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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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  • CIPR Executive Director Tom Thomson and CIPR U.S. Representative Amanda Lahan met with a U.S. Department of State sponsored delegation of library and IP professionals to discuss the challenges facing national and academic libraries throughout Russia, including how to protect up-to-date electronic and hard copy materials for patrons and how to fulfill their obligations to protect the IP rights of the authors. Practical strategies for advancing legislation and getting support from key governmental and non-governmental stakeholders were identified. The delegation included representatives from the National Library of Russia, State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, and the National Library of Karelia, among others.
    April 9, 2009
  • CIPR Executive Director Tom Thomson discussed the role of public-private partnerships in the IPR policymaking process and in raising public awareness of the vital role played by trademarks, patents and copyrights in growing economies, as well as how to create incentives for innovation and technology development in developed and emerging markets to a U.S. Department of Commerce sponsored delegation of IP, legal and business professionals from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
    April 2, 2009
  • CIPR Executive Director Tom Thomson addressed American business executives attending the National District Export Council annual meeting in Palm Springs, CA. on specific IP protection strategies to use in Eastern Europe and in countries of the former Soviet Union.
    Palm Springs, CA, USA
    October 16, 2008
  • CIPR and INTA co-sponsored a roundtable “Practical Anti-counterfeiting Strategies: Working with Russian Customs and Law Enforcement Authorities” for rights holders in Moscow. In attendance were representatives of leading Russian and international companies and government officials from the RF Customs Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Read
    Moscow, Russia
    September 30, 2008
  • 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.
    Dallas, Texas, USA
    4 October 2006

  • 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

 

 

 


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