Organized By:

The ASEAN Secretariat and The United States Patent and Trademark Office

Tuesday, February 27, 2006

Day 1:

I. SESSION 1: Welcome/Opening Remarks

Haji Shuib B. Md. Yusop, Director General, Malaysia Intellectual Property Corporation, Malaysia

II. SESSION 2:  Trademark Protection for Geographical Indications: The United States Model

Presenter:    Ari Leifman, Attorney Advisor Office of International Relations, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Coffee/Tea Break 

III. SESSION 3:  Trademark Protection for Geographical Indications in the United States:  A Practical Guide 

Presenter:    Nancy Omelko,  Attorney Advisor, Office of International Relations United States Patent and Trademark Office 

IV. SESSION 4:  Protection for Geographical Indications  in Malaysia
 
Presenter:  Siti Eaisah Mohamad, Director, Corporate and Planning, Malaysia Intellectual Property Corporation, Malaysia

V. SESSION 5: Protection for Geographical Indications in  Singapore
   
Presenter:  Adrian Chiew, Senior Assistant Director/Legal Counsel, Legal Policy and International Affairs Department, Ministry of Law/Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Singapore

       
VI. SESSION 6:   Protection for Geographical Indications in Australia

Presenter:    Kumudu Ramasundara, Deputy Registrar, Trademarks, IP Australia
 

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Day 2:
    
VII. SESSION 7:  Protection for Geographical Indications in  Thailand
 
Presenter:  Pajchima  Tanasanti,   Director, Trademark Office, Department of Intellectual Property, Thailand
 

XIII. SESSION 8:  Protection for Geographical Indications in Indonesia

Presenter: Ika Ahyani Kurniawati, Head of Section for GI Technical Evaluation, Directorate of Trademark, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Indonesia

IX. SESSION 9: Protecting Geographical Indications. The  Prospective of an ASEAN - Region SME Right Holder

Presenter: Siriporn Boonchoo, Subject Matter Specialist (Senior), Sericulture, The Queen Sirikit of Sericulture, Thailand

X. SESSION 10:  Protecting Geographical Indications: The Perspective of a US Right Holder
 
Presenter:   Ken Keck, General Counsel, Florida Department of Citrus  
     

XI. SESSION 11:  Geographical Indications and the WTO Panel Decision (Case Study)  
   
Presenter:    Nancy Omelko, Attorney Advisor Office of International Relations, United States Patent and Trademark Office
 

XII. SESSION 12:  Roundtable on Geographical Indications, Local  Communities, and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the ASEAN Region

Moderator:  Sivakant Tiwari, Principal Senior State Counsel, International Affairs, Attorney General’s Chambers, Singapore
 
Presenters:  

1. Dr. Laddawan Kunnoot, Director of Bureau of Rice Products Development, Bureau of Rice Products Development, Rice Department Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operative, Thailand
2. Khamnhong Sichanthavong, Deputy Director, IP Division Department of Intellectual Property, Lao PDR 
3. Jennifer Ness, Regional Intellectual Property Officer, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand

XIII. SESSION 13:   Group Exercise

*The views expressed herein are not necessarily those of the ASEAN Secretariat or the United States Patent and Trademark Office.