Upcoming events on this week and more!

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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