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INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OFFICE
OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC		 WORLD INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
 

International Seminar on Current Challenges in Intellectual Property Rights and Biotechnology

organized by
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
in cooperation with
the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic

Banská Bystrica (May 2 and 3, 2007)

Program

May 2, 2007

9.00 - 9.30

Registration

9.30 - 10.00

 Opening Ceremony

Welcome addresses by:

  • Mrs. Darina Kyliánová, President, Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava
  • Mr. Hans Georg Bartels, Head, Life Sciences and Public Policy Section, Global IP Issues Division, WIPO, Geneva
10.00 - 11.00

Theme1: Intellectual Property and Biotechnology: Overview

Speakers:

  • Mr. Hans Georg Bartels (Protection of Biotechnology Inventions in Slovakia within the European Context) [PDF] (This presentation introduces the international legal framework for the legal protection of biotechnological inventions,draws the lines between various international agreements in this area and gives an overview over the policy implications.)
  • Ms. Anita Ševcenková [PDF], Senior Patent Examiner, Patent Department, Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava [PDF]
11.00 - 11.15

Discussion
11.15 - 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 - 13:00

Theme 2: Patentability Issues in Biotechnology: Practice and Case Studies

Speakers:

  • Mrs. Ewa Waszkowska, Patent Examiner, Division for Biotechnology and Pharmacy, Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw [PDF] [PDF] (Summary [PDF])
  • Ms. Irina Babaligea [PDF], Patent Examiner, Chemistry and Pharmaceutics Examination Division, State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM), Bucharest
    [PDF] (Summary [PDF])
13.00 - 14.00

Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.00

Theme 3: Patents on Genes: Recent Practical Experiences and Case Studies

Speakers:

  • Mrs. Maria Petz-Stifter [PDF], Industrial Property Adviser, Senior Patent Examiner, Section for Chemical Industry and Biotechnology, Patent Department, Hungarian Patent Office, Budapest [PDF] (Summary [PDF])
  • Mr. Christof Friedrich, Patent Examiner, Biotechnology Cluster, Directorate General Operations, and Technical Expert, Directorate Patent Law, Directorate General Legal/International Affairs, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich, Germany [PDF]
15.00 - 15.30

Discussion
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 - 16.30

Theme 4: Intellectual Property, Access and Benefit-sharing

Speaker:

  • Mr. Hans Georg Bartels [PDF] (This presentation introduces the international context in respect of access and benefit sharing and looks at the interface with the patent system.Further,it reports about recent developments at the international.)
16.30 - 17.00 Discussion

May 3, 2007
09.00 - 09.30

Theme 5: Agricultural Biotechnology and Plant Variety Rights Protection

Speaker:

  • Mrs. Katarína Benovská [PDF], Senior Counselor, European Union Legislation Department, The Central Controlling and Testing Institute in Agriculture, Bratislava [PDF] [PDF] [PDF] (Summary [PDF]) (Terminology [PDF])
9.30 - 10.30

Theme 6: Intellectual Property and Pharmaceuticals: Access to Medicine and Bioethics

Speakers:

  • Ms. Zlata Sladic [PDF], Adviser to the Director General, State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb [PDF] (Summary [PDF])
  • Mrs. Sona Strachotová, MBA, Executive Director, Výkonnáriaditelka, Slovak Association of Research Based Pharmaceutical Companies (SAFS), Bratislava [PDF]
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.00

Theme 6: Intellectual Property and Pharmaceuticals: Access to Medicine and Bioethics (continued)

Speakers:

  • Mr. Roman Lapka [PDF], Director of Intellectual Property, Zentiva, Praha [PDF]
  • Ms. Anja von der Ropp, Associate Officer, Life Sciences and Public Policy Section, Global IP Issues Division, WIPO [PDF]
12.00 - 12.30

Discussion
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch Break
13.30 - 14.30

Theme 7: Biotechnology Intellectual Property Managing

Speakers:

  • Ms. Anja von der Ropp [PDF]
  • Ms. Kristina Georgieva, Manager of Technology Transfer and Innovation Office, AgroBioInstitute, Sofia [PDF]
  • Mr. Stanislav Stuchlík [PDF], Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University, Bratislava [PDF]
14.30 - 15.00

Discussion
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee Break
15.30 - 16.15

Theme 8: Concluding Session: Charting Future Directions

Speakers:

  • Mr. Ján Turna, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Science, Comenius University, Bratislava [PDF]
  • Mr. Hans Georg Bartels [PDF] (This presentation summarizes challenges in the field of legal protection of biotechnological inventions and suggests approaches to deal with those challenges at the practical,technical and policy level.)
16.15 - 16.30 Closing Ceremony
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