Programme

Day 2

Perspectives of trademarks, patents and internet domains

26th October 2023

9h00 – 9h30 Participants registration

9h30 – 10h00 Opening ceremony 

10h00 – 18h00 Working sessions

18h00 – 18h30 Networking session

9h00 – 9h30 Participants’ registration

9h30 – 10h00 Opening ceremony 

Moderator: Associate Professor PhD.  Ovidiu Ioan Dumitru, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Bucharest University of Economic Studies  

• The message of Professor. PhD. Dan Dumitrescu, ViceRector of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies  
• The message of Mr. Alexandru Mihai Ghigiu, Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Romania  
• The message of Mrs. Raluca Turcan, Minister of Culture
• The message of Mr. Andrei-Simion Ijac, General Director of the Romanian Copyright Office (ORDA)
• The message of Mrs. Dr. Alice Postăvaru, Manager, State Office for Inventions and Trademarks (OSIM)
• The message of Mr. Dumitru Costin, President of The National Trade Unions Block (BNS)  
• The message of Mr. Ștefan Gheorghiu, Executive Director of CREDIDAM Association

10h00 – 18h00     Working sessions

Moderator: Mr. Ștefan Gheorghiu, Executive director of CREDIDAM Association

10h00 – 10h30   An introduction to performers’ rights, Mr. Ioan Kaes (General-Secretary AEPO ARTIS)

10h30 – 12h15   International collective management of performers’rights

• About SCAPR – introduction to SCAPR activities, international standards, best practices and international exchanges, Mrs. Inès de Nervo (Business Relationship Manager at SCAPR)  
• Remuneration right of audiovisual performers for making available – the Spanish system, Mrs. Sara López Blanco (Director Business Area at AISGE, collective management organisation from Spain)  
• Equitable remuneration for broadcasting and public performance in the French legal system, Mrs. Marion Argiolas (Legal counsel at SPEDIDAM, collective management organisation from France)  
• Collective management organisations as a support to performers, Mr. Xavier Blanc (Legal & Policy Consultant at AEPO ARTIS)  

Q & A   

12h15 – 13h30 Lunch break

13h30 – 15h30 National challenges to performers’ rights

• Evolution of the public communication right, Mrs. Mariana Savu (Laywer)  
• The fiscal rules concerning performers’ rights and collective management, Mr. Mădălin Niculeasa (Lawyer)  
• The situation of audiovisual rights, Mr. Ștefan Gheorghiu (Executive director of CREDIDAM Association)  
• The collective management of audiovisual performances – a local TV station’s experience, Mrs. Luisa Creață (Lawyer)  
• Investigating criminal offences in the field of copyright and related rights, Mr. Petruț Ciobanu (Lawyer)  
• Performers testimony:

• Mr. Mihai Cernea (musician and General Director of CREDIDAM Association’s Board of directors)  
• Mrs. Carmen Tănase (actress and member of the Specialty Commission at CREDIDAM Association)  

Q & A 

15h30 – 16h00 Coffee break

16h00 – 17h10 Improving the collective management of performers’ rights

• The role of collective management organisations and international cooperation:

• The exchange of data, IPD and VRDB, Mr. Aleksandar Cvetkovic (member of the SCAPR Board, Chairman of Databases Committee of SCAPR, and director of PI, performers organization from Belgrade, Serbia)  

• The role of public authorities:

• The role of the Romanian Copyright Office in the field of performers’ rights, Mr. Cristian Florescu (Head of International Relations Department, ORDA)
• Report on the EU Directive on the Collective Rights Management, Mr. Rodolphe Wouters (Policy Officer at European Commission – Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology) – via videoconference
• WIPO activities in support of performers’ rights, Mrs. Hanna Koonen (Associate Legal Officer, Copyright Management Division, Copyright and Creative Industries Sector, World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO)  

Q & A  

17h10 – 17h30           The evolution of performers’ rights since 1998, Mr. Xavier Blanc (Legal & Policy Consultant at AEPO-ARTIS)

17h30 – 18h00 Closing remarks and conclusions

18h00 – 18h30              Networking session

9h00 – 9h30 Registration

9h30 – 11h30 First session – Moderator – Lecturer PhD. Roxana Chirieac, ViceDean of Faculty of Law, Bucharest University of Economic Studies 

• Pespectives of regulations on industrial designs and models – Dr. Alice Postăvaru, Manager, Department for Industrial Designs and Models – OSIM

• Protection of trademarks against abusive registrations of Internet domain names used for criticism, Mrs. Mihaela Maravela, partner Maravela Codescu Buliga Attorneys at Law

• Liability of content sharing platform providers and other intermediary service providers for copyright infringement in the light of the Digital Services Act, Dr. Anikó Grad-Gyenge, Department of Business Law, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economic Sciences

• Recent developments of EU trademark law, Prof. Eleonora Rossati, University of Stockolm

• Alternative dispute resolution in intellectual property cases, Associate professor PhD. Claudiu Ignat, Faculty of Law, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

11h30 – 11h 45  Coffee Break

11h45-13:45 – Second session – Moderator – Assistant Professor Ionela Cuciureanu, Faculty of Law, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

The effects of a trademark cancellation due to its contrariety to public order and good behaviour, Professor PhD. Viorel Roș, Lecturer Phd. Andreea Livadariu, Faculy of Law, Nicolae Titulescu University

• Responsabilitatea platformelor  si marketplace-urilor online in combaterea comertului cu produse contrafacute– Mr. Gabriel Turcu, visiting professor,  partner Turcu & Turcu

• FR(A)ND(LY) Licensing at the Crossroads, Mrs. Ramona Daniela Stângaciu, Ph.D. candidate/Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Law, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

• The legal order of the European Union between law and fact: the development of Union policies through the creative interpretation of primary law. Case study: the competence of the European Union in the field of protection of intellectual property rights. Dr. Adrian Bantaș, visiting assistant professor, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law

• When fame is the end of the game – trademarks falling in the public domain, Ph.D.candidate, assistant professor Ionela Cuciureanu, Faculty of Law, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

13h45 – 14h15 Lunch break

14h15 : 16:15 – Third session – Moderator – Associate Professor PhD. Ovidiu Ioan Dumitru, Dean of Faculty of Law, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

• (Title TBD) Andra Zincă, Alina Zidaru, partners Zinca & Zidaru

• Caught between giants: how the anticoncurential conduct of the big market players that operate IP-law protected content affects the small content creators and what remedies they have at their disposal. Overview of the ECJ case-law from Google to Android, Iulian Băiculescu, Attorney at law, Ph.D. candidate Nicolae Titulescu University

• The importance of trademark and patent protection for an innovative start-up business Adriana Casillas, CEO TEBRIO Europe

• AI and copyright developments in the US, Paul Llewellyn, partner Arnold and Porter New York 

• Set sail in the IP world – a guide for tech start-ups,  Paul Cosmovici, partner Cosmovici Intellectual Property 

16h15 – 16h30 Coffee break

16:30 –  17:15 – Session three – Moderator – Assistant Professor Ionela Cuciureanu, Faculty of Law, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

• Title TBD, Aysel Cetinkaia

• Digital Piracy and Copyright Law – or when It’s not okay to go with Torrent, Maria Raisa Rășcanu, student, Faculty of Law, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

17h15 – 17h30 Closing remarks and conclusions