Interregional Intermediate Seminar on Industrial Property
June 1 to 30, 2005

Provisional program

Wednesday, June 1, 2005
08.15 - 09.30	Administrative Matters
09.30 - 10.00	Opening Ceremony
10.00 - 10.45	Topic 1 : The Role of Industrial Property in Technological and Economic Development Speaker:
	Mr. Yo Takagi, Executive Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development, and the WIPO Worldwide Academy
10.45 - 11.00	Discussion
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.15	Topic 2 : Recent Developments in the International Framework on Patents Speaker:
	Mrs. Yolande Coeckelbergs, Senior Program Officer, PCT Legal Division, WIPO
12.15 - 12.30	Discussion

12.30 - 14.00	Lunch Break

14.00 - 14.45	Topic 3 : The Relevance of the PCT System to Developing Countries Speaker:
	Mrs. Patricia Simao Sartorius, Legal Officer, PCT External Legal Relations Division, WIPO
14.45 - 15.15	Discussion
15.15 - 15.45	Coffee Break

15.45 - 16.30	Topic 4 : Recent Developments in the fields of Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications and International Conventions Speaker:
15.45 - 16.30	Mr. Marcus Höpperger, Acting Director, Trademark, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications Law Division, WIPO
16.30 - 17.00	Discussion

9.30 - 10.15

Topic 5 : Advantages of the Madrid and Hague Systems for Developing Countries and countries with economies in transition

Speaker:

Mrs. Betty Berendson, Senior Program Officer, Information and Promotion Division, Sector of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, WIPO

10.15 - 10-45

Discussion

10.45 - 11.15

Coffee Break

11.15 - 12.00

Topic 6 : Genetic Resources, Biotechnology and Traditional Knowledge: Towards a Suitable Protection System

Speaker:

Mr. Antony Taubman, Acting Director and Head, Global Intellectual Property Issues, Traditional Knowledge Division, WIPO

12.00 - 12.30

Discussion

12.30 - 14.00

Lunch Break

14.00 - 18.00

Group Discussions : Case Studies

Group	Subject	Coordinator
Group 1 English	Patentability Test of Inventions	Mr. Vladimir Yossifov, Director, Division for Cooperation with Certain Countries in Europa and Asia, WIPO
Group 2 English	Well-Known Marks	Mrs. Martha Friedli, Senior Legal Officer, Trademark, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications Law Division, WIPO
Group 3 French	Compulsory Licensing of Patents	Mrs. Yolande Coeckelbergs
Group 4 Spanish	Distinctiveness of Trademarks	Mr. Octavio Espinosa, Director-Advisor, Office of the Assistant Director General, Sector of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, WIPO

Friday, June 3, 2005
09.30 - 10.15	Topic 7 : The Protection of New Plant Varieties according to the International Union Protection for New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Speaker:
	Raimundo Lavignolle, Senior counsellor, UPOV
10.15 - 10.45	Discussion
10.45 - 11.15	Coffee Break

11.15 - 12.30	Plenary Session : Presentation of Group Reports

12.30 - 14.00	Lunch Break

14.00 - 15.30	Plenary Session : Presentation of Group Reports (contd.)
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee Break

16.00 - 17.00	Evaluation and Closing Ceremony