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WIPO/ESCAP High-level Forum on
Intellectual Property Rights and Trade
Date
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23-25 July 2007 |
Venue
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Macao, China |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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Objective
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To conduct an intensive debate among high-level government
policy-makers of the Asia-Pacific Region on the development
linkage to trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights,
and devise a common regional approach to meeting the
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Documentation
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Opening statement
 Mr. Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, UNESCAP
Session 1: Intellectual Property and its role in trade and
development
Leveraging Intellectual Property As a Strategic Tool for
Development
Ye Min Than, Consultant, Technical Assistance and
Capacity Building Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, WIPO
Developing countries and the TRIPS Agreement
Jayashree Watal, Counsellor, Intellectual Property
Division, WTO
Intellectual Property and its Role in Trade and
Development
Jeffrey J. Hardee, Vice-President and Regional
Director Asia, Business Software Alliance
Session 2: Round Table Discussion: IPR and public health
The TRIPS Agreement & Public Health
Roger Kampf, Counsellor, Intellectual Property
Division, WTO
Round Table Discussion: IPR and Public Health
Dilip G. Shah, Secretary General, Indian
Pharmaceutical Alliance
Intellectual property and public health
Sanya Reid Smith, Legal Advisor, Third World Network
IPR Public Health and Development
Puangrat Asavapisit, Director-General, Department of
Intellectual Property, Thailand
High-level Forum on Intellectual Property Rights and Trade
Cheung Kam Fai, Deputy Director General, Intellectual
Property Department, Hong Kong, China
Session 3: The linkages of IPR with trade, investment and
competitition: how important and strong are they?
Trade, Investment, Competitition, and Intellectual Property
Marc Proksch, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade and
Investment Division, UNESCAP
Intellectual Property Rights: Linkages with Competition
and Investment
Kiyoshi Adachi, Legal Officer, Division on Investment,
Technology and Enterprise Development
Session 4: WTO dispute settlement under the TRIPS
Agreement
Is WTO DR System Adequate for IPR Disputes?
Rajesh Sharma, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law,
Macau University of Science and Technology
WTO Dispute Settlement & the TRIPS Agreement
Roger Kampf, WTO
Sino-US Intellectual Property Dispute - A New Chapter
in WTO History
Jianrui Liu, Associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP
Session 5: Intellectual property and regional/bilateral trade
and investment agreements
Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements and Investment
Treaties and IPR
Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP
Intellectual Property Provisions in International Investment
Arrangements
Kiyoshi Adachi, Legal Officer, International
Arrangements/DITE-IP/UNCTAD
TRIPS Plus provisions pertaining to Patents in the
Bilateral FTAs
Humaira Zia Mufti, Section Officer, WTO Wing, Ministry
of Commerce, Government of Pakistan
Session 6: Intellectual Property: biodiversity, genetic
resources and traditional knowledge
Relationship between the TRIPS agreement and the
CBD: Traditional knowledge and folklore
Jayashree Watal, Counsellor, IP Division, WTO
Intellectual property: biodiversity, genetic resources
and traditional knowledge
Sanya Reid Smith, Legal Advisor, Third World Network
Intellectual Property : biodiversity, genetic resources
and traditional knowledge
V.K. Gupta, Head, Information Technology Division,
Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Emerging IP Issues: Biodiversity, Genetic Resources
and Traditional Knowledge
Asianto Sinambela, Director, Directorate of Trade,
Industry, Investment and IPRs, Department of
Foreign Affairs, Indonesia
Session 7: IPR, supply-chains and SMEs
IP Infringement in the Supply Chain in China
Anthony Chan, Vice Chairman of the International
Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong
Session 8: Summing up: future direction of trade-related
intellectual property rights
Chair Summary
Mr. Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, UNESCAP
Background papers:
Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health: Practice of
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
People's Republic of China
Cheung Kam Fai, Hong Kong, China
Making IP Protection Serve for All Countries
Zhang Xiangchen, Director General, Department of
WTO Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, China
Promotion for a Mutually Supportive and Complimentary
Relationship between TRIPS Agreement and CBD -
The Essential Role of WTO in Conservation of Biological
Diversity and Protection of TK
Li Enheng, Minister and DPR of the Delegation of China
to WTO
SMEs and Supply Chains
Tran Viet Hung, Director General, National Office
of Intellectual Property of Vietnam
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Participants
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Programme
Information note for participants
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Marc Proksch
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: proksch.unescap@un.org
Ms. Yang Zhendai
Associate Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: yangz@un.org
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Last updated: 18 October 2007 |
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