The Russian Federation's Intellectual Property Strategies for World Trade Organization (WTO) Accession,
Embassy Working Group Meeting/CIPR

Moscow, Russia
20 February 2001

Speakers:

Dr. Alexandr Korchagin, Director General, Rospatent
Maxim Medvedkov, First Deputy Minister, Ministry for Economic Development and Trade, Head, Russian Federation WTO Accession Team
Peter B. Necarsulmer, President, Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR), and. Co-Chairman, Embassy Working Group

Special Guest Participants:

Alexandr Orlov, Head of Trade Policy and Multilateral Negotiations Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Valentina Orlova, Head of Industrial Property Department, Rospatent

Participants:

Dmitry Andronenko, Corporate Affairs Director, United Distillers & Vintners
Christian Aavik, Trade Attache, Embassy of Estonia
Eugeny Arievich, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Edward Brzeczek, Counsel, Embassy of Poland
Igor Boubnov, Corporate Counsel, British American Tobacco
Yuri Belocon, Assistant Economist, Embassy of the Commission of the EU
Vladimir Bolshchkov, Commercial Department, Embassy of Austria
Alexey Bazhenov, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Philip Morris Companies
Sami Vanioniem, Second Secretary, Embassy of Finland
Geoff Ward, Counsel, Embassy of New Zealand
Alexey Gorbatov, Trade Section Assistant, Embassy of the USA
Gennifer Galenkamp, Director of External Corporate Affairs, Nestle
Valeriy German, President, Association of Russian Patent Attorneys
Gleb Grozovsky, Technical Director, Reuters
Eugenio Vasquez Galarza, Counsel, Embassy of Ecuador
Max Gutbrod, Attorney at Law, Baker & McKenzie
Adisai Dhummakupt, Minister-Counsel, Embassy of Thailand
James Dauris, Counsel, Embassy of the United Kingdom
Gennady Kolbasov, General Director Security, Japan Tobacco International
Albert Kranevskis, Counsel, Embassy of Latvia
Rimutis Klevechka, Counsel, Embassy of Lithuania
Sami Leino, Second Secretary, Embassy of Finland
Ruben Van der Laan, Second Secretary, Embassy of Netherlands
Fadillah Nurwawi, Counsel, Embassy of Indonesia
Anne Niinepu, Trade Representative, Embassy of Estonia
Carlo Natale, First Secretary, European Union Delegation of the European Commission
Agostino Palese, First Secretary, Embassy of Italy
Vazlav Rambousek, Second Secretary, Embassy of Czech Republic
Alexandr Romanov, External Affairs Director, European Business Club
Maria Tasceva, Policy Director, The American Chamber of Commerce in Russia
Ricardo Tores, General Director, Reuters
Steven Foster, First Secretary, Embassy of Denmark
David Fejoo, Marketing Expert, Embassy of Spain
Emili Habber, Counsel, Embassy of Germany
Sandra Shiron, Trade Representative, Embassy of France
Pol Szucks, Trade Representative, Embassy of Hungary
Alexandr Shelemekh, Vice President, Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights
Rose Edwards, Second Secretary, Embassy of the United Kingdom

Attending Journalists

The Moscow Times Luiba Pronina