South Centre

Date:       30 June 2008

Venue:     Palais Des Nations, Room No. XI 

Time:      15h00 – 18h00

The issue of IPRs in technical standards is increasingly seen to be contentious since they at times lead to anticompetitive situations affecting markets and international trade. While standards are adopted internationally and nationally by different standard setting organisations, they are implemented cross border. This has provoked a great deal of serious thought and syllogism over anticompetitive effects created due to a variety of factors associated with processes and framework of norms that govern the issues of IPRs in standardisation. The SIP seminar aims to focus on such issues and to find remedial solutions for addressing the international competition dimension of IPR Issues in Standardization.    

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PRESENTATIONs

 Dr. Xuan Li ( Programme Coordinator of IAKP, South Centre) : Introductory Remarks

 Mr. Ermias Biadgleng (Programme Officer of IAKP, South Centre) : Current Multilateral Framework and Trends in IPRs and Standardization

 Mr. Jonathan Band (Attorney, Washington DC, USA) : Addressing the Anticompetitive Effect of IPR Issues in Standardization: A Historical and Legal Perspective

 Mr. Rishab Aiyer Ghosh (Senior Researcher, UNU-MERIT) : Addressing the Anticompetitive Effect of IPR Issues in Standardization: An Economic Perspective

 Mr. Thiru Balasubramaniam (Geneva Representative, Knowledge Ecology International ): Policy Implication: IPRs and Standardisation of Conflict or Complementarities: A Perspective from WIPO Development Agenda

 Dr. An Baisheng (Deputy Director of WTO Department, Ministry of Commerce, China) : Policy Implication: International Competition Dimension at Stake: Will Current Policies at Various Forums Help Resolve the Deadlock?