Seminar on WIPO Services and Initiatives

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Seminar on WIPO Services and Initiatives
New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA), 
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and
 The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) Joint Program
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

8:30 a.m. Registration (Pick up badge and/or sign-in for CLE)

9:10 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
OPENING SESSION
Welcome addresses by:
Ms. Susan Anthony, Acting Director, Global Intellectual Property Academy, USPTO
Ms. Dorothy Auth, President, New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA)
Mr. Matthew Bryan, Director, PCT Legal Division, Patents and Technology Sector (PTS), WIPO

9:20 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Topic 1  – Introduction to WIPO Development of the International Legal Framework Major Intellectual Property Economic Studies
Mr. Victor Vázquez López, Head, Section for the Coordination of Developed Countries, Department for Transition and Developed Countries (TDC), WIPO

9:45 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
Topic 2 – Global IP Systems: The international registration of trademarks, using the Madrid System
• Mr. Alan Datri, IP Consultant
• Ms. Karen Strzyz, Staff Attorney, Legal Policy and Petitions Office, USPTO
• Moderator John Resek, Partner, Resek, Liang & Frank 

10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. Coffee Break

10:50 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Topic 3  – Global Intellectual Property Systems: Protecting your inventions internationally using the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
• Mr. Matthew Bryan, Director, PCT Legal Division, Patents and Technology Sector, WIPO
• Mr. Samson Helfgott, Of Counsel, Katten Muchin Rosenman, NYIPLA Delegate to the US Bar – European Patent Office Liaison Council
• Mr. Michael Neas, Deputy Director of the International Patent Legal Administration, USPTO
• Moderator John Resek, Partner, Resek, Liang & Frank 

12:05 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break

1.00 p.m. –  2.40 p.m.
Topic 4 – Global Intellectual Property Systems: The Hague System; a simplified application process for obtaining “registered designs” (or, “design patents”), for the protection of industrial designs in many international jurisdictions
• Ms. Pina Campagna, Partner, Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, NYIPLA Trademark Law & Practice Committee Co-Chair
• Mr. Alan Datri, IP Consultant
• Mr. Michael Neas, Deputy Director of the International Patent Legal Administration, USPTO
• Moderator Andrew Berks, Partner, Cittone & Chinta

2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. Coffee Break

2:55 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Topic 5 – How WIPO Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services (which provide alternatives to conventional court actions) may be used to more efficiently settle IP disputes
• Ms. Susan Anthony, Acting Director, Global Intellectual Property Academy, USPTO
• Mr. Christopher Hughes, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, NYIPLA Past President 
• Mr. Victor Vázquez López, Head, Section for the Coordination of Developed Countries, Department for Transition and Developed Countries, WIPO 
• Moderator Andrew Berks, Partner, Cittone & Chinta

3:45 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Topic 6 – How WIPO databases and tools may be used to support the knowledge economy
Mr. Glenn Mac Stravic, Head, Brand Database Section, Global Databases Division, Global Infrastructure Sector, WIPO

4:35 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. CLOSING SESSION