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Professional Program

The main topic of the 2003 conference will be complex IP protection - how to provide appropriate protection, when various aspects of the same "piece" of intellectual property must be safeguarded. Of course, we will also endeavor to give you an update on the actual or expected developments in IP laws, such as the progress on the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) and the Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT), and the new EU Registered Design rules. Several speakers will address the patent and trade mark enforcement practice, and will provide an insight into such "emerging" IP jurisdictions as China, India, Korea and Russia, which countries will most likely become important players on the international IP scene. The Workshop A: Patents will contain such "evergreens" as the EPO and USPTO practice. The program may be subject to change. For eventual changes, and for the detailed schedule of the presentations, please check out the homepage of the conference (www.mie.org.hu/aippi/index.htm) which will be updated continuously. The final conference program will be sent to all registered participants, but may be also requested from the Secretariat.
Program Schedule in Brief:
September 3, 2003 (Wednesday) Evening:	Welcome Reception
September 4, 2003 (Thursday) Morning: Afternoon:	Plenary Session Workshops
September 5, 2003 (Friday) All day:	Excursion
September 6, 2003 (Saturday) Morning and Afternoon: Evening:	Workshops Gala Dinner
Plenary presentations (by Speakers in alphabetical order)
The Future of a National Patent System in the framework of the European Patent Convention - a Hungarian Perspective Mr. Miklós Bendzsel, President Hungarian Patent Office, Hungary
"International Patent Treaties - Present Developments and Future Visions" Mr. Francis Gurry, Assistant Director General World Intellectual Property Organization

Workshop A PATENTS (by Speakers in alphabetical order) Patent Enforcement in India (abstract) Mr. Pravin Anand (cv) Anand and Anand, India Avoiding a Narrowing Claim Construction before the USPTO (abstarct) Mr. William B. Bunker (cv) Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP., USA European Biotech Update (abstract) Ms. Heléne Fagerlin (cv) Albihns, Sweden Pharmaceutical European Patents, Particularly in the Field of Biotech Drugs, and Some Hints for Their Interpretation (abstract) Mr. Bertrand Gellie, Director of Pharmaceutical Directorate European Patent Office (cv) Patent Prosecution before the USPTO - Helpful Hints / Do'-s and Don't-s (abstract) Mr. Abraham Hershkovitz (cv) Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C., USA Korean IP Protection in the New Millennium - Its Implication and Ramification (abstract) Mr. Hun-Joon Kim (cv) You Me Patent and Law Firm, Korea Software / Business Method / Internet Patents - US Update (abstract) Mr. Gregory J. Kirsch (cv) Needle & Rosenberg P.C., USA Patent Protection in China (abstract) Mr. ZHOU Zhongqi, Assistant President, (cv) CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office, People's Republic of China Extending the Patent Monopoly in the Pharmaceutical Industry (abstract) Mr. Attila Mándi (cv) EGIS Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Hungary Patent Disputes and Enforcement in Russia. Problems and Solutions (abstract) Mr. Valery Medvedev, managing partner (cv) Gorodissky & Partners, Russia Latest Developments in the Enforcement of Patent rights in Hungary (abstract) Mr. Imre MOLNÁR Danubia Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys Ltd, Hungary (cv) Patent Enforcement Practice in Germany (absrtact) Mr. Johann Pitz (cv) Vossius & Partner, Germany Patent Prosecution Practice in Israel (abstract) Ms. Ena Pugatsch (cv) Reinhold Cohn & Partners, Israel Problems with European Patent Applications and Examination in View of a Later Opposition Procedure (abstract) Mr. Paul Rosenich (cv) Patentbüro Paul Rosenich AG, Liechtenstein Patenting of Software-Related Iinventions and Business Methods: the European Patent Office Practice (abstract) Mr. Yannis Skulikaris, Director, Cluster Computers (cv) European Patent Office	Workshop B TRADE MARKS, DESIGNS and DOMAIN NAMES by Speakers in alphabetical order IP Litigation in Europe: a view from Spain (abstract) Mr. Alejandro Angulo (cv) Mullerat, Spain Trademarks in Domain Name Disputes in Hungary (abstract) Ms. Katalin Árva (cv) S.B.G.& K. Patent and Law Offices, Hungary US Design Practice (abstract) Mr. Richard P. Beem (cv) principal Beem Patent Group, USA Hungarian Trade Mark enforcement - Where Law and Life Meet (abstract) Mr. László Bérczes (cv) S.B.G.& K. Patent and Law Offices, Hungary A Comparison Between Trademarks and Apellations of Origin, and Their Possible Conflicts (abstract) Mr. Karel Cermák (cv) Cermák, Horejs Myslil, Czech Republic The New Community Registered Design System - a Primer (abstract) Mr. Tibor Gold (cv) Kilburn & Strode, United Kingdom The Trade Mark Strategy of the Danone Group (abstract) François Griesmar (cv) Groupe Danone Protection of the Sshape of a Product: Design or Trademark? (abstract) Mr. Peter HEINRICH (cv) Lenz & Staehelin, Attorneys at Law, Switzerland Trademark Practice in China (abstract) Mr. Aimin Huo (cv) CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office, People's Republic of China Protection of Celebrities Names and Trade Marks under the ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) (abstract) Mr. Igor Motsny (cv) Corporate Counsel Elcomsoft, Russia The Community Trade Mark: Enforcement in the Enlarged European Union (abstract) Mr. Andrew J. A. Parkes (cv) Tomkins & Co., Ireland Recent Developments in Austrian Trademark Law (abstract) Ms. Mariel Helen Pichler (cv) / Ms. Daniela Ehrlich (cv) Ortner Pöch Foramitti Attorneys, Austria Cases on the Edge of Trademark Protection and Unfair Competition (abstract) Mr. András SZECSKAY, Managing Partner (cv) Mr. Gusztáv BACHER (cv) Szecskay Law Firm Moquet Borde & Associés, Hungary Where the Ship Named SCT is Sailing to? A Review of the Current Work of the SCT under WIPO (abstract) Mr. Zeljko Topic (cv) Korper, Haramija & Topic, Croatia Management of Domain Names - "Self-Regulation" and Public Policy Implications (abstract) Mr. Zoltán TAKÁCS (cv) Danubia Patent &Trade Mark Attorneys, Hungary