TRIPS@25 – Webinar: TRIPS and Competition

11:00 – 11:20

Opening remarks: TRIPS and Competition policy, 25 years on

Moderators:

• Reto Malacrida, Head, Government Procurement and Competition Policy Group
• Antony Taubman, Director, IPD, WTO

11:20 – 13:00

Presentation of the edited volume

Speakers:

• Robert D. Anderson, Professor, School of Law, University of Nottingham
• Nuno Pires de Carvalho, Partner, Licks Attorneys
  Presentation
• William Kovacic, Professor, Law School, George Washington University
  Presentation
• Antony Taubman, Director, IPD, WTO

Q&A, Panel discussion

13:00 – 14:20

Perspectives on the IP-Competition Nexus

Moderator:

• Mr Daniel Pruzin, IERD, WTO

Speakers:

• Giovanni Napolitano, Director, Intellectual Property and Competition Policy, World Intellectual Property Organization
• Antonella Salgueiro Mezgolits, Legal Consultant, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
  Presentation
• Ariel Katz, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
  Presentation
• Nadya Sporysheva, Economic Affairs Officer, IPD, WTO
  Presentation

Commentator:

• Elena Cima, Graduate Institute, University of Geneva

Q&A, Panel discussion

14:20 – 15:00

Taking the dialogue forward

Moderators:

• Wolf Meier-Ewert, Counsellor, IPD, WTO
• Eleanor Fox, Professor, School of Law, New York University
  Presentation

Discussion Q&A