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From: Scott Lilly <SLILLY[_at_]MAIL.LAWNET.FORDHAM.EDU>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:11:08 -0500

             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.



7th Annual Conference on International Intellectual Property Law & Policy Thursday & Friday, April 8 & 9, 1999
Fordham University School of Law, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023

Registration Form

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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