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WIPO/ESCAP High-level Regional Round Table on
Intellectual Property Rights and Trade

Date
22-24 October 2008
Venue
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Organizers
UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
World Intellectual Property Organization
Government of Mongolia
Objective
To raise awareness and knowledge and promote regional cooperation in the area of trade- and investment related intellectual property rights.
Documentation
Presentations:

Session 1: Why Protection of Intellectual Property Rights?

Why Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Gao Hang, WIPO

IP as a State Strategy
Yiting Wan, Deputy Director, WTO Department,
Ministry of Commerce, China


Why protection of IPR? The role of IPR in the market
economy

Marc Proksch, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP


Session 2: IPR and the Multilateral Trading System

IPR and the Multilateral Trading System
Tshimanga Kongolo, Head, Professional
Development Program, WIPO Worldwide Academy


Intellectual Property System of Vietnam after the
Accession to the WTO

Pham Phi Anh, Deputy Director General, National
Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam


IPR and the Multilateral Trading System
Sanya Reid Smith, Third World Network

Session 3: The Evolving Regional and Bilateral Trading Panorama and
IPR

Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements and Investment
Treaties and Intellectual Property Rights

Marc Proksch, UNESCAP

The Evolving Regional And Bilateral Trading Panorama
& IPR

V. Ravi, Controller General of Patents, Designs,
Trade Marks & GI


Session 4: Round Table Discussion: Intellectual Property and Public
Health

Thailand’s Experience on the Use of Compulsory Licensing
Kajit Sukhum, Assistant Director General, Department
of Intellectual Property, Thailand


Intellectual Property and Public Health
Tshimanga Kongolo, WIPO

Intellectual Property and Public Health Cambodian
Perspective

Ly Phanna, Director General, Ministry of Commerce,
Kingdom of Cambodia


IP and public health
Sanya Reid Smith, Third World Network

Session 5: Round Table Discussion: IPR, TRIPS and Preserving
Cultural Heritage and the Environment

IPR, TRIPS and Preserving Cultural Heritage and the
Environment

ODGEREL Erdembileg, Intellectual Property Office
of Mongolia


UNESCO’s Copyright Activities and Mongolia
N. Urtnasan, Secretary General, Mongolian
National Commission for UNESCO


Intellectual Property, TRIPS and Preserving Cultural
Heritage and the Environment: Indonesian Experience

Ansori Sinungan, Director for Cooperation and
Development, Directorate General of Intellectual
Property, Indonesia


Session 6: Round Table Discussion: Development Dimensions of
IPR and the Role of Public-Private Partnerships

Country Presentation
Pervaiz Kausar, Chairman, IPO-Pakistan

Development Dimensions of IPR and the Role of Public-
Private Partnerships

A. Munkhnast, Senior officer, Patent and Trademark
Bureau, Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce
and Industry


Development Dimensions of IPR and the role of Public
Private Partnerships

Janis K. Lazdins-Helds, Special Programme for
Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)


IP Situation in Lao PDR
Nhoybouakong Sisomphet, Acting Director General,
Department of Intellectual Property, Lao PDR


Session 7: Wrapping up: Regional Cooperation Modalities and
Capacity Building for Strengthening IPR in Asia and
the Pacific

Regional Cooperation Modalities and Capacity Building
for Strengthening IPR in Asia and the Pacific

Gao Hang, WIPO

Capacity Building for Strengthening IPR in Asia
and the Pacific

Nergui Dorj, UNDP, Mongolia

Country reports:

The Evolving Regional and Bilateral Trading Panorama
and Intellectual Property Rights: The Philippine Experience

Corazon DP. Marcial, Intellectual Property Office of
the Philippines


Current Intellectual Property Situation in Lao PDR
Nhoybouakong Sisomphet, Acting Director General,
Department of Intellectual Property, Lao PDR
Participants
Programme
List of participants
Contact
Mr. Marc Proksch
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: proksch.unescap@un.org

Last updated: 5 November 2008
 

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