ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009

ITU - WIPO Symposium Dispute Resolution at the Crossroads of Information and Communications Technologies and Intellectual Property

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Morning Session 1
9.00 - 10.30
Introduction – ICTs and Intellectual Property in a Creative, Contentious Environment
  • The ICT Sector Today and Tomorrow: Changing Paradigms, Disruptive Technologies and Challenging Business Models
  • The Intellectual Property Dimension: Disputed Territory in Patent, Copyright and Trademark in the ICT sector
  • Public Policy Directions: Network Investment, Competitive Services and the Ever-newer Media
  • Discussion
 
  Speakers:
Morning Session 2
11.00 - 12.30
Infrastructure, Devices, Technology – Ownership and Openness
  • Physical and Logical: Interoperability, Interconnection and Access to Facilities and Services on Open Networks
  • Network Architecture: Patent/IT Licensing Practices
  • Unbundling the Value Chain: Outsourcing and Partnering in Infrastructure, Network Operation and Maintenance and Services
  • Discussion
 
  Speakers:
12.30 - 14.30 Lunch Break

 

Afternoon Session 3
14.30 - 16.00
Content and Copyright in the Global Networked Environment
  • From Text to Video: Content as the Revenue Driver of ICT
  • Digital Broadcasting and Online Music and Audiovisual Content: Multi-territorial Licensing, Rights-owner Platforms, Collective Management Organizations and Users
  • Walking the Line: Balanced Intermediation in the Networked Environment; the Evolving Role of Search Engines; ISPs, Social Networks and P2P Sharing
  • Discussion
 
  Speakers:
Afternoon Session 4
16.30 - 18.00
Dispute Prevention and Resolution at the Intersection of ICTs and IPRs
  • Where Policy Trails Reality: Coping with Gaps and Unresolved Issues
  • Processes for Anticipating, Preventing and Resolving Tensions and Crises in a Rapidly Evolving Environment: Stakeholders Platforms, Best Practice Charters and Agreements (UGC Principles), Mediation and Arbitration of Telecom and the Audiovisual Sectors
  • Discussion
    Closing Remarks
 
  Speakers:

Arbitration and Mediation Center

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