injunctions and Forum Shopping in Europe
European Union Protection of Designs
Developments in Asia including new Intellectual Property Courts
EC Competition & US Antitrust Law Effect on IP
Copyright Liability on the Internet Today in Europe
Article UCC-2B
Protection of Audiovisual Performers in EU, U.S. and WIPO
Exercise and Waiver of Moral Rights: The International State of Play
Role of National Laws in the Face of International Treaties and Norms
Link Meta-Tags & Copyright Law
Director: Prof. Hugh C. Hansen, Tel: (212) 636-6854, Fax: (212) 636-6899, E-mail: hhansen[_at_]mail.lawnet.fordham.edu
This conference has been approved for Continuing Legal Education credit: 14 credit hours towards the NY Professional Practice requirement. To determine whether your state will award credit, please contact your state CLE administrator's office.
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Conference Information Fees: $975.00 per registrant; $375.00 - full-time government and academic employees; $125.00 - full-time students. All fees payable in U.S. dollars.
Hotel: A discount rate is available at the Radisson Empire Hotel, located one block from Fordham at 44 West 63rd Street, New York, NY 10023. Standard Rooms at $175 (single/double) per room/per night, and Deluxe Rooms at $220 (single/double) per room/per night are availabe. To guarantee this rate, all reservations must be made by March 15, 1999. Call 212-265-7400 or fax 212-245-3382 for reservations and information. To receive the special rate, please mention Fordham Law School / Intellectual Property Program.
Information: For additional information please contact T. Scott Lilly at: tel. (212) 636-6777, fax (212) 636-6984, e-mail: slilly[_at_]mail.lawnet.fordham.edu
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Fordham University School of Law
Seventh Annual Conference on
International Intellectual Property Law & Policy
Thursday & Friday, April 8 & 9, 1999
Program Schedule
Thursday, April 8
8:00 a.m. Registration; continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome: John D. Feerick, Dean, Fordham University
School of Law
Opening remarks: Hugh C. Hansen, Director, Fordham
Annual Conference on International Intellectual
Property Law and Policy
Dr. Ludwig Baeumer: A Remembrance
8:45 a.m. Program I: Current Developments in Intellectual Property Law
in Europe and Asia
Moderator: Prof. Gerald Dworkin (Emeritus), Kings
College London
Recent Developments in the World Intellectual Property
Organization
Khamis Suedy, Director, Office of Strategic Planning &
Policy Development, World Intellectual Property
Organization, Geneva
Recent Legislative Developments in Intellectual Property in
the European Union
Paul Waterschoot, Director, DG XV\D, European Commission,
Brussels
Dr. Joerg Reinbothe, Head of Unit, DG XV\E-3, European
Commission, Brussels
Discussion
Recent Developments in the European Court of Justice
Berend-Jan Drijber, Legal Counsel to the Permanent
Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to
the EU, Brussels
Discussion
Panelists:
Prof. W.R. Cornish, Q.C., Cambridge University, Cambridge
Gerard van der Wal, Barents & Krans, Brussels
10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. Recent Developments in Asia
Patent Law Developments
John B. Pegram, Fish & Richardson, New York
Copyright and Trademark Law Developments
Rupert Ross-Macdonald, Rouse & Co. International,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Panelists:
Prof. Michael Blakeney, Queen Mary and Westfield
College, London
Dr. Mark A. Groombridge, Abramson Research Fellow &
Associate Director of Asian Studies, The American
Enterprise Institute
Hon. Chief Justice Akarawit Sumawong, The Central
Intellectual Property and International Trade
Court, Bangkok
1:00 p.m. Lunch
Luncheon Address:
Hon. Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright
Office, Washington, D.C.
3:00 p.m. CONCURRENT PROGRAMS
Program IIa: Competition Law and Multinational Litigation
Moderator: Ian Forrester, Q.C., White & Case, Brussels
Part One: Competition Law and Intellectual Property
EC Competition Law and Intellectual Property: Post-Magill
developments
Prof. Valentine Korah, Visiting Professor, Fordham
University School of Law
Commentators:
Gerard van der Wal, Barents & Krans, Brussels
Paul Waterschoot, Director, DG XV\D,European Commission,
Brussels
Discussion
U.S. Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property
Commentators:
Prof. Eleanor Fox, New York University School of Law
Prof. Mark Patterson, Fordham University School of Law
Joel Davidow, Ablondi, Foster, Sobin & Davidow, P.C.,
Washington, D.C.
