Conference Report
At the time of the 6th BRICS IP Forum, economic recovery was yet to stabilise in developed countries and investors were keen on the economic opportunities presented by the BRICS bloc.
When business footprints cross national borders, knowledge of the global IP climate becomes vital to exploit and protect intellectual property assets. The programme for the 6th Annual Conference sought to impart key information on the IP environment in the BRICS countries. Its focus was on the procedures for obtaining and enforcing IP rights and familiarising investors with tools at their disposal to overcome challenges successfully.
Presentations made at the Forum may be accessed and downloaded from the 'Programme' section of the event.
| 29 October | |
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| 19:00 - 21:00 | Welcome Reception |
| 30 October | |
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| 09:00 - 14.00 | Registration |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Opening Ceremony / Welcome Address |
| 09:30 - 10:10 |
Inventive Level: Where is the Threshold?
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| 10:10 - 10:50 |
Sufficiency of Patent Disclosure
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| 10.50 – 11.20 | Coffee Break |
| 11.20- 12.00 | Doing Business with BRICS Countries Invited speaker: Jörg Thomaier – Bayer IP GmbH |
| 12.00- 12.40 | Demystifying India’s Patent Regime – Case Studies Pankaj Soni, Remfry & Sagar, India |
| 12.40 – 13.40 | Lunch |
| 13.40 – 14.20 |
Pharma Developments in Brazil Rana Gosain, Daniel Advogados, Brazil |
| 14.20 - 15.00 | Enforcement of Pharmaceutical Patents in South Africa and
the New Draft IP Policy Russell Bagnall, Adams & Adams, South Africa |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 16:10 | Disposal of IP Rights in Technology Transfer
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| 16:10 - 16:50 | Ambush Marketing
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| 31 October | |
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| 09.00 - 11:00 | Registration |
| 09.00 - 9.40 | An ICT Industry Perspective on the State of BRICS Patent Laws Invited speaker: Philip R. Wadsworth, Qualcomm Inc. |
| 09.40 - 10.20 | China’s Trademark Law: New Law, New Direction Gang Hu, CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office, China |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | Trade Dress: Registrability and Enforceability
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| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 - 12.10 | Enforcement of Patents and Trademarks, Injunctive Relief.
Landmark Court Precedents Vladimir Biriulin, Gorodissky & Partners, Russia |
| 12.10 - 12.15 | Closing remarks |
| 12.15 - 13.00 | Workshop/Table Discussions |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
- Dr. Zhou Xiang
- Presiding Judge, The IP Division of the Supreme People’s Court of P.R. China
- Ms. Zhang Jing
- Deputy Director General, Int’l. Cooperation Dept. of SIPO
- Mr. Jie Wang
- General Legal Counsel / VP, Jinjiang International Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Ms. Emily Shu
- Director of Patent Technology Division,
SMIC Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corp.
- Mr. Andre Oliveira
- Daniel Advogados
- Mr. Vyacheslav Rybchak
- Gorodissky & Partners
- Mr. Gaurav Mukerjee
- Remfry & Sagar
- Mr. Yuncheng Li
- CCPIT
- Mr. Rana Gosain
- Daniel Advogados
- Mr. Maxim Gorbachev
- Gorodissky & Partners
- Mr. Jayanta Pal
- Remfry & Sagar
- Ms. Xiaowei Wei
- CCPIT
- Mr. Pieter Visagie
- Adams & Adams
- Mr. Llya Goryachev
- Gorodissky & Partners
Holiday Inn Munich – City Centre
Hochstrasse 3, 81669 Munich Germany
Distance From The Airport (Franz-‐Josef-‐Strauss: MUC): 38 KM
Time by Taxi: 45 min (charge approx. 65,00 €)
Time by Train ( S-‐Bahn): 35 min Take the S8 or S1 and get out at the S-‐Bahn station "Rosenheimer Platz". Use the exit "Hochstrasse/Gasteig" and follow the signs to the Holiday Inn Munich -‐ City Centre. At the very end of the arcade, some stairs and an elevator lead directly to the hotel lobby.
Brazil – Daniel Advogados
Russia – Gorodissky & Partners
India – Remfry & Sagar
China – CCPIT Patent & Trademark Law Office
South Africa – Adams & Adams