Upcoming events on this week and more!

WHAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEK?

On 16 June 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization is holding the webinar WIPO Mediation Rules for IP and Tech Disputes (in English). WIPO is offering the webinar at two different times: the first one at 10:00 AM CEST and the second one at 5:00 PM CEST. Register here.

On 17 June 2020, the WIPO-AIPPI Joint Webinar (in English) will take place. The event is organized by WIPO and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). The speakers are Arno Hold (AIPPI), Francis Gurry (WIPO), Luiz Henrique do Amaral (AIPPI), Annie Tsoi (AIPPI) and Claudio Cocorocchia (WIPO). At the end of the event, a practice session introducing WIPO PROOF will be held.

On the same day, the Latin America IPR Helpdesk is offering the webinar Intellectual Property: the door to secure internationalization (in Spanish). The speaker is César E. Férnandez.

The webinar Inventions implemented through computer programs and new technologies (in Portuguese) will also take place on 17 June 2020. The event is organized by the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI Brazil) and the law firm Leão Propriedade Intelectual. The speakers are Daniel Barros Junior (INPI Brazil) and Professor Milton Lucídio Leão Barcellos. Sheila da Silva Peixoto will moderate the session.

Meanwhile, WIPO and the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI) will hold the webinar The Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions. Some speakers are Daphné Zografos Johnsson (WIPO) and Carolina Starling (Ministry of Tourism, Brazil). The session will cover cases concerning the traditional June festivities (Festas Juninas) and will be streamed on ABAPI TV (YouTube Channel).

On 18 June 2020, the following events are scheduled:

• Webinar: Protecting your Designs Internationally with the Hague System (in English), organized by WIPO.
• Webinar: Quick Guide to WIPO Domain Name Dispute Resolution Services for the .EU ccTLD (in English), organized by WIPO.
• Seminar: Copyright perspectives in light of alternative dispute resolution methods, 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).
• 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).
• 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.
• Webinar: Companies as vehicles for social development (in Spanish), organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI).

WIPO - MEXICO SUMMER SCHOOL ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The WIPO - Mexico Summer School on Intellectual Property will be held online from 6 to 17 July 2020. The program is addressed to senior students (bachelor or postgraduate) and young professionals.

The theme of this year’s summer school is “Creative Industries and Intellectual Property”. Case studies, online lectures and debates are all part of the program.

The sessions will be instructed in Spanish. Fees have been waived due to the exceptional circumstances of this year. Apply before 22 June 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:

• 9-11 June. Challenges for Copyright in the Digital Environment in the Andean Community (in Spanish), organized by SENADI Ecuador and ELAPI. Some speakers: Santiago Cevallos (SENADI - Ecuador), Ramiro Rodríguez (SENADI - Ecuador), Carolina Romero Romero (DNDA - Colombia), Francisco Bueno Ayala (SENAPI - Bolivia), Fausto Vienrich Enríquez (INDECOPI - Peru), Hugo Gómez Apac (Court of Justice of the Andean Community), and Paolo Lanteri (WIPO).
• 11 June. Making your Business Digital: How Intellectual Property can Help you, organized by WIPO and ABPI (in English with simultaneous translation to Portuguese). Speakers: Luiz Edgard Montaury Pimenta (ABPI), José Graça Aranha (WIPO), Laurent Manderieux (TIPSA), and Eldar Haber (Faculty of Law of the University of Haifa). Moderator: Filipe Fonteles.
• 12 June. ASIPI / INTA Study on the Economic Impact of Trademarks in Latin America - Possible Consequences of the Pandemic. Speakers: Marcela Cristini and Guillermo Bermudez. Hosts: Elisabeth Siemsen and Etienne Sanz de Acedo. Moderators: Matías Noetinger and José Luis Londoño.

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

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