IX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
SAO PAULO INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ASSOCIATION - ASPI

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN EMERGING COUNTRIES
SAO PAULO - 7 A 9 MARÇO DE 2007


PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

MARCH 7, 2007 - WEDNESDAY
     
3.00 PM
6.00 PM
 
Registration and delivery of materials
   
 
6.00 PM
7.00 PM
 
Official Opening
   
 
7.00 PM
8.00 PM
 
Key Note Speech:
EMERGING COUNTRIES: BRAZIL, RUSSIA, INDIA AND CHINA; INSERTION IN THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMUNITY; CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. João Grandino Rodas (Diretor da Faculdade de Direito da USP, São Paulo)
Debator: Dr. João Carlos Beato Storti (Ministério das Relações Exteriores, Brasília)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Newton Silveira
   
 
8.00 PM
10.00 PM
 
Welcome cocktail
   
MARCH 8, 2007 - THURSDAY
   
 
8.00 AM
6.00 PM
 
Registration and delivery of materials
   
 
8.30 AM
10.30 AM
 
Panel: Enforcement of Intellectual Property in China: Measures Adopted and Planned to Curb Piracy
Lecturer: Mr. Lin Zhong (Chen & Co. Law Firm, Shanghai)
Moderator: Dr. Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete
   
 
10.00 AM
10.30 AM
 
Coffee-break
   
 

10.30 AM
12.30 PM

 
Panel: Enforcement of Intellectual Property in Russia and India: Challenges and Solutions
Lecturer: Dr. Denis Khabarov (Baker & McKenzie, Moscow)
Lecturer: Dr. Hari Subramaniam (Subramaniam, Nataraj & Associates, Nova Delhi)
Moderator: Dr. Rodolfo H. Martinez Y Pell Jr.
   
12.30 PM
2.00 PM
 
Lunch
   
2.00 PM
4.00 PM
  Panel: Border Measures: How Public and Private Sectors Should Join Efforts to Fight Counterfeiting and Smuggling. Experiences and Best Pratices Internationally Adopted on Border Measures
Lecturer: Dr. Márcio Gonçalves (Motion Pictures Association, São Paulo)
Lecturer: Lisa H. MeyerhofF (Baker & McKenzie, Houston, Texas, US)
Lecturer: Dorian S. Mazurkevich (Consul in the US Consulate in São Paulo)
Moderator: Dr. Leonardo Barém Leite
     
4.00 PM
4.30 PM
 
Coffee-break
   
4.30 PM
6.00 PM
 
Panel: Criminal Procedures Against Infringement of Intellectual Property: Police Inquiry / Search and Seizures / Crimes of Private Procedure / Crimes of Public Prosecution
Lecturer:
Dr. Sylvia Urquiza Fernandes (Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados, São Paulo)
Lecturer: Dr. Luiz Carlos Torres (Demarest e Almeida Advogados, São Paulo)
Moderator: Dr. Fabiano de Bem da Rocha
   
6.00 PM  
Closure Session
   
8.00 PM  
Get Together Dinner
     
MARCH 9, 2007 - FRIDAY
   
 
8.00 AM
6.00 PM
 
Registration and delivery of materials
   
 
8.30 AM
10.30 AM
 
Panel: On-Line Applications: Problems and Solutions. Administrative Appeals Against Illegal Grants: Trademarks / Patents / Industrial Design
Lecturer: Dr. Ricardo Vieira de Mello (Vieira de Mello Advogados, Rio de Janeiro)
Lecturer: Dra. Terezinha de Jesus Gonçalves (Diretora de Marcas do INPI, Rio de Janeiro)
Moderator: Dr. Antônio Ferro Ricci
   
 
10.00 AM
10.30 AM
 
Coffee-break
   
 

10.30 AM
12.30 PM

 
Panel: Civil Court Measures Against Infringement of Intellectual Property: Prohibition Lawsuits; Injuctions and Anticipated Decisions; Losses and Damages; Moral Damages
Lecturer: Dr. Lélio Denícoli Schmidt (Ariboni, Fabbri & Advogados, São Paulo)
Lecturer: Dr. José Carlos Tinoco Soares (Tinoco Soares & Filho Ltda., São Paulo)
Moderator: Dr. Mauro J. G. Arruda
   
12.30 PM
2.00 PM
 
Lunch
   
2.00 PM
4.00 PM
 

Panel: Audio-Visual Works / Video Games: An Industry in Expansion under the Protection of Intellectual Property
Lecturer: Mr. Emiliano de Castro (Vice-President Institutional Relations, Abragames)
Lecturer: Dr. Ivana Co Galdino Crivelli (Crivelli & Carvalho Advogados Associados, São Paulo)
Lecturer: Dr. Augusto Bulow (Espaço Informática, Venâncio Aires, State of Rio Grande do Sul)
Moderator: Dr. Wilson Pinheiro Jabur

   
4.00 PM
4.15 PM
 
Coffee-break
   
4.15 PM
5.30 PM
 
Panel: Form and its Protection: Design, Trademark, Logo; Industrial Property Protection and Copyright
Lecturer: Dr. Manoel Müller (ABEDESIGN - Ass. Brasileira de Empresas de Design, São Paulo)
Lecturer: Dr. Levi Girardi (ADP - Associação dos Designers de Produto, São Paulo)
Debator: Prof. Dr. Newton Silveira (Cruzeiro/Newmarc, São Paulo)
Moderator: Dr. Alberto Camelier
   
5.30 PM
6.00 PM
 
Closure Session