ISIPPE-1 Symposium

Previous sub-themes

Revised sub-themes

• Best practices in combatting IPR infringement and illicit trade
• Enforcement strategies for Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
• IP enforcement in digital age

• Best practices in combatting IPR infringement and illicit trade
• Discussions will focus on best practices in:-
  • carrying out enforcement, public awareness and capacity building activities.  It will also address consumer behavioral change and factors contributing to consumer affinity on counterfeit products
  • legislative and policy reforms in combatting illicit trade
  • It will also discuss technological advancement in combatting illicit trade by the manufacturers, government and consumer-protection organizations

• IP protection in the creative industry
• The role of IP in fashion Industry

• Use of IP in economic and social development
• Discussions will focus on the contribution of IP in economic and social development
• It will also discuss how IP addresses cross-cutting issues (climate change, food security, health, etc)

• IPR dispute resolution mechanism

• IPR dispute resolution mechanism
• Discussions will focus on case studies on IPR dispute resolution mechanism (IP registration and enforcement)

• Utilization and exploitation of IP in the global market

• Utilization and exploitation of IP in the global market
• Discussions will focus on the utilization, exploitation and commercialization of IP in the global market

• Partnerships and linkages on IP protection and enforcement

• Partnerships and linkages on IP protection and enforcement
• Discussions will focus on strategies to strengthen stakeholder partnerships and linkages on IP protection and enforcement
• It will also discuss research and development and the tripartite linkages among government, university and industry in addressing developmental challenges

• IP assets and valuation

• IP assets and valuation
• Discussions will focus on the IP valuation and use of IP as economic assets