Business-Judicial Roundtable for IPR Enforcement

Purpose: To share the experience of private sector leaders whose businesses depend upon intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement with judges responsible for adjudicating IPR disputes.

Circumstances: This roundtable session is set in Slovakia, and will address current IPR issues in Slovakia with Slovak judges. Business leaders and experts from Slovakia, elsewhere in the EU, the US, and NGOs will participate. Participants from other Central and Eastern European countries have been invited in order that the roundtable might serve as a model for similar roundtables in their countries. 

Working Group Presentations

Highlights Of Issues Raised By Private Sector Speakers

Case Study For IPR Enforcement

Intellectual Property Rights: An International Law Enforcement Effort
Marie-Flore V. Kouamé Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section

Remarks of Joel Martin (Highlights only)
Joel Martin

Remarks of Janka Pristavkova
Janka Pristavkova, Director, Department For Civil Legislation Ministry Of Justice Of The Slovak Republic

Behaviour of Siemens in Patent Disputes
Uwe Schriek, Behaviour of Siemens in Patent Disputes in Germany Chief Counsel IP Strategyner Inc.

Remarks of Viera Sebestova
Viera Sebestova, Judge, Regional Court, Bratislava

Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: The German Example
Dr. Andreas von Falck, Lovells