International Conference - Georgia Against Counterfeiting
International Conference - Georgia against Counterfeiting
9-10 July 2015, Sheraton Batumi, Georgia
Day 1- July 9
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:00 Opening of the Conference
Moderation: Sophio Mujiri, Deputy Chairperson, National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia ,,SAKPATENTI”
- Nikoloz Gogilidze, Chairman, National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia ,,SAKPATENTI”
- Mikheil Janelidze, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Georgia
- Fady Asly – Chairman, ICC, Georgia
10:00 - 10:30 Intellectual Property Rights Protection System in Georgia – Overview
Speaker: Nikoloz Gogilidze, Chairman, National Intellectual Property Center
of Georgia ,,SAKPATENTI”
10:30 - 11:10 Practical EU/IPR experiences 2000-2015 - view on Georgia
Speaker: Wolfgang Preuss, IPR & Brand Protection Support Legal Counsel
PPP EMEA, Germany
11:10 – 11:40 Coffee Break
11:40 - 12:15BASCAP initiative with focus on a recent BASCAP report on intermediaries in the supply chain. Selection of BASCAP top 25 best practices for IPR enforcement
Speaker: Tracy Sinkamba Faustin, Project Manager, Business Action to Stop
Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) Department of Policy and Business
Practices International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), France
12:15 - 12:45 IPR Enforcement under Georgian Legislation – overview of available
legal remedies and key procedural aspects associated with IPR
enforcement and litigations
Speaker: Giorgi Batlidze, Partner BLC Law Office, Patent and Trademark Attorney, Georgia
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 15:15 Panel Session: Challenges faced by private sector in IPR Enforcement
Moderation:
Giorgi Batlidze, Partner BLC Law Office, Patent and Trademark Attorney
Tracy Faustin, Project Manager, Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting
and Piracy (BASCAP) Department of Policy and Business Practices
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Short Presentation:
IP and Brand identity
Philip Morris (Speaker: TBD)
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:15 Panel Session: Best Practices of IP
Moderation:
Sophio Mujiri, Deputy Chairperson, National Intellectual Property Center of
Georgia ,,SAKPATENTI”
Wolfgang Preuss, IPR & Brand Protection Support Legal Counsel PPP EMEA
Short presentation:
Promotion of IPR through Public Sector Licensing
Microsoft Corporation (Speaker: TBD)
19:30 – 20:30 Dinner (Sheraton Batumi)
Day 2 – July10
09:50 - 10:00 Opening of second day
Moderation: Sophio Mujiri, Deputy Chairperson, National Intellectual
Property Center of Georgia ,,SAKPATENTI”
10:00 – 10:40 Fighting Counterfeiting and Piracy at Borders - Customs Best Practices
Speaker: Junko Yamamoto, Technical Attaché, World Customs
Organization, Belgium
10:40 – 11:10 Border Measures Related to Intellectual Property - Practical Aspects
Speaker:Giorgi Kobeshavidze, Deputy Head, Customs Department of
Revenue Service, Georgia
11:10 – 11:40 Current trends in implementation of border protection measures of
IPR in Georgia – view from private sector
Speaker: Giorgi Taktakishvili, Managing Partner, IP Law Firm Mikadze
Gegetchkori Taktakishvili, National Association on Patent Attorneys
Chairman, Georgia
11:40 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:30 Panel Session: Improvement of Border Protection
Moderation:
Giorgi Taktakishvili, Managing Partner, IP Law Firm Mikadze Gegetchkori
Taktakishvili, National Association on Patent Attorneys Chairman, Georgia
Junko Yamamoto, Technical Attaché, World Customs Organization,
Belgium
Summary and closing of the conference
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch