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)

15:00 - 15:30 Opening session
  - 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
15:30 - 18:30 First plenary session: intellectual property, creative economy and their consumers - international and European aspects
  Moderator - Pál Tomori, Director, Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Performers’ Rights (EJI), Budapest
  - Michael Keplinger, Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva
- Adrian Otten, Director of the Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
16:45 - 17:15 Coffee break
17:15 - 18:30  Continuation of the first plenary session
  - 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
20:00 - 22:00 Welcome Reception
Venue: Hungarian Culture Foundation
   

September 7 (Friday)

9:00 - 13:30 Second plenary session: setting the scene
  Moderator - Mihály Ficsor, President, Hungarian Copyright Experts Council, Budapest
9:00 - 10:15 Intellectual property seen from the perspective of consumers and the civil society in general
  - 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
10:15 - 11:45 Economic and social impact of intellectual property
  - 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
11:45 - 12:15 Coffee break
12:15 - 13:30 Current issues on the agenda of European institutions
  - 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
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
   

September 7 (Friday)

Conference continues in three concurrent sections as follows:

Copyright section

  Moderator - Pál Tomori, Director, Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Performers’ Rights (EJI), Budapest
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)
  - 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
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break
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):
  - 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
   

Trademarks / competition law section

  Moderator – Katalin Szamosi, Partner, S.B.G. & K. Patent and Law Offices, Budapest
15:00 - 16:15 Panel 1:
Enforcement in the field of trademark infringement and counterfeiting
  - 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
16:15 - 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 - 18:00 Panel 2:
Registration and use of domains as a special form of trademark use
  - 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
   

Patents section

15:00 - 16:15 Panel 1:
Balance between the interests of patent right holders and consumers
  Moderator – Michael Lantos, Partner, Danubia Patent & Law Office, Budapest
  - 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
16:15 - 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 - 18:00 Panel 2:
Patents based on the genetic code – are they beneficial to the public domain?
  Moderator - Árpád Pethő, Partner, Danubia Patent & Law Office, Budapest
  - David Bassett, Partner, WilmerHale LLC, New York
- Hans-Rainer Jaenichen, Partner, Vossius & Partner, Munich
- Mark Einerhand, European Patent Attorney, Vereenigde, Amersfoort
- Discussion
20:00 - 22:00 Reception hosted by the Hungarian Patent Office
Venue: KOGART House
   

September 8 (Saturday)

Continuation of the concurrent sections:

Copyright section

  Moderator - Mihály Ficsor, President, Hungarian Copyright Experts Council, Budapest
9:30 - 10:45 Panel 3:
Open Knowledge: Creative Commons, Wikipedia, Web 2.0 and other new phenomena of  facilitating access
  - 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
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:45 Panel 4:
Open source and proprietary software; the issues of interoperability
  - 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
12:45 - 13:15 Closing remarks by Mihály Ficsor, President, Hungarian Copyright Experts Council, Budapest
   

Trademarks / competition law section
 
  Moderator – Gabriella Sasvári, Partner, S.B.G. & K. Patent and Law Offices, Budapest
9:30 - 10:45 Panel 3:
Experience with preliminary injunction in the light of the EU Enforcement Directive
  - Barbara Kuchar, Partner, Gassauer-Fleissner, Vienna
- Wolfgang Festl-Wietek, Attorney at Law, Viering, Jentschura & Partner, Munich
- Fabrizio Jacobacci, Studio Legale Jacobacci&Associati, Turin
- Discussion
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:45 Panel 4:
Concept of misleading in trademark law and competition law from the point of view of consumer protection
  - 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
12:45 - 13:15 Closing remarks by Katalin Szamosi, Partner, S.B.G. & K. Patent and Law Offices, Budapest
   

Patents section
 
  Moderator – Imre Molnár, Partner, Danubia Patent & Law Office, Budapest
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
  - 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
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:45 Panel 3:
Limits of using patent rights – Licensing issues
  Moderator – Michael Lantos, Partner, Danubia Patent & Law Office, Budapest
  - Andreas Thielmann, Partner, COHAUSZ & FLORACK, Düsseldorf
- Paul Keller, Attorney-at-Law, WilmerHale LLC, New York
- Discussion
12:45 - 13:15 Closing remarks by Michael Lantos, Partner, Danubia Patent & Law Office, Budapest
13:15 - 14:30 Lunch
20:00 - 01:00 Gala Dinner
Venue: Danubius Health Spa Resort Hel