Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, will participate to a serie of conferences to be held in Brazil between September 10 and 14, 2012.
On September 10, Mr Geiger will participate in the international congress "Challenge of the Commons: Properties in the XXI Century" to be held at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He will take part to the session "Cultural Commons". The topic of his speech will be: "Open Access through an Opening of Copyright Law, The crucial role of Limitations and exceptions".
On September 11, Mr Geiger will take part to the symposium "IP and Open Access" at the National Health School of Fundação Osvaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, within the celebration of the 58th anniversary of the School.Mr Geiger will speak on the topic: "Opening Up Copyright Law through Limitations and exceptions?"
On September 13, Mr Geiger will participate in the Symposium about "The 10 years of the Brazilian new Civil Code" to be held at the Catholic University PUCRS of Porto Alegre. The topic of his speech will be: "The constitutionalization of private law on the example of intellectual property".
Finally, on September 14, Mr Geiger will participate in the international seminar on "The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)" to be held at the University Santa Catherina in Florianopolis. The topic of his speech will be: "The rejection of ACTA by the European Parliament: What lessons to be learned? What perspectives for enforcement of IP Rights at the international level?"
This trip will be an opportunity for the Director General of the CEIPI to meet many Intellectual Property stakeholders in Brazil, to strengthen the bilateral links and to discuss the implementation of cooperation agreements with the CEIPI.
