CIPR Activities   |   International Seminars, Workshops and Conferences

CIPR sponsors and participates in numerous seminars, workshops and conferences on intellectual property issues throughout the CIS, Baltic States, Europe and the United States. CIPR has previously partnered with various organizations and governments to make these events possible, including WIPO, national patent and trademark offices, the CIS Interstate Council for the Protection of Industrial Property and customs agencies.

CIPR members and representatives have been featured speakers at conferences on IP topics organized by INTA, Interpol, WIPO, Euroforum, Marcus Evans, REACT Germany, the U.S.— Russia Business Council, Rospatent and other international and regional institutions.

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• On 4 October 2006, CIPR members Troy Molding of Phillip Morris and Denis Khabarov of Baker McKenzie and CIPR Executive Director Tom Thomson were speakers on a panel on anti-counterfeiting issues in the Russian Federation at the fall meeting of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition in Dallas, Texas.
  
  
• On 3 March 2006, CIPR conducted a seminar on IP for Japanese companies in Russia at the request of JETRO. The seminar covered such topics as counterfeiting, bad-faith trademark registrations, corruption and key government officials. Read
  March 3, 2006
  
  
• CIPR sponsored an INTA one-day roundtable in Moscow on "Finding Solutions to practical anti-counterfeiting problems in Russia." Attendees included representatives from the Ministry of Interior's Department of Combating Economic Crime of the Ministry of Interior, the Federal Customs Service, Rospatent and the Russian Judicial Academy, as well as from the private sector. Read
  Moscow, Russia
  November 29, 2005
  
  
• CIPR organized a Ukrainian delegation's visit to San Diego to participate in the 127th Annual International Trademark Association's (INTA) Conference. Read
  San Diego, California, USA
  May 14-19, 2005
  
  
• CIPR co-organized the conference "Intellectual Property: Trademark Protection". The conference provided information on the latest emerging IP issues and initiatives from leading decision-makers in the RF government, as well as new breakthrough methods of trademark protection straight from IP and brand specialists from the largest FMCG manufacturers on the market. Read
  Moscow, Russia
  March 1-2, 2005
  
  
• CIPR held a conference in Riga for Latvian business managers, government representatives, students and the media. CIPR's goal was to raise awareness of the importance of respecting intellectual property rights if companies are to be successful and able to compete internationally. Read
  Riga, Latvia
  April 6, 2005
  
  
• The Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights was co-organizer of the 8th Annual International Conference "Actual Problematic Issues of Intellectual Property." Read
  Alushta, Autonomous Republic of Crimea
  September 6-11, 2004
  
  
• CIPR and the Russian Mediation Centre (RMC) held a practical interactive seminar on alternative dispute resolution techniques on June 21, 2004 in Moscow. Read
  Moscow
  June 21, 2004
  
  
• CIPR President Peter B. Necarsulmer and Vice President Tom Thomson, who was also a Roundtable Co-Chair, joined over 300 officials from law enforcement, government, inter-governmental bodies and representatives from the private sector and NGOs to attend the First Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting in Brussels on 25-26 May 2004 to share views on strategies for curbing growing trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy worldwide. Read
  Brussels, Belgium
  26-25 May, 2004
  
  
• CIPR Vice President Tom Thomson attended t he 6th Interpol Intellectual Property Crime Action Group (IIPCAG) meeting, where he was unanimously elected private sector Co-chair of the IIPCAG. Read
  Belfast, Northern Ireland
  5-6 May, 2004
  
  

• CIPR organized a successful visit to the UK from April 25-29 of a delegation of Ukrainian judges, court and government officials, all of whom work in the area of protection of Intellectual Property rights. Read
  London, United Kingdom
  25-29 April, 2004
  
  
• Russian IP Officials visit Washington, D.C.
  22-23 April, 2004
  
  
• Joint Efforts to Fight Counterfeit Medicines; Meeting of Pharmaceutical Companies with
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  Moscow, Russia
  February 18, 2003
  
  
• CIPR Host IP Russian State Duma Delegation (funded by the Center for Russian Leadership Development at The U.S. Library of Congress
  
  
• CIPR-AIPM-AmCham-Roundtable on the Fight Against Counterfeit Drugs
  Moscow, Russia
  April 16, 2002
  
  
• CIPR Participation in Euroforum Conference:
  "Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Russia and the CIS"
  Moscow, Russia
  January 28, 2002
  
  
• Remarks CIPR Chairman and Anheuser-Busch Companies Associate General Counsel Frank Hellwig at January 2002 Euroforum Conference in Moscow
  Mr. Hellwig's Powerpoint Presentation: Success Story: BUD Trademark Dispute Resolution in Russia (Powerpoint Presentation)
  Presentation by CIPR President Peter B. Necarsulmer (Powerpoint Presentation)
  
  
• Janet L. Hoffman:
  Border Measures Concerning the Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights: The Point of View of Rightsholders
  December 1, 2000
  
  
• Janet L.Hoffman:
  Public-Private Partnership: Securing and Enforcing Trademark Rights
  October 7-8, 1999
  
  
• Mary Ann Alford:
  Remarks at WIPO Symposium
  Chisinau, Moldova
  September 1, 1999