Discussion
Part Two: Multinational Litigation
Moderator: Dick C.J.A. van Engelen, Stibbe Simont
Monahon Duhot, New York
Cross-border injunctions in Patent Litigation in the EU
Marleen H.J. van den Horst, Barents & Krans, The Hague
Trade Mark Infringement and Forum-shopping in Europe: the
CTM Regulation and the Brussels Convention,
David Llewelyn, Llewelyn Zietman, London
Commentators:
Prof. Jane Ginsburg, Columbia University School of Law
Stephen B. Judlowe, Hopgood, Calimafde, Kalil & Judlowe, LLP
The Honourable Mr. Justice Laddie, Royal Courts of
Justice, London
Hon. J.H.P.J. Willems, Legal Member Boards of Appeal,
European Patent Office, Munich, formerly
Vice-President, Arrondissementrechbank's-Gravenhage,
The Netherlands
Discussion
3:00 p.m. Program IIb: Copyright Law in the Digital Age
Moderator: Prof. Joel Reidenberg, Fordham University
School of Law
The EC Proposed Directive on the Information Age and
Proposed Directive on E-Commerce
Dr. Joerg Reinbothe, Head of Unit, DG XV\E-4, European
Commission, Brussels
Copyright Liability on the Internet Today in Europe,
Dr. Claus Koehler, Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, Munich
Discussion
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Shira Perlmutter, Associate Register for Policy and
International Affairs,
U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C.
UCC-2B: A Review and Analysis
Prof. Pamela Samuelson, University of Berkeley
Commentators:
Prof. Gail Evans, Southern Cross University, Lismore,
Australia
Mitch Glazier, Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on Courts
and Intellectual Property, Committee on the
Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.
Prof. Joseph Perillo, Fordham University School of Law
Thomas Vinje, Morrison & Foerster, Brussels
Jeremy Williams, Executive Vice President, Warner
Bros., Los Angeles
3:00 p.m. Program IIc: Trademark Law
Trademark Practice, Procedure and Initial Decisions in
the OHIM
Florent Gevers, Gevers & Partners, Brussels
Community Trademark Issues: the Community Trademark,
Madrid Protocol, and Effect of EU Enlargement
Erik Nooteboom, Head of Unit, DG XV\E-2, European
Commission, Brussels
Unfair Competition and the European Court of Human
Rights: Hertel and beyond
Prof. Anselm Kamperman, Maastricht University, The
Netherlands
Concurrence of Trademarks and Copyright Standards: Some
Thoughts
Prof. F. Willem Grosheide, University of Utrecht, The
Netherlands
Links, Meta-Tags: a European Copyright and Trademark Law
Perspective
Prof. Alain Strowel, Facultes universitaries
Saint-Louis, Nauta Dutilh, Brussels
Discussion
6:15 Reception
Friday, April 9
Continental Breakfast
CONCURRENT PROGRAMS
9:00 a.m. Program IIIa: TRIPS: Compliance, Caselaw and the Future; and
TEP and TABD: Are They Working?
Moderator: Gonzalo de Ulloa, Gomez-Acebo & Pombo, Madrid
An Overview of TRIPS: Historical and Current Issues
Daniel Gervais, Attorney (Montreal, Canada)
TRIPS: A Critical Perspective
The Honourable Mr. Justice Laddie, Royal Courts of London
Case Law Developments in the WTO: A Review and Analysis
Allen Dixon, Covington & Burling, London
TRIPS, TEP, TABD and Special 301: the EU Perspectives
Paul Vandoren, Head of Unit, DGI\D-3, European
Commission, Brussels
TRIPS, TEP, TABD and Special 301 -- the U.S. Government
Perspectives,
Claude Burcky, Director for Intellectual Property, U.S.
Trade Representative, Washington, D.C.
Discussion (EU and U.S. perspectives):
TRIPS: Practical Enforcement Problems
Bradford Smith, General Counsel for International
Affairs, Microsoft Corp., Redmond
Commentators:
Prof. Michael Blakeney, Queen Mary and Westfield
College, London
Prof. Gail Evans, Southern Cross University, Lismore,
Australia
Prof. Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss, New York University
School of Law
David Llewelyn, Llewelyn Zietman, London
Hon. Chief Justice Akarawit Sumawong, The Central
Intellectual Property and International Trade
Court, Bangkok
Discussion
9:00 a.m. Program IIIb: Copyright and Trademark Law
Part One
Moderator: Joseph F. Nicholson, Kenyon & Kenyon
The Protection of Performers in the Audiovisual Field in
Europe and the United States
Dr. Silke von Lewinski, Max Planck Institute, Munich
WIPO Developments with regard to an Audiovisual
Performers' Treaty: A Review and Analysis
Sallie Weaver, Screen Actors Guild, New York
Discussion
Databases: Prospects for Protection in the U.S. and WIPO
Morton Goldberg, Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Commentator:
Prof. Jane Ginsburg, Columbia University School of Law
The Exercise and Waiver of Moral Rights: the International
State of Play
Prof. Gerald Dworkin (Emeritus), Kings College London
Commentators:
Prof. Hugh C. Hansen, Fordham University School of Law
Prof. Alain Strowel, Facultes universitaries
Saint-Louis, Nauta Dutilh, Brussels
Part Two
Moderator: Kathleen Donohue, Thomson & Thomson, New York,
Famous Marks - Are We Rushing In Where We Should Fear To Tread?
Prof. Suman Naresh, Tulane University School of Law
Licensing of Trademarks: Some Concerns with Recent Developments
Neil Wilkof, Neil Wilkof & Co. Adv., Tel-Aviv
Recent Developments with Regard to Domain Names
Prof. Coenraad Visser, University of South Africa, Pretoria
Drawing the Line on Color Marks: International Aspects of
Registration and Enforcement
Robert W. Boad, Senior Trade Marks Adviser, BP Amoco
p.l.c., London
Commentator: Dr. Massimo Introvigne, Jacobacci & Perani, Turin
9:00 a.m. Program IIIc: Patents
Moderator: Michael O'Shea, Rogers & Wells
Recent Developments in U.S. Patent Law
John P. White, Cooper & Dunham LLP
Methods of Doing Business After State Street
Prof. John R. Thomas, George Washington School of Law
Washington, D.C.
Commentators:
Hon. Q. Todd Dickinson, Acting Asst. Secretary of
Commerce & Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks,
Washington, D.C.
Hon. Randall R. Rader, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C.
Herbert F. Schwartz, Fish & Neave
Discussion
A Grace Period and European Patent Law: It's Time for a
Change
Prof. Martin J. Adelman, Visiting Professor of Law,
George Washington School of Law
Clinical Trials in Europe: the Conflict Between
ICI/Medicopharma and Clinical Trials II
Prof. Charles Gielen, Nauta Dutilh, Amsterdam
Europe's Strategic Role in Global Patent Litigation
Thomas Vinje, Morrison & Foerster, Brussels
The European Commission's Follow-up to the Green Paper
on the Community Patent and the Patent System in Europe
(including patent protection for software and the
revision of the Munich Convention)
Pascal Liardini, DG XV\E-2, European Commission, Brussels
The future of European Patent Law; Towards a Kaleidoscope
or a Cinemascope?
Hon. J.H.P.J. Willems, Legal Member Boards of Appeal,
European Patent office, Munich
Discussion
Commentator: Prof. W.R. Cornish, Q.C., Cambridge
University, Cambridge
The Honourable Mr. Justice Laddie, Royal Courts of London
David Perkins, Clifford Chance
1:00 p.m. Lunch
Luncheon Address:
Hon. Q. Todd Dickinson, Acting Asst. Secretary of
Commerce & Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks,
Washington, D.C. (invited)
3:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Program IVa: The Role of Courts in the Development and
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Law
Moderator: Prof. Graeme Dinwoodie, University of
Cincinnati College of Law
The Role of the New Intellectual Property Courts
Hon. Chief Justice Akarawit Sumawong, The Central
Intellectual Property and International Trade
Court, Bangkok
Commentators:
Dr. Mark A. Groombridge, Abramson Research Fellow &
Associate Director of Asian Studies, The American
Enterprise Institute
Rupert Ross-Macdonald, Rouse & Co. International,
Jakarta, Indonesia
The Role of Courts in the Development of Intellectual
Property Law in Canada
The Honourable Mr. Justice James K. Hugessen, Federal
Court of Canada, Trial Division, Ottawa
The Role of the Courts in the Harmonization of
Intellectual Property Law in the European Union
The Right Honourable Lord Slynn of Hadley, Law Lord,
House of Lords, United Kingdom
Commentators:
The Honourable Mr. Justice Laddie, Royal Courts of
Justice, London
Gerard van der Wal, Barents & Krans, Brussels
Hon. J.H.P.J. Willems, Legal Member Boards of Appeal,
European Patent Office, Munich, formerly
Vice-President, Arrondissementrechbank's-Gravenhage,
The Netherlands
Discussion
The Role of Courts in the Development of Intellectual
Property Law in the United States
Hon. Randall R. Rader, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C.
Commentators:
Hon. Denise L. Cote, U.S. District Judge, Southern
District of New York
Prof. Hugh C. Hansen, Fordham University School of Law
John F. Sweeney, Morgan & Finnegan
3:00 p.m. Program IVb: Biotechnology, Designs and Pharmaceuticals
Moderator: Rochelle K. Seide, Baker & Botts, New York
The EC Biotechnology Directive
Pascal Liardini, DG XV\E-2, European Commission, Brussels
Access to Genetic Resources: Some Concerns
Prof. Michael Blakeney, Queen Mary and Westfield
College, London University
Commentators:
Prof. Gideon Parchomovsky, Fordham University School of Law
John Richards, Ladas & Parry
Discussion
The EC Directive and Proposed Regulation on Designs
Erik Nooteboom, Head of Unit, DG XV\E-2, European
Commission, Brussels
Has EC Law Gone Too Far? The Single Trademark Requirement
and Upjohn v. Paranova
David Rosenberg, Clifford Chance, London
3:00 p.m. Program IVc: Digital Distance Education: Do We Need New Law?
Moderator:
Background Issues and Copyright Office Study
Shira Perlmutter, Associate Register for Policy and
International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office,
Washington, D.C.
Speaker to be announced
Daniel Gervais, Attorney (Montreal, Canada)
Discussion
6:00 p.m. End of Conference Reception
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