WIPO/GEO/CPT/99/INF/2 Rev.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND
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WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION |
WIPO/GEO/CPT/99/INF/2 Rev.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND
INDUSTRY |
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION |
Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa, 1 and 2 September 1999
Prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO
| September 1, 1999 | |||
| 09.00 - 09.30 | Opening ceremony | ||
| Opening address by representative of DTI | |||
| Opening address by representative of WIPO | |||
| 09.30 - 10.15 | International Protection of Geographical Indications - The Present Situation and Prospects for Future Developments | ||
| Speaker: | Mr. Marcus Höpperger, Head, Geographical Indications and Special Projects Section, Industrial Property Law Division, WIPO | ||
| 10.15 - 10.30 | Discussion | ||
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11.00 - 11.45 | Recent Developments in the Council for TRIPS (WTO) | ||
| Speaker: | Mrs. Thu-Lang Tran Wasescha, Head, International Affairs, Coordinator for International Affairs in the field of Intellectual Property, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Bern | ||
| 11.45 - 12.00 | Discussion | ||
| 12.00 - 12.45 | The Protection of Geographical Indications in South Africa | ||
| Speakers: | Mrs. Anne Stern, Director, DM Kisch Intellectual Property Attorneys, Johannesburg | ||
| Mr. Hermann Rademeyer, Advocate, Legal Advisor to the South African National Department of Agriculture | |||
| 12.45 - 13.00 | Discussion | ||
| 13.00 - 14.30 | Lunch break | ||
| 14.30 | Departure for Excursion to Local Wine Estates | ||
| 19.30 | Dinner Reception offered by the South African Patents and Trade Marks Office | ||
| September 2, 1999 | |||
| 09.00 - 09.45 | Geographical Indications: The Approach of the United States of America | ||
| Speaker: | Mrs. Lynne Beresford, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Legislative and International Affairs, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. | ||
| 09.45 - 10.00 | Discussion | ||
| 10.00 - 10.45 | Protection of Geographical Indications: The Approach of the European Union | ||
| Speaker: | Mr. François Vital, Head, Quality Policy Unit DG VI, Commission of the EC, Brussels | ||
| 10.45 - 11.00 | Discussion | ||
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee break | ||
| 11.30 - 12.15 | Geographical Indications and Trademarks: Harmony or Conflict? | ||
| Speaker: | Mr. Henning Harte-Bavendamm, Attorney, Boesebeck Droste, Hambur | ||
| 12.15 - 12.30 | Discussion | ||
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14.00 - 14.45 | The Use of Geographical Indications in a Collective Marketing Strategy: The Example of Cognac | ||
| Speaker: | Mr. Jean-Marc Girardeau, Head, International Legal Department, Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac, BNIC, Cognac, France | ||
| 14.45 - 15.00 | Discussion | ||
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee break | ||
| 15.30 - 16.15 | The Use of Geographical Indications in a Collective Marketing Strategy: The Example of the South African Wine Industry | ||
| Speaker: | Mr. Jakobus van Niekerk, Group Director, Corporate | ||
| Strategy, Koöperatiewe Wynbouers Vereniging (KWV), SuiderPaal, South Africa | |||
| 16.15 - 16.30 | Discussion | ||
| 16.30 - 17.00 | Closing | ||
| 18.00 | Cocktail Reception offered by WIPO | ||
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