Time

Subject

Acquis references

EC Speaker

6 FEB.

09:30

Opening & Introduction

David Daly (DG Enlargement) Jeroen Hooijer (DG Internal Market And Services)

9:45 – 17:15

COPYRIGHTS AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS

9:45 – 10:15

Copyright in the information society

32001L0029
Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, as corrected (OJ L 167 22.06.2001 p. 10) html pdf - Consolidated text: 02001L0029-20010622 – 2002 Corrigendum html

32000D0278
Council Decision of 16 March 2000 on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (OJ L 089 11.04.2000 p. 6) html pdf

22000A0411(01)
WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) - Joint Declarations
(OJ L 089 11.04.2000 p. 8) html pdf

22000A0411(02)
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) - Joint Declarations (OJ L 089 11.04.2000 p. 15) html pdf

Tilman Lueder, DG MARKT/D.1

10:15 – 10:30

Time for questions

 Legal Protection of Databases

10:30 – 10:45

Legal protection of databases

31996L0009
Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases (OJ L 077 27.03.1996 p. 20) html

22003A0405(01)
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of the Isle of Man and the European Community extending to the Isle of Man the legal protection of databases as provided for in Chapter III of Directive 96/9/EC (OJ L 089 05.04.2003 p. 12) html pdf - Adopted by: 32003D0239 (OJ L 089 05.04.2003 p. 11)

First evaluation of Directive 96/9/C on the legal protection of databases, DG Internal Market and Services Working Paper pdf

Tilman Lueder, DG MARKT/D.1

10:45 – 11:00

Time for questions

11:00 – 11:15

Management of copyright and related rights

32005H0737
Commission Recommendation of 18 May 2005 on collective cross-border management of copyright and related rights for legitimate online music services (OJ L 276 21.10.2005 p. 54) html pdf

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social - Committee The Management of Copyright and Related Rights in the Internal Market  COM/2004/0261 final html

Tilman Lueder, DG MARKT/D.1

11:15 – 11:30

Time for questions

11:30 – 11:45

Coffee break

11:45 – 12:00

Term of protection

31993L0098
Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights, as amended (OJ L 290 24.11.1993 p. 9) html

Barbara Norcross-Amilhat, DG MARKT/D.1

12:00 – 12:15

Time for questions

12:15 – 12:30

Rental and public lending rights

31992L0100
Council Directive 92/100/EEC of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property, as amended (OJ L 346 27.11.1992 p. 61) html

Danièle Muffat-Jeandet, DG MARKT/D.1

12:30 – 12:45

Time for questions

12:45 – 14:15

Lunch break

14:15 – 14:30

Broadcasting via satellite and retransmission by cable

31993L0083
Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission (OJ L 290 , 24/11/1993 p. 9) html

Virginie Guennelon, DG MARKT/D.1

14:30 – 14:45

Time for questions

14:45 – 15:00

 Artist's resale right

32001L0084
Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art (OJ L 272 13.10.2001 p. 32) html pdf

Virginie Guennelon, DG MARKT/D.1

15:00-15:15

Time for questions

15:15 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 15:45

Computer programs

31991L0250
Council Directive 91/250/EEC of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs, as amended (OJ L 122 17.05.1991 p. 42) html

David Baervoets, DG MARKT/D.1

15:45 – 16:00

Time for questions

16:00 – 16:15

Semiconductors

31987L0054
Council Directive 87/54/EEC of 16 December 1986 on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products (OJ L 024 27.01.1987 p. 36) html

31993D0016
93/16/EEC: Council Decision of 21 December 1992 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from the United States of America and certain territories, as amended (OJ L 011 19.01.1993 p. 20) html - Consolidated text: 01993D0016-19931101

31994D0700
94/700/EC: Council Decision of 24 October 1994 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from Canada (OJ L 284 01.11.1994 p. 61) html

31994D0824
94/824/EC: Council Decision of 22 December 1994 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from a Member of the World Trade Organization (OJ L 349 31.12.1994 p. 201) html

31996D0644
96/644/EC: Council Decision of 11 November 1996 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from the Isle of Man (OJ L 293 16.11.1996 p. 18) html

David Baervoets, DG MARKT/D.1

16:15 – 16:