Program and Sessions

Opening Ceremony

Executive Committee 2019-2021

Tradicional specialties guaranteed (TSGS) Rescuing Methods, Traditions and culinary recipes

Moderator: Arturo Tello – Estudio Osterling (Peru)
Speakers:
Mario Pomares – Berenguer & Pomares  (Spain)
Ray Meloni – INDECOPI (Peru)

Presentations

Tech Licensing – Negotiating in the invention’s world

Moderator: Carlos Olarte – OlarteMoure (Colombia)
Speakers:
Robert Earle – Ericsson, Inc.  (United States)
Bennett H. Rockney – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)  (United States)

Presentations

Trademarks in Latin America: Economic Impact in 10 Latin American Countries

Moderator:
Speakers:
Ignacio de León – Ippassport (United States)

Presentations

Use of works in the digital era – What can be done what cannot?

Moderator: Francisco Espinosa – Espinosa Bellido Abogados (Peru)
Speakers:
Daavid Greenspan – Santa Clara University School of Law (United States)
Tonya Evans – University of New Hampshire/Franklin Pierce School of Law (United States)

Presentations

Green patent contest: ASIPI rewards innovation

Moderator: Luis Henriquez – MHOV Abogados/ASIPI (Venezuela)
Judges:
Martín Pittaluga – Pittaluga Abogados (Uruguay)
Cristian Bittel – Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal (Argentina)
Hugo Gómez – Tribunal de Justicia de la Comunidad Andina (Ecuador)
Roberto Ríos – Hoglund & Pamias PSC (Puerto Rico)
Sylvia Bazán – INDECOPI (Peru)
Marco Matías Alemán – OMPI (Switzerland)

Videos

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Generated Inventions

Moderator: Mitch Feller – Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman, P.C. (United States)
Speakers:
Bennett H. Rockney – Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT (United States)
Barbara Fiacco – AIPLA – Foley Hoag LLP (United States)

Presentations

Innovation, Leadership and Diversity: What do they have in common?

Breakfast organized by Diversity and Sustainability Commitee of ASIPI

Cannabis & IP – Where do they meet?

Moderator: Helena Camargo – Posse Herrera Ruiz (Colombia)
Speakers:
Leonardo Costa – Brum Costa Abogados (Uruguay)
Christelle Gedeon – Aphria Inc (Canada)
Hillary Schroeder – JUUL Labs (United States)

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New colors, Aromas and greater performance. How is plant variety protection evolving?

Moderator: María del Carmen Arana – Estudio Colmenares & Asociados (Peru)
Speakers:
Alfonso Rivera – Tobar ZVS (Ecuador)
Aurora Ortega (Peru)

Presentations

Look vs Functionality. Trends in the protection of industrial designs

Moderator: Iván Sempere – Padima (Spain)
Speakers:
Ádám György – SBGK (Hungary)
Renata Righetti – AIPPI & Bugnion S.p.A. (Italy)
Richard Stockton – Banner Witcoff (United States)

Presentation

Biopiracy – Who’s watching?

Moderator: Silvia Salazar – Costa Rica University (Costa Rica)
Speakers:
Andrés Valladolid – INDECOPI (Peru)
Iván Manrique – International Potato Center (Peru)

Presentation

Nutrition, health, labeling and trademarks. How to reach a balance equation?

Moderator: Gerardo Florez – Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Colombia)
Speaker:
David Lossignol – INTA & Novartis (Suiza)
José Luis Cárdenas – Productores Locales de Medicamentos PROLMED (Chile)

Presentation

Workshop 1. Country Brand – Implementig its protection

Coordinator: Luis Diez Canseco – DiezCanseco (Peru)
Speakers:
José Pablo Arango (Colombia)
Dora Niquén Guevara – Promperú (Peru)
Ivo Gagliuffi Piercechi –  INDECOPI (Peru)

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Workshop 2. Expectations on external legal service. Navigating through companies’ IP needs

Coordinator: Myrtha Hurtado – Novartis International AG (Switzerland)
Speakers:
Federico Bueno – Anheuser – Busch InBev (Mexico)
Fernando Ponce Sáez – Cencosud SA (Chile)
Laura Sansalvador – Arcor (Argentina)
Karin Manzur – Belcorp (Peru)

Presentations

Workshop 3. Mediation in Latin America

Coordinators: Estuardo Jáuregui – Jáuregui & Asociados (Guatemala)
Mary Fernández – Headrick Rizik Álvarez & Fernández (Dominican Republic)
Speakers:
Paulo Parente Marques Mendes – Di Blasi, Parente y Associados (Brazil)
Fernando Triana – Triana, Uribe & Michelsen (Colombia)
Juan Felipe Porta – Ryan Lussich & Asociados (Argentina)
Marcela Robles – Kresalja IP (Peru)

Presentations

Workshop 4. Using technology to protect your intellectual property

Coordinator: Antonio Villa Berkemeyer – Berkemeyer (Paraguay)
Speakers:
Diana Arredondo – Amazon (United States)
Octavio Saldaña – América Móvil (Mexico)
Sebastián Lovera – Ladas & Parry LLP (United States)
Ignacio de León – Ippassport (United States)

Presentations

Workshop 5. Ethical dilemmas in a rushed world

Coordinator: Sergio Amenábar – Villaseca Abogados (Chile)
Presenters:
Luis Baz – Elzaburu (Spain)
Martín Michaus – Basham, Ringe y Correa S.C. (Mexico)
Special Guest: Dámaso Pardo – INPI (Argentina)
Main Speaker: Marco Matías Alemán – OMPI (Switzerland)

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Workshop 6. Experiences in the application of Madrid protocol

Coordinator: Joana de Mattos – Montaury Pimenta, & Machado & Vieira de Mello (Brazil)
Speakers:
Tove Graulund- Graulund Consulting (Denmark)
Eryck Castillo – President AMPPI (Mexico)
Luz Helena Adarve – Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas (Colombia)
Ann Chaitovitz – USPTO (Peru)

Presentations