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The
Budapest Dialogue –
Intellectual Property, Creative Economies and Their
Consumers
(Budapest, September 6 to 8, 2007)
organized by the Hungarian Group of AIPPI, the Hungarian
Industrial Property
and Copyright Association and the
Hungarian Copyright Forum (ALAI Group) |
with the support
of the Hungarian Patent Office
Program
September 6
(Thursday)
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Opening session |
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- Pál Tomori,
Director, Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Performers’
Rights (EJI), Budapest, as chairman of the Organizing
Committee
- Miklós Bendzsel, President, Hungarian Patent
Office, Budapest |
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15:30 - 18:30 |
First plenary session:
intellectual property, creative economy and their consumers
- international and European aspects |
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Moderator - Pál Tomori,
Director, Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Performers’
Rights (EJI), Budapest |
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- Michael Keplinger,
Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), Geneva
- Adrian Otten, Director of the Intellectual
Property Division, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva |
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16:45 - 17:15 |
Coffee break |
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17:15 - 18:30 |
Continuation of the
first plenary session |
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- Tilman Lüder, Head of Copyright and
Knowledge-based Economy Unit, European Commission, Brussels
- James Love, Director, Knowledge Economy
International (KEI), Washington D.C. – London – Geneva |
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20:00 - 22:00 |
Welcome Reception
Venue: Hungarian Culture Foundation |
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September 7 (Friday)
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9:00 - 13:30 |
Second plenary
session: setting the scene |
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Moderator - Mihály
Ficsor, President, Hungarian Copyright Experts
Council, Budapest |
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9:00 - 10:15 |
Intellectual property seen
from the perspective of consumers and the civil society in
general |
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- Peter Jaszi,
Professor of the American University, Washington, D.C.
Consumer interests and intellectual property seen from the
viewpoint of the industry
- Ronald Zink, Associate General Counsel,
Microsoft EMEA
- Discussion
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10:15 - 11:45 |
Economic and social impact of
intellectual property
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- Dimiter Gantchev,
Acting Director, Creative Industries Division, WIPO, Geneva,
- Ove Granstand, Professor of Chalmers
University of Technology, Goteborg
- Sarah Andrew, artist and intellectual
property lawyer, London
- Eric H. Smith, President, International
Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), Washington, D.C.
- Discussion
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11:45 - 12:15 |
Coffee break
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12:15 - 13:30 |
Current issues on the agenda
of European institutions |
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- Katalin Lévai,
Member of the European Parliament, former Hungarian Minister
of Equal Opportunities, Budapest – Brussels/Strasbourg
- Wim van der Eijk,
Principal Director, International Legal Affairs & Patent
Law, EPO, Munich
- Vincent O’Reilly, Director of Intellectual
Property Policy Directorate, OHIM, Alicante
- Tilman Lüder, Head of Copyright and
Knowledge-based Economy Unit, European Commission, Brussels
- Discussion |
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13:30 - 15:00 |
Lunch |
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September 7 (Friday)
Conference continues in three concurrent sections as follows:
Copyright section
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Moderator - Pál Tomori,
Director, Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Performers’
Rights (EJI), Budapest |
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15:00 - 16:30 |
Panel 1:
Protection and exercise of copyright and related rights in
the field of music in the digital environment (exclusive
rights, rights to remuneration, DRM, levies, free
distribution forms) |
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- Peter Jenner,
Secretary-General, International Music Managers’ Forum
(IMMF), London
- Shira Perlmutter, Executive Vice President
for Global Legal Policy, International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry (IFPI), London
- Eric Baptiste, Director General,
International Confederation of Societies of Authors and
Composers (CISAC), Paris
- Paul Keller, Senior Project Leader,
Knowledgeland – Stichting Nederland Kennisland, Amsterdam
- Paloma Lopez, International Legal Head of the
Sociedad de Artistas Intérpretes o Ejecutantes de España
(AIE), Madrid
- Discussion |
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16:30 - 16:45 |
Coffee break |
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16:45 - 18:00 |
Panel 2:
New business models for creativity (DVDs with and without
DRM, on-line distribution, YouTube and similar systems,
levies, global licensing systems): |
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- James Love,
Director, Knowledge Economy International (KEI), Washington
D.C. – London – Geneva
- Ted Shapiro, Deputy Managing Director, Vice
President and General Counsel - Europe Motion Picture
Association (MPA), Brussels
- Dominick Luquer, Secretary General of the
International Federation of Actors (FIA), London - Brussels
- Discussion |
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Trademarks / competition law section
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Moderator – Katalin
Szamosi, Partner, S.B.G. & K. Patent and Law Offices,
Budapest |
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15:00 - 16:15 |
Panel 1:
Enforcement in the field of trademark infringement and
counterfeiting |
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- Werner Hüttel, Regional Intellectual
Property Adviser, Nestlé Deutschland AG, Frankfurt am Main
- Miklós Sóvári, Patent Attorney, Danubia
Patent & Law Office, Budapest
- Crina N. Frisch, Partner, Frisch & Partners
SRL, Bucharest
- Discussion |
