Organized by
The ASEAN Secretariat and the United States Patent and Trademark Office

And Co-Sponsored by
Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court of Thailand and Department of Intellectual Property and International Trade Litigation Office of the Attorney General of Thailand 

Day 1: Wednesday, 6 June 2007

Welcome/Opening Remarks

1. Honorable Surapol Sonthayanont, Chief Judge, Thai Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Bangkok, Thailand
2. Honorable Pongsakon Chantarasapt, Deputy Director-General, Department of Intellectual Property and International Trade Litigation, Office of the Attorney General, Bangkok, Thailand
3. Professor Rohazar Wati Zuallcobley, Deputy Director-General, Intellectual Property Office of Malaysia, and Representative of the Chair, ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4. Honorable Margaret J.A. Peterlin, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia

I. Session 1:  Introduction to the Types of Intellectual Property
     
Presenter: Jennifer Ness, IPR Regional Attache, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand

II. Session 2:  Overview of Best Practices in IP Enforcement
   
Moderator: Peter N. Fowler, Senior Counsel, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia 

III. Session 3:  Handling IP Cases:  Is There a Need for Specialization by Courts and Prosecutors?

Moderator: Peter N. Fowler, Senior Counsel, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia

Panel: 

1. Honorable Reynaldo Bautista Daway, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 90, and Intellectual Property Judge and Commercial Court Judge for Quezon City, Philippines
2. Honorable Richard Seeborg, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the  Northern District of California, San Jose, California
3. Honorable Nandana Indananda, Judge, Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Bangkok, Thailand
4. Asdang Chiewthada, Executive Director, Office of Intellectual Property and International Trade Litigation 2, Office of the Attorney General, Bangkok, Thailand
5. Brian M. Pearce, Legal Adviser, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training, U. S. Department of Justice, Bangkok, Thailand

IV.Session 4:  Collecting Societies and Copyright Licensing and Royalty Disputes:  Should Governments Become Involved?
 
Moderator: Honorable Jayin Sunthornsingkarn, Judge and Secretary, Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Bangkok, Thailand
  
Panel: 

1. Ang Kwee Tiang, Regional Director and Regional Counsel for Asia-Pacific, International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), Singapore

2. Honorable Reynaldo Bautista Daway, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 90, and Intellectual Property Judge and Commercial Court Judge for Quezon City, Philippines

3. Jennifer Ness, IPR Regional Attache, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand

V. Session 5:  Criminal Enforcement Against Counterfeiting and Copyright Piracy:  Elements of a Case
 
Moderator: Peter N. Fowler, Senior Counsel, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia

Panel: 

1. Christopher Sonderby, Attaché, IP Law Enforcement Coordinator-Asia, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division U.S Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
2. Prasert Jarunratanasri, Provincial Public Prosecutor, Office of the Attorney General, Bangkok, Thailand

Day 2: Thursday, 7 June 2007

VI. Session 6:  Search and Seizure Motions and Orders
  
Moderator: Honorable Jayin Sunthornsingkarn, Judge and Secretary, Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Bangkok, Thailand

Panel: 

1. Honorable Richard Seeborg, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose, California
2. Honorable Reynaldo Bautista Daway, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 90, and Intellectual Property Judge and Commercial Court Judge for Quezon City, Philippines
3. Christopher Sonderby, Attaché, IP Law Enforcement  Coordinator – Asia, U.S. Department of  Justice, Criminal Division, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
       

VII. Session 7: Survey of Criminal Law Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region

Moderator: Peter N. Fowler, Senior Counsel, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia

Presenter: Honorable Jumpol Pinyosinwat, Judge, Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Bangkok, Thailand

Building Working Relationships Between Public Prosecutors and Rights holders

Presenters: 

1. Christopher Sonderby, Attache, IP Law Enforcement Coordinator – Asia, U.S. Department of  Justice, Criminal Division, Bangkok, Thailand
2. Say Sujintaya, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Bangkok, Thailand
3. Edward J. Kelly, Partner and Director of Intellectual Property, Tilleke & Gibbins International, Bangkok, Thailand
4. Wanpen Manomaiudom, Senior Expert Public Prosecutor, Office of IP and International Trade Litigation 1, Office of the Attorney General, Bangkok, Thailand

VIII. Session 8:  How to Achieve Deterrence:  Some Approaches

Judicial Perspective on Appropriate Criminal Sentencing 
 
Panel: 

1. Honorable Richard Seeborg, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the  Northern District of California, San Jose, California
2. Honorable Reynaldo Bautista Daway, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 90, and Intellectual Property Judge and Commercial Court Judge for Quezon City, Philippines

Approaches for Confronting and Prosecuting Organized Criminal Activity  

Panel: 

1. Christopher Sonderby, Attaché, IP Law Enforcement Coordinator – Asia, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
2. Fabrice Mattei, Partner, Rouse & Co. International, Bangkok, Thailand
3. Opat Varophat, Provincial Public Prosecutor, Office of IP and  International Trade Litigation 1, Office of the Attorney General, Bangkok, Thailand
4. Benjamin Ming Shu Ng, Regional Counsel, Asia, IFPI, Hong Kong
    

IX. Session 9:  Handling IP Cases:  Discussion of Case Study

Panel: 

1. Honorable Richard Seeborg, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the  Northern District of California, San Jose, California
2. Honorable Reynaldo Bautista Daway, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court, Branch 90, and Intellectual Property Judge and Commercial Court Judge for Quezon City, Philippines
3. Brian M. Pearce, Legal Adviser, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training, U. S. Department of Justice, Bangkok, Thailand

X. Session 10:  Changing the IP Enforcement Environment:Need for Public Education and Awareness 

Moderator:  Peter N. Fowler, Senior Counsel, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia

Panel:  

1. Margaret J.A. Peterlin, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the  United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia
2. Wong Sheng Kwai, Assistant Director-General and Legal Counsel Infrastructure Development Division, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Singapore
3. Benjamin Ming Shu Ng, Regional Counsel, Asia, IFPI, Hong Kong
4. Fabrice Mattei, Partner, Rouse & Co. International, Bangkok, Thailand

Day 3: Friday, 8 June 2007

XI. Session 11:  Private Sector Perspectives on Trademark Counterfeiting Trends in ASEAN

Moderator:  Peter N. Fowler, Senior Counsel, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia

Panel: 

1. Sunee Kirdniyom, Global Brand Protection Manager and Legal Counsel, Procter & Gamble Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
2. Fabrice Mattei, Partner, Rouse & Co. International, Bangkok, Thailand

 
XII. Session 12:  Private Sector Perspectives on Copyright Piracy Trends in ASEAN

Moderator:  Peter N. Fowler, Senior Counsel, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia

Panel:  

1. Frank Rittman, Regional Counsel, Asia-Pacific, MotionPicture Association, Singapore
2. Tarun Sawney, Director of Anti-Piracy, Asia-Pacific Region, Business Software Alliance, Singapore
3. Benjamin Ming Shu Ng, Regional Counsel, Asia, IFPI, Hong Kong