Upcoming events

WHAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEK?

On 2 June 2020, the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI) will hold the webinar Influencers: Legal and Behavioural Aspects in light of the Pandemic (in Portuguese). The speakers are Gisela Peres Neves Baptista, Gustavo Escobar, and Camila Coutinho. The moderator is Deborah Portilho. Register here. 

The webinar Federal Law on Plant Varieties: Myths and Realities to the Amendment to UPOV-91 (in Spanish) will take place on 3 June 2020. The event is part of the Permanent Seminar on Intellectual Property 2020-1 (PSIP) which is organized by the Legal Research Institute (IIJ) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The speaker is Leobigildo Córdova Téllez, Director General of the National Service for the Inspection and Certification of Seeds (SNICS). 

On the same day, the webinar Intellectual Property Aspects of Live Streaming (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI), will be streamed on ABAPI TV (YouTube channel). The speakers are Ana Paula Borges Martins, Rafael Atab, and Cláudio Lins de Vasconcelos. The moderator is Ana Beatriz N. Guerra. 

On 4 June 2020, the following webinars are scheduled: 

• How to Draft Efficient Dispute Resolution Clauses for your IP and Commercial Contracts (in Spanish), organized by WIPO. 
• International technology transfer – best practices and lessons learned (in English), organized by the Latin America IPR Helpdesk. 
• A path that seems easy and cheap: Academic Plagiarism and Digital Piracy (in Spanish), organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). Speakers: María Soledad Alvarez, Virginia Servent Palmieri, Ignacio Andrade, and Mercedes Castells. 
• 3D Printing and the Industry: Technology Developments and Intellectual Property Implications (in Portuguese) organized by the law firm Leão Propriedade Intelectual. Speakers: Professor Daniel Paz de Araújo and Fabiano de Bem da Rocha. 

WIPO CONVERSATION ON IP AND AI 

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced the Second Session of the WIPO Conversation on IP and AI will be held online from 7 to 9 July 2020. 

The First Session took place in September 2019 and “brought together member states and other stakeholders to discuss the impact of Al on IP policy”. The Revised Issues Paper on Intellectual Property Policy and Artificial Intelligence containing the results of the public consultation launched after the first session can be reviewed here. 

PAST EVENTS 

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

• 26-27 May. Seminar Madrid and The Hague systems in Mexico (in Spanish and English), WIPO and IMPI. The program is available here. 
• 27 May. Webinar COVID-19 and the future of the Courts (in Portuguese), ABPI. 
• 27 May. Webinar Artificial Intelligence and Law (in Spanish), Panamerican University and AMDI. 
• 28 May. Webinar Copyright challenges faced by the music industry after COVID-19 (in Spanish), Abogados contra la Crisis. 
• 28 May. From West to East: Trade, IP and Investment after the Crisis (in English), FIDE. 
• 30 May. Webinar Digital rights and copyright (in Spanish), AMDI, AMD, the Autonomous University of Nayarit, and the Autonomous University of Colima. From minute 19:08 to 1:05:41. 

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