NEXCO, in cooperation with the Weissman Center
for International Business at Baruch College CUNY invites you
to attend:
Intellectual Property
Rights – Focusing on China and India
Date:
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 Time:
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon (registration begins at 9:00
a.m.) Location: Baruch College, 55
Lexington Avenue (between 24th & 25th Streets), 14th
Floor, Room 14-269, New York, NY Cost:
$50 for NEXCO Members & Non-members Fee
includes all seminar material, and refreshments
Intellectual Property Rights – Focusing on China
and India
While the growing Chinese market
offers export opportunities, Intellectual Property Rights
(IPR) infringement is a growing concern. Exporters will need
to have knowledge of China’s IPR enforcement rules, and
include IPR protection in their business strategy. The
key forms of intellectual property are patents, copyrights,
trademarks and trade secrets. IP laws enable owners,
inventors, and creators to protect their property from
unauthorized uses. But, how do you protect your intellectual
property in other countries?
Join us on Wednesday, May 23, 2007, as our
professionals discuss ways to secure full patent rights in
another country and what the U.S. is doing to protect your
rights in countries like China and
India.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
· What is your
Intellectual
Property? · Is your
trademark protected in other
countries? · How do you
obtain a patent, trademark, or copyright protection in another
country? · You find a
counterfeit of your product, what can you
do? · How are
Intellectual Property Rights enforced
abroad? · How do you
identify and classify your intellectual property
rights? · How can you
protect your Intellectual
Property? · Why should
you protect your Intellectual
Property?
PANEL OF
SPEAKERS Catherine Peters,
International Trade Specialist – Office of
Intellectual Property Rights, U.S. Department of
Commerce
Richard S. Taffet, Attorney-at-Law &
Partner – Bingham McCutchen LLP
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS Catherine
Peters, International Trade Specialist – Office of
Intellectual Property Rights, U.S. Department of
Commerce Ms. Catherine Peters currently serves as
an International Trade Specialist in the Office of
Intellectual Property Rights at the U.S. Department of
Commerce. In this position, Ms. Peters assists U.S.
businesses encountering international market barriers related
to intellectual property rights and represents the Department
of Commerce in the intellectual property aspects of U.S.
bilateral trade policy in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Ms. Peters has also worked with the U.S. Foreign Commercial
Service in Brussels, Belgium; and with Eli Lilly and Company
in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Peters received a Masters of Science in Foreign Service
from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political
Science/Business and French from Villanova University.
Richard S. Taffet,
Attorney-at-Law & Partner – Bingham McCutchen
LLP
Richard Taffet is co-chair of Bingham
McCutchen’s Intellectual Property Litigation and Patent
Prosecution Group. He serves as lead counsel in a wide range
of intellectual property, antitrust and commercial litigation
matters. He represents both U.S. and foreign based clients
involved in numerous industries, including consumer
electronics, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, textiles,
chemicals, software development, financial industries and
publishing. He counsels clients in connection with protecting
their intellectual property assets and the marketing and
distribution of their products, and represents clients before
federal agencies including the Department of Justice, the
Federal Trade Commission, the United States Trade
Representatives Office and the Consumer Products Safety
Commission.
Richard received his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School
and a Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence College. He is a
frequent speaker on intellectual property and antitrust issues
and is a contributor to publications on such
subjects.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND Anyone involved in
international trade and wants to learn how to protect their
work should attend.
