Program and Sessions

Prologue
Opening Ceremony

How well-known is the well-known trademark in laws and jurisprudence?

Moderator: Karina Calderón – Comte & Font Legalsa (Guatemala)
Speakers:
Ray Augusto Meloni – INDECOPI (Perú)
Thomas Cuche – Duclos, Thorne, Mollet-Viéville & Partners (France)
Edanela Pérez Broce – Adidas International Marketing B (Netherlands)

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Inventive level: When the expert examination does not value the result

Moderator: Carlos Olarte – OlarteMoure (Colombia)
Speakers:
Maria Carmen de Souza Brito – Asociación Brasileña de Propiedad Intelectual -ABPI (Brazil)
Martín Bensadon – Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal  (Argentina)

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Harmonization of Norms or Concentration in Trademark Registration Processes? The Andean Community Model

Moderator: Rafael Covarrubias – PCM Abogados (Chile)
Speakers:
Hugo Ramiro Gómez – Tribunal Andino de Justicia (Peru)
Juan Carlos Cuesta – Cuesta & Asociados (Colombia)
Debbie Roenning – Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI)

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IoT – Internet of Things: what should we focus in?

Moderator: Alvaro Malespin – Miranda y Miranda Marcas y Patentes Ltd (Nicaragua)
Speakers:
Ricardo Fischer – Arent Fox LLP (United States)
Claudia Aguilar – Samsung Electronics Latinoamérica

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Free Zones: freedom for piracy and counterfeit?

Moderator: María Cecilia Romoleroux – CorralRosales (Ecuador)
Speakers:
José Eduardo Ayú Prado – Corte Suprema de Justicia (Panama)
Judith Fernández – ASW Group (Panama)

Presentactions

Workshop 1: Domain Name dispute resolution

Speakers:
Francisco Rios – OMPI (Switzerland)
Wilson Pinheiro Jabur – Salusse, Marangoni, Parente e Jabur Advogados (Brazil)
Martín Michaus – Basham, Ringe y Correa S.C. (Mexico)

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Workshop 2: Habeas Data: regulation on personal databases

Moderator: Jorge Allende – Allende & García Abogados (Perú)
Speakers:
Juanita Acosta – Dentons Cardenas  (Colombia)
Rosa María Franco – Axkati Legal, S.C. (México)

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Workshop 3: Getting Legally Ready for a Start Up

Speakers:
Ignacio Luis de León – Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo -BID  (United States)
Ronald Y. Barazarte – Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (Panama)
Mercedes Morris – Museo del café (Panama)

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Workshop 4: Trademarks (Nice and Viena) and Industrial Designs (Locarno) International Classifications

Speakers:
Eliseo Montiel – Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial  – IMPI (México)
Mónica Emilia Valdez de la Torre – Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI) – México

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From subtlety to impudence: Imitating the market leaders (trade dress)

Moderator: José Pablo Pérez Zea – Allende & García Abogados (Perú)
Speakers:
Maria Elena Lambraño – Chanel  (Panamá)
Christian Durán – Duran-Corretjer, S.L.P.  (Spain)

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My client has the App of the century. How do I protect it?

Moderator: Marcos Lapenne – Allende & García Abogados (Perú)
Speakers:
Robert Weiss – Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP (United States)
Ignacio Luis de León – Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo -BID  (United States)

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Trends in Labels Regulations. Requiem to Trademark Law?

Moderator: Armando Arenas – Olivares (México)
Speakerss:
Laura Sansalvador – Grupo Arcor (Argentina)
Andrés Grunewaldt – Silva  (Chile)

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Native Advertising

Moderator: Roberto Arochi – Arochi & Lindner (México)
Speakers:
Jeffrey Greenbaum – Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz (United States)
Alejandro Betancourt – Procter & Gamble  (Panamá)

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Social Media and Attorneys: how can firms make efficient and effective use of it?

Moderator: Martín Pittaluga – Pittaluga Abogados (Uruguay)
Speaker:
Ross Fishman – Fishman Marketing, Inc. (United States)

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