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16:15 - 16:45 |
Coffee break
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16:45 - 18:00 |
Panel 2:
Registration and use of domains as a special form of
trademark use |
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- Zbynek Loebl,
Czech Domain Names Arbitration Tribunal, Prague
- Erika Mayer, Legal Consultant, Council of
Hungarian Internet Service Providers, Budapest
- Jean-Christophe Vignes, General Counsel at
EURODNS S. A., Luxembourg
- David Taylor, Partner, Lovells Intellectual
Property, Media and Technology Group (IPMT), Paris
- Discussion |
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Patents section
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15:00 - 16:15 |
Panel 1:
Balance between the interests of patent right holders and
consumers |
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Moderator – Michael
Lantos, Partner, Danubia Patent & Law Office,
Budapest |
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- James Love,
Director, Knowledge Economy International (KEI), Washington
D.C. – London – Geneva
- Marc Nevant, Patent Attorney, Pfizer, Paris
- Anne Rejnhold Jørgensen, Director,
International Affairs, Danish Patent Office, Copenhangen
- Discussion |
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16:15 - 16:45 |
Coffee break |
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16:45 - 18:00 |
Panel 2:
Patents based on the genetic code – are they beneficial to
the public domain? |
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Moderator - Árpád Pethő,
Partner, Danubia Patent & Law Office, Budapest |
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- David Bassett,
Partner, WilmerHale LLC, New York
- Hans-Rainer Jaenichen, Partner, Vossius &
Partner, Munich
- Mark Einerhand, European Patent Attorney,
Vereenigde, Amersfoort
- Discussion |
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20:00 - 22:00 |
Reception hosted by the
Hungarian Patent Office
Venue: KOGART House |
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September 8 (Saturday)
Continuation of the
concurrent sections:
Copyright section
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Moderator - Mihály
Ficsor, President, Hungarian Copyright Experts
Council, Budapest |
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9:30 - 10:45 |
Panel 3:
Open Knowledge: Creative Commons, Wikipedia, Web 2.0 and other new
phenomena of facilitating access |
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- Peter Shepherd,
President, International Federation of Reprographic Rights
Organisations (IFFRO), London
- Balázs Bodó, Creative Commons Hungary,
Budapest
- Péter Benjamin Tóth, Legal Counsel,
Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors’ Rights
(ARTISJUS), Budapest
- Frances Pinter, Visiting Fellow, London
School of Economics and consultant to Creative Commons,
London
- Discussion |
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10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 - 12:45 |
Panel 4:
Open source and proprietary software; the issues of
interoperability |
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- Rishab Ghosh,
Senior Researcher, United Nations University, UNU-MERIT,
Maastricht
- Mark Lange, Senior Policy Counsel, Microsoft
EMEA, Paris
- Dimo Calovski, United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD), SITE Division, Geneva
- Discussion |
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12:45 - 13:15 |
Closing remarks by
Mihály Ficsor, President, Hungarian Copyright
Experts Council, Budapest |
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Trademarks / competition law
section
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Moderator – Gabriella
Sasvári, Partner, S.B.G. & K. Patent and Law Offices,
Budapest |
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9:30 - 10:45 |
Panel 3:
Experience with preliminary injunction in the light of the
EU Enforcement Directive |
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- Barbara Kuchar,
Partner, Gassauer-Fleissner, Vienna
- Wolfgang Festl-Wietek, Attorney at Law,
Viering, Jentschura & Partner, Munich
- Fabrizio Jacobacci, Studio Legale Jacobacci&Associati, Turin
- Discussion |
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10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 - 12:45 |
Panel 4:
Concept of misleading in trademark law and competition law
from the point of view of consumer protection |
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- Jochen Glöckner,
Professor, Chair for German and European Private and
Business Law, Konstanz University, Judge at the Court of
Appeals Karlsruhe, Konstanz
- Virág Balogh, Counsellor, Hungarian
Competition Authority, Budapest
- Kinga Kelemen, Partner, S.B.G. & K. Patent
and Law Offices, Budapest
- Discussion |
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12:45 - 13:15 |
Closing remarks by
Katalin Szamosi, Partner, S.B.G. & K. Patent and Law
Offices, Budapest |
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Patents section
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Moderator – Imre Molnár, Partner, Danubia Patent & Law Office,
Budapest |
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9:30 - 10:45 |
Panel 4:
Patent rights and the interests of the society:
compulsory licenses with emphasis to the conflicts between
the owner of a ruling and a dependent patent |
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- Rishab Ghosh,
Senior Researcher, United Nations University, UNU-MERIT,
Maastricht
- Csaba Sár, Partner, Sar and Partners Law
Firm, Budapest
- Michael Lantos, Partner, Danubia Patent &
Law Office, Budapest
- Discussion |
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10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15 - 12:45 |
Panel 3:
Limits of using patent rights – Licensing issues |
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Moderator – Michael
Lantos, Partner, Danubia Patent & Law Office,
Budapest |
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- Andreas Thielmann,
Partner, COHAUSZ & FLORACK, Düsseldorf
- Paul Keller, Attorney-at-Law, WilmerHale
LLC, New York
- Discussion |
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12:45 - 13:15 |
Closing remarks by
Michael Lantos, Partner, Danubia Patent & Law Office,
Budapest |
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13:15 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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20:00 - 01:00 |
Gala Dinner
Venue: Danubius Health Spa Resort Hel |
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