Seminar on the Hague System of the International Registration of Industrial Designs

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
9.00 9.30	Registration
9.30 10.15	General Overview of the Hague System Objectives and Basic Features of the Hague Agreement Main Innovations of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement
10.15 11.00	Preparing an International Application Entitlement to File an International Application Languages Representation Before the International Bureau of WIPO
11.00 11.15	Coffee Break
11.15 12.30	Filing of an International Application and Examination Contents of an International Application Reproductions of Industrial Designs Examination of an Application by the International Bureau of WIPO Irregularities
12.30 14.30	Lunch
14.30 15.15	International Registration Effects of an International Registration and Duration of Protection Publication and Deferment of Publication Possibility of Refusal
15.15 16.00	Managing an International Registration Change in Ownership and Other Changes Renewal
16.00 16.15	Coffee Break
16.15 17.30	Advantages of the Hague System for Users General Discussion
17.30	Closing