Institute of Intellectual Property Research and Practice

Organises

Three-Day International Seminar

On

Journey from Trade Mark To Brand Equity

From

22nd to 24th November 2004

At

Hotel Le Meridien New Delhi-01


About The Seminar
 

No investment in any organised business can be as gainful as an investment in trade mark, which over a period of time , if blended propoerly, culminates into brand. If you are in business and you are not branding you are many steps behind everyone else, as it is impossible to survive without brand in today’s business. The Seminar on “Journey from Trade Mark to Brand Equity” is an effort to aprice Industry on its importance and to share the experiences of experts, as to how a very little investment in trade mark grows and at the same time and more importantly, to understand as to what all efforts and precautions go into, to make the journey from trade mark to brand equity a successful one.   

The brands are not built overnight, it needs years and warrants  blending of resources in a unique way. The famous brands of today have not erupted as a coincidence or a magic, rather they all have had well planned strategy and speak volumes of clear perception, which started right from their inception on registering trademarks. These brands have now turned out to be the largest asset in the asset portfolio of a Corporation. Keeping in mind the importance of brand in new globalization, brand strategy needs to be formulated because the better it is understood, the more successfully it will be ultilized and for that it is essential to understand, what kind of trademark should be registered, what all components should form part of trademarks, what is the influence of part registration on protection of mark, when and how a trademark should be developed as a brand, what type of brand should it be, how compatible a particular type of brand should be with the corporate strategy, should the corporate grow as a ‘House of Brand’ or a ‘Brand House’; what strategy and tactics would be required to convert brand into brand equity, how should the brand be protected, how does the infringement and counterfeit affect the corporate and how far it can be protected, how do we undertake the damage control, why do we need to know the value of brand, if we don’t know the value how can we measure its growth and the effectiveness of the strategy that is being followed to develop the brand, can the brand be used as securities against organizing funds from Institutes and Banks and what are the international practices. All these issues are essential to understand and the insight of them will help in the development, growth and commercialization of brand. The seminar is held to address all these issues and other cognate and allied subjects.

How The Seminar is Unique

This seminar is the premier gathering of Trademark Attorney, Brands Consultant and Legal Professionals in the field of enforcement of law from all over the world.This is an outstanding educational and networking opportunity for those involved in the development and protection of trademark and brand to share the experiences of experts and to understand the insight of the issues for developing a right strategy for the growth of Corporate, as we must not forget that the brand failure can be fatal. We assure you the journey you would take through the seminar will be fascinating one and will go a long way in developing the right strategy at your corporation.


About the Institute

The Institute of Intellectual Property Research and Practice was registered as a society in 1995, primarily to provide industrial training and education in the field of intellectual property rights, their practices and legal enforcement in an international scenario.  Intellectual property being intangible in nature is more fragile and needs international protection and commercialization in a global economy. In order to protect and commercialize intellectual property, the knowledge and update of International Scenario of intellectual property is critical.   The institute has been regularly holding international seminars as one of its focused activities to educate and sensitize Indian industry with international happenings in intellectual property.  The Institute organizes these seminars on its own or in collaboration with various Government and international agencies.

The Institute also provides a platform and medium to exploit intellectual assets to maximize and hone intellectual skills in the field of IPR in India.  In this direction the Institute has established a Valuation Center which undertakes valuation of intellectual capital and an IPR Audit Cell, in order to make IPR as low investment growth mantra and manage IPR-Risk. The Institute also provides assistance in transfer of technology, licensing, remittance, accounting of damages for infringements, verification of royalties and license fee to foreign countries and many more cognate and allied subjects. The Institute has a centrally air-conditioned and well laid out premises. It has well furnished and equipped library holding more than 3000 books on intellectual property itself and all facilities are directed towards the goal of learning the benefits of intellectual property research and practice.

 
SCHEDULE


Duration Three-Days
Dates 22nd to 24th November 2004
Fees Rs 12000/- Per Participant
(Non-Residential)
US$ 300/- Per Participant for Foreign delegates
(Non-Residential)
Venue Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi-01
For any query Mr. Vinod Khurana, Secretary General 
write to        iiprp@sify.com
or
Khuranavinod@yahoo.com
Mobile : 91-9810281321


WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Promoters, Directors, Chief Executives and Senior Executives at Corporations in the field of Sales & Marketing, Advertisement, Brand building, Public Relation, and Legal Departments Trade Mark Attorneys and Consultants.

Chief Guest
Prof. Michael Fysh
Barrister-At -Law
Judge Patents County Court, London, U.K.

Prof. Michael Fysh: Prof. Fysh is Barrister-at-Law, Judge Patents County Court, London, U.K.; he has practiced in the field of intellectual property with focus on trade mark litigations for more than forty years in various international courts. He was also enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and has argued cases in the Supreme Court and a number of High Courts in India. Before taking over as Judge Patent County Court London in 2001 he was Queens Counsel for many years at U.K.



About The Faculty  

1. Mr. Amar Raj Lall: Mr. Amar Raj Lall did his B.sc. (Banking) from London School of Economics and Masters in Economics from Punjab University. He is Barrister-at-Law and has been researching, writing and speaking on intellectual property matters in diverse forums in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom and of course India for the last 50 years. He is practicing in the Supreme Court of India. He is the senior founder Partner of Lall Lahiri & Salhotra, a leading intellectual property firm in India. He is the life president of Institute of Intellectual Property Research and Practice.

2. Prof. Sicco Van Gelder: Prof. Gelder runs a Netherlands based global branding consultancy called ‘Brand Meta’. Mr. Gelder has previously held Senior International research and counsultancy position with leading companies in Asia and Europe. He is also a co-founder of placebrands a leading brand consultancy firm. His past and present clients include ABN AMRO Bank, Brawn, Brita, De Beers, DU Po+int, Lams Pet Food, ING Bank, Johnson & Johnson, Hallmark Cards, Mexx, Philips, Sony Music, among others. His current work consists of advising and assisting his clients in their global and local brand analysis. Mr. Gelder is an author of a book entitled “Global Brand Strategy” Unlocking Brand Potential Acrross Countries, Cultures & Markets.

3. Ms. Leigh Ann Lindquist: Ms. Lindquist did her graduation with honors from Smith College and doctorate in International Law from George Washington University Law School. She is in the Practice for the last about ten years. Ms. Lindquist’s Practice involves all aspects of Trademark, Unfair Competition and Copyright Law. She assists clients with clearance, prosecution, Litigation and Counseling. She also represents clients in domain name proceedings before WIPO. She currently holds the prestigious position of Chair Person of the Trademark Committee for the Bar Association of Columbia. She has published twenty one papers on issues related to Trademark and Brand and has spoken in diverse forums in different parts of the world.  

4. Mrs. Anuradha Salhotra: Mrs. Salhotra did her graduation with Hons from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi and LLB from University of Delhi. She was enrolled with the Bar council of India in 1982. She has specialized in the field of Intellectual property. She is founder partner of Lall Lahiri & Salhotra, a leading Intellectual Property Law firm in India. Many of her present clients includes those who find their place in fortune 100 corporates of the world. She is member of the International Trademark Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, and Inter Pacific Bar Association. She is a Director studies at Institute of Intellectual Property Research and Practice and has been speaking on intellectual property at various forums in various countries.

5. Mr. W. Mack Webner:  Mr. Webner is practicing Trademark Law in the United States for nearly forty years. His clients include in large many numbers, who find their names in fortune 500 companies of the world. He has been named as one of the ‘Best of the Best’ trademark practitioner by Euro Money Magazine last year, as a result of a poll of International trademark practitioners. He is an adjunct Professor of Law for Trademarks and Unfair Competitions at George town Law Center in Washington. Mr. Webner chairs the Intellectual Property Advisory Committee for the university of Akron. Mr. Webner is a senior Partner in a leading International firm Sughrue Mion, PLLC with head Office in Washington, U.S.A.

6. Atsushi Oshima: Mr. Oshima did his post graduation during 1976 from faculty of Law at St. Paul university of Tokyo and immediately started his career as Trade Mark Attorney. Mr. Oshima is presently a partner in Nakumura of Partners a leading International Trademark Firm, with head office at Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Oshima is well-known international speaker and has spoken on various-platforms such at WIPO, INTA, Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center among others. During 1995-98, he was chairman of International Activities of Japan Trademark Association. During 1998-99, he was chairman of Trademark Committee of JPAA. Presently he is a member of various International forums and has been lecturing on Trademark matters with focus on Well-Known/Famous Trademarks.


7. Mr. Chander Lall: Mr. Chander Lall is Advocate registered with the Bar Council of India with practices in the supreme Court of India and High Courts. He was the first Indian to be nominated on the Board of Directors of the New York based International Trademarks Association(INTA), Mr. Lall is currently the Chairperson of the World-Wide Anti Counterfeiting and Enforcement Committee at INTA. He is the contributing Author and Editor in the recently published book entitled “Trademark Anti-Counterfeiting in Asia and the Pacific Rim”. Mr. Lall is the all-India counsel for anti-piracy operations of the Motion Picture Association-International, Hollywood studios including Columbia Picture Industries, Inc. He also represents a number of Hindi film producers in this regard. Mr. Lall is also the legal advisor to the National Institute of Fashion Technology and Fashion Design Council of India.

8. Mr. Rajiv Dhar: Mr. Dhar is a Director of Institute of Packaging, a premier National Institute. Mr. Rajiv Dhar did his master’s degree in engineering from IISc, Banglore and has undergone specialised training in management and other fields Including Printing and Packaging in India and abroad. Mr. Rajiv Dhar is the present Secretary General of the Asian Packaging Federation and a member of Institute of Packaging Professionals, USA. Mr. Dhar is the member on the board of APEDA, FDDI, Spices Board, AIFPA, CIFTI, among others. As the chairman & member of various Councils he is actively involved in the formulation of BIS Packaging Standards relating to Packaging. Mr. Dhar has been researching and educating on the Importance of packaging in prevention of counterfeiting.

9. Mr. Alan Williams: Mr. Williams is a senior partner in Denton Wilde Sapte, a member of the Denton International Group of Law Firms, having 34 offices in 23 jurisdictions around the world. Alan Williams is practicing in the field of Intellectual Property for the last about 40 years with specialisation on Copyrights and Trademarks. He has represented many of his present clients, who find their place in fortune 100 corporates of the world, in various legal battles all over the world, including India.
 
10. Mr. Vinod Khurana: Mr. Vinod Khurana has been in the field of investigative audit and forensic accounting for the last 30 years. He has been investigating, researching and educating on fighting white-collar crimes, by practicing a mix of accounting, law, computerization, intellectual property, ethics and criminology coupled with his professional qualification being a B.COM PGDFA, LLB, AICWA, CFA among other specialized qualifications in Commercialization and Valuation of Intellectual Property. He has undertaken valuation of various brands and has spoken on the subject at various forums. Mr. Khurana is the secretary General of the Institute of Intellectual Property Research & Practice, he is also the President of the Institute of Forensic Accounting and Investigative Audit, and is empanelled for appointment as special Director on the board of Sick Industries by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affair.

11. Richard S. Levick: Richard S. Levick is the president of Levick Strategic Communication based in New York. Mr. Richard is a world wide leader in legal media, his firm has managed the media through almost 3000 lawsuits and crisis, representing nearly half the 100 largest law firms in America and their highest-profile clients. Mr. Richard is Internationally known as Public Relation Guru and has often spoken on protecting the brand during crisis management.


PROGRAMME

0900-Onwards: Registration
0930-1000: Inaugural session
1000-1030:Tea break

Day-1
Technical Session-1


1030-1200: Journey from Trademark to Brand Equity. How to undertake the journey to make the Brand as most valuable assest.                    
                    Prof. Sicco Gelder
                 
Technical Session-II
  
1200-1330: The Trade Marks Act 1999; a new chapter in trademark for India.
Broadly covering
(a)   Registration, the new focus.
Mrs. Salhotra
(b)   Enforcement, the new dimensions
Mr. A.R. Lall

1330-1430:  Lunch

Technical Session-III


1430-1600: Procedures and Trademark Practices at United State Patent and Trademark Office and at the Federal Court. Strategic and Tactical tolls for protecting Indian Brands in U.S.A. and their cost effectiveness
Mr. Webner

1600-1615: Tea Break

Technical Session-IV


1615-1730: Present Indian Scenario on Theft of Intellectual Property, Passing Off and Infringement of Intellectual Property Right, and role of Judiciary in protection of IPRs.
Mr. Chander Lall
 

1930-2200: Cocktail-Cum-Dinner for all delegates with the faculty for informal and closer intraction.

DAY-2
Technical Session-V

0930-1045: Role of Marketing and Public Relation in Brand Building and  Damage Control    
                                Mr. Webner

1045-1115: Tea Break

Technical Session-VI

1115-1200: “Counterfeiting” A growing threat to industry in global terms, can it ever be controlled?
                                Mr. Alan Williams

1200-1300: “Brand Strategy versus Brand Tactics”; how to allign them for better growth.
                                Ms. Lindquist

1300-1400: Lunch

Technical Session-VII

1400-1530: “Importance of Packaging in Promotion of Brand and Prevention of Counterfeiting.”
                                 Mr. R. Dhar      

1530-1600: Tea Break

Technical Session-VIII

1600-1730: IPR-Risk Management. Civil v/s Criminal remedies
                                Prof. Michael Fysh

              
Day-3
Technical Session-IX

0930-1100: Protection of Brands - The well known and famous marks in the International framework
                                 Mr. Hakoda

1100-1130: Tea Break

Technical Session-X

1130-1300:Valuation of Brand, its need and influence on building corporate marketing strategy.
                                Mr. Vinod Khurana

1300-1400: Lunch

Technical Session-XI

1400-1530: Global Brand Strategy; unlocking Brand Potential Across Countries Culture & Market.
                                 Prof. Sicco Gelder

1530-1600: Tea Break

Technical Session-XII

1600-1700: Discussion on “Brand Development and Protection Strategy:
                                All speakers co-ordinated
                                by Prof. Sicco Gelder  
                   
1700-1715: Valedictory-Session