WIPO National Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement

  Beirut: On December 9 and 10, 2010 The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Trade of the Republic of Lebanon organized the WIPO NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT.

 After a welcome addressed by The Representative of The Ministry of Economy and Trade, and the Representative of the WIPO eight themes were developed with several speakers from around the world

  They started with an Overview of the Intellectual Property System. Then theme two was about the Counterfeiting and Global Warming in a Flat World. After we debated the Accounting for Socio-Economic and Technological Circumstances in IP Enforcement. At the end of the first day the local speaker talked about the Enforcement of the Lebanese IP Law and opened the floor to questions.

 The second day they introduced us How to effectively tackle counterfeiting in the Internet Era. After that the theme was about Balancing the Need for Effective Enforcement and the Imperatives of Facilitating Legitimate Trade. Theme seven was about IP Enforcement and Border Measures. The last theme discussed Piracy and Counterfeiting and its Impact on the Lebanese Economy.

  Finally, in the closing ceremony projects of workshops were announced especially about the IP in the pharmaceuticals domain.

  Many IP experts from different backgrounds attended this workshop. Nisrine Haddad, Partner at SADER & Associates, and Celine Khoury attended the workshop on behalf of SA.