Upcoming events on this week and more!

Upcoming events on this week and more!

Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo   August 05, 2020   No comments:

WHAT’S GOING ON THIS WEEK? 

On 5 August 2020, the webinar Impact of Pandemic on IP Law Firms in Latin America will be streamed on YouTube. The event is organized by the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI) and the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). The speakers are Carlos Olarte (Colombia), Enrique Díaz (Mexico), José Maria Vicetto Júnior (Argentina) and Marcelo Correa (Chile). Andréa Possinhas and Rosane Tavares will moderate the session. 

The Intellectual Property Center of the Austral University is offering a postgraduate Diploma on Intellectual Property (in Spanish). The course starts on 5 August 2020 and is composed of four modules, representing 120 training hours per year. The program covers inter alia, trademarks, patents, copyright, and related rights. 

The Seminar on Video games, Sports and Intellectual Property (in Portuguese) will take place on 5 and 6 August 2020. The event is organized by OAB São Paulo (the Order of Attorneys of Brazil). The program includes licensing and piracy. Some speakers are Nancy Caigawa, Fernanda Magalhães, Daniel Pitanga, and Rafael Lacaz. 

On 5 and 7 August 2020, LES Brazil (a member of the Licensing Executives Society International) will hold the webinar Licensing for Success in Changing Global Market - LESI AMERICAS. The program will cover circular economy and a mock panel in licensing. Some speakers are Fabiana Quiroga, Patricia Gestic, Maria Beatriz Dellore, Claudio Barbosa, and Robert Held. 

On 6 August 2020, the following webinars are scheduled: 

• The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for companies, organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Peruvian National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI). Some speakers: Rolando M. Hernández Vigaud (WIPO), Manuel Castro (INDECOPI), Silvia Solís, and Ismael Igartua. The program is available here. 
• Regional IP Dialogue Virtual Series - LATAM, organized by the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC). Speakers: Dominic Keating, Cynthia Henderson, Maria Beatriz Dellore, and Silvia Solis. 
• Resolving Intellectual Property Disputes in Alternative Dispute Resolution Environments, organized by the International Chamber of Commerce of Mexico (ICC Mexico). Speakers: Natalia Gulyaeva, Rodrigo Azevedo and Anjanette Raymond. 
• Drones. Practical and legal perspectives of uncrewed aerial vehicles (in Spanish), organized by the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI). Speakers: Rodrigo Soto Morales, Pablo A. Palazzi and Francisco Vico Gutiérrez. 
• Intellectual Property and Hackathons: Trademark Registration (in Portuguese), organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Opening speakers: Tatiana Campello (ABPI), José Graça Aranha (WIPO) and Paulo Varella Lisboa (NEXT, ICICT). Panellists: Maria Luiza Mondelli (second group, general category), Renata Frota (third group, general category), and Gabriela Toledo. Moderator: Patrícia Coimbra. 

On 7 August 2020, the webinar Analysis of the amendments to the Mexican Copyright Law. Notice and Takedown: Internet Censorship? (in Spanish) will take place. The Specialized Centre for Intellectual Property (CECPI) organizes the event. The speaker is Professor Eduardo de la Parra Trujillo. 

WIPO | IMPI: NATIONAL PATENT DRAFTING WORKSHOP 

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) will hold the National Patent Drafting Workshop from 17 to 21 August 2020. 

The online workshop is addressed to researchers and academics of universities, technology transfer and research centres. The course aims to foster innovation by improving the skills of patent applicants. 

The free workshop is limited to 80 participants. Submit your application here. Likewise, the universities or centres must send an email to impi.eventos5@impi.gob.mx to endorse the submissions. More information here. 

PAST EVENTS 

Did you miss some events held the last week? The following are still available on-demand: 

• 28 July. Master class: Legal Aspects of Platform Applications (in Spanish), organized by the Intellectual Property Center of the Austral University. Speaker: Darío Veltani. 
• 29 July. Webinar: The Importance of the Role of the Industrial Property Agent in Brazil (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI), the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI), the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI Brazil) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Speakers: Alvaro Loureiro Oliveira (ABAPI), Luiz Edgard Montaury Pimenta (ABPI), Claudio Vilar Furtado (INPI Brazil), and José Graça Aranha (WIPO). Moderator: Paulo Afonso Pereira. 
• 30 July. Webinar: Life Stories: Biopics and Image Rights (in Spanish), organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). Speakers: Diana Muller (USA), Gustavo Rodríguez (Peru), and Santiago Mediano (Spain). Moderator: Francisco Pérez Gangotena (Ecuador). 
• 30 July. Webinar: The Fight against Piracy and the Law Proposals on Intellectual Property (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Speaker: Mariana Carvalho (Federal Deputy). Moderator: Gabriel Leonardos (ABPI). 

If you have a craving for more, review the full list of events here! 

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Upcoming events on this week and more!

Upcoming events on this week and more!

Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo   June 22, 2020   No comments:

WHAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEK?

The International Trademark Association (INTA) is holding its first online conference Brands in Society: Their Influence and Responsibility on 22 and 23 June 2020. The two-day event will address diverse topics about the role brands play in society. Live-sessions, speed networking, brand trivia, and topic rooms are all part of the agenda. Some speakers are Ayala Deutsch (NBA), Signe Naeve (Starbucks), Pieter van den Bulck (Anheuser-Busch), Austin Phillips (Facebook), Etienne Sanz de Acedo (INTA), Kim Culmone (Mattel) and David Lossignol (Novartis). Review the program here.

On 23 June 2020, the webinar Trademark Updates and Developments at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) will take place. The event will cover inter alia the requirement to foreign trademark applicants to be represented before the USPTO by a qualified attorney in the USA. The speakers are Cynthia Henderson, Jennifer D. Chicoski and Enrique Diaz.

FIDE will hold the Legal Management Summer Program (in Spanish) from 23 June to 9 July 2020. The LMSP aims to create a hub of professionals from Spain, LATAM and North America. The program will cover legal project management, process improvement, big data, disruptive technologies, business development in LATAM, robots and employment law, among other topics.

On 24 June 2020, the panel discussion Law and Technology, in light of the cooperation agreement signed by UNAM and the Internet Association of Mexico (in Spanish) will be streamed on Facebook. The event is organized by the Legal Research Institute (IIJ) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Internet Association of Mexico (AIMX). The speakers include Pedro Salazar Ugarte (IIJ), Julio César Vega Gómez (AIMX), Cintya Martínez (American Express) and Ana Alba Betancourt (IIJ).

On the same day, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is offering the webinar The Global Design Database: An Introduction (in English). Register here.

WIPO is also holding the set of webinars Discover WIPO PROOF, trusted digital evidence for your intellectual assets on 24 and 25 June 2020. The webinars include a live demo and a Q&A session. Register here and here.

On 25 June 2020, the following webinars are scheduled:

• Creative Solutions for IP Protection on Marketplaces (in Spanish), organized by ASIPI. Speakers: Diana Arredondo (Amazon), Josefina Arias (Amazon), Carlos Sanz (Smart Protection), Juan Cichero (Mercado Libre), and Guadalupe Crespo (Mercado Libre). Estela de Luca (REACT) will moderate the session. The measures implemented by online marketplaces and brand protection service providers for combating online counterfeiting and piracy will be discussed. Register here.
• WIPO Standards Blockchain #1 (in English), organized by WIPO. The webinar "will discuss potential uses of blockchain technology in the IP ecosystem".
• Roving Webinar on WIPO Services and Initiatives (in English), organized by WIPO. The webinar will cover global IP databases, WIPO PROOF, protecting IP internationally, WIPO arbitration and mediation.
• Intellectual Property in Chile: Tips for Protecting and Managing your IPRs in Unprecedented Times (in English), organized by the Latin America IPR Helpdesk. Some speakers: Mariano Riccheri and Cristobal Prieto Steffens.

On 26 June 2020, the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI) will hold the webinar Inventorship and Artificial Intelligence (in Spanish). The speakers are Alma Álvarez Delucio, Andrés Esteva Wurts, Héctor Chayoga Cortés, Mariana González Vargas and Pablo Fuentes Barrón.

On the same day, it will take place the webinar WIPO PROOF: New Horizons in Intellectual Asset Management, organized by WIPO and ABPI. The event will be held in English with simultaneous translation to Portuguese. The speakers are Luiz Edgard Montaury Pimenta (ABPI), José Graça Aranha (WIPO), Nadja Maria da Silva Oliveira (Technology Park Foundation of Paraíba) and Claudio Cocorocchi (WIPO). Marcia Maria Nunes de Barros will moderate the session.

Meanwhile, the Specialized Centre for Intellectual Property Training (CECPI) will hold the webinar Non-traditional trademarks: Legislation in force, USMCA and the new Law proposal (in Spanish) on 26 June 2020. The speaker is Professor Eduardo de la Parra Trujillo. More information here.

MAPI: SECOND EDITION OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AWARD

The LL.M. in Intellectual Property and New Technologies (MAPI) of the Autonomous University of Madrid is calling for submissions for the second edition of the Intellectual Property Award.

The paper should address copyright and related rights topics. It should be written in Spanish and be no longer than 70 pages. The prize is €3500, and the winner's paper will be published in the Intellectual Property Magazine.

Submissions must be sent to master.propiedadintelectua@uam.es before 15 December 2020. More information can be reviewed here.

PAST EVENTS

Did you miss some events held the last week? The following are still available on-demand:

• 17 June. Webinar: The Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions (in Portuguese and English), organized by WIPO and the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI). Some speakers: Daphné Zografos Johnsson (WIPO) and Carolina Starling (Ministry of Tourism, Brazil).
• 17 June. Webinar: Inventions implemented through computer programs and new technologies (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI Brazil) and the law firm Leão Propriedade Intelectual. Speakers: Daniel Barros Junior (INPI Brazil) and Professor Milton Lucídio Leão Barcellos. Moderator: Sheila da Silva Peixoto.
• 18 June. Seminar: Copyright perspectives in light of alternative dispute resolution methods (in Spanish), organized by WIPO and DNDA Colombia. Some speakers: Carolina Romero Romero (DNDA Colombia), Leandro Toscano (WIPO), Lydia Esteve González (UAIPIT) and Marianella Bruno Pollero (UNCITRAL). Watch again the session 1 and 2, session 3, and session 4.
• 18 June. Webinar: The role played by the States and the Union in sustaining the Brazilian culture sector in light of the social distancing measures (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Speaker: Sérgio Sá Leitão (Ministry of Culture).
• 18 June. Webinar Global Digital Encounters: International IP and Access to Pandemic Treatments (Encounter 3), organized by FIDE and TIPSA. Speakers: Professors Rochelle Dreyfuss (New York University) and Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan (Cambridge University). Moderator: Prof. Laurent Manderieux.

If you have a craving for more, review the full list of events here!

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