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WIPO/IP/TIP/03/INF.1
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: April 2003
GREAT SOCIALIST PEOPLE’S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRYA
WORLD INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
WIPO NATIONAL SEMINAR ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
organized by
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
in cooperation with
the Libyan National Board for Scientific Research
Tripoli, April 29 and 30, 2003
PROGRAM
Prepared by the international Bureau of WIPO
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Tuesday, April 29, 2003
9.00 – 9.30
Opening Ceremony
Representative of the Preparatory Committee for the Celebration
of Intellectual Property Day
Representative of the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland
Resident Representative of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) Office in Tripoli
Representative of the Libyan National Board for Scientific
Research
9.30 – 10.00
Coffee Break
10.00 – 10.30
Introduction to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO):
Its Objectives and Activities
Speaker:
10.30 – 11.30
Mr. Mahmud Muntasser, Counsellor, Cooperation for
Development Bureau for Arab Countries, WIPO
The International Protection of Industrial Property: from the
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property to the
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS Agreement)
Speaker:
Ms. Louise Van Greunen Vuagnat, Deputy Director,
Enforcement and Special Projects Division, WIPO
11.30 – 11.45
Coffee Break
11.45 – 12.45
The International Protection of Copyright and Related Rights: from
the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic
Works, to the TRIPS Agreement to the WIPO Copyright Treaty
(WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
Speaker:
Dr. Mihály Ficsor, Director, Center for Information
Technology and Intellectual Property (CITIP),
Budapest
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12.45 – 13.30
The Role of Intellectual Property in Economic, Social and Cultural
Development
Speaker:
13.30 – 14.00
Mr. Mahmud Muntasser
The Latest Developments in the Modernization of the Intellectual
Property System in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Speaker:
Ms. Hannan Al-Turjman, Intellectual Property Office,
Libyan National Board for Scientific Research,
Tripoli
14.00 – 16.00
Lunch Break
16.00 – 17.00
Introduction to Patents and Industrial Designs
Speaker:
17.00 – 18.00
Ms. Louise Van Greunen Vuagnat
Introduction to Trademarks and Geographical Indications
Speaker:
Ms. Louise Van Greunen Vuagnat
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
9.00 – 10.00
The Role of Copyright and Related Rights in Promoting Literary,
Musical and Artistic Creativity
Speaker:
10.00 – 11.00
Copyright and Related Rights in the Context of the Internet
Speaker:
11.00 – 11.30
Dr. Mihály Ficsor
Dr. Mihály Ficsor
Coffee Break
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11.30 – 12.30
Effective Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Speakers: Ms. Louise Van Greunen Vuagnat
Dr. Mihály Ficsor
12.30 – 13.00
The Role of Customs Officials in the Enforcement of Intellectual
Property Rights
Speaker:
13.00 – 14.00
The Protection of Folklore
Speaker:
14.00 – 14.30
Dr. Ali Dardour, Secretary for the People’s Customs
Committee, Tripoli
Dr. Mihály Ficsor
Closing Ceremony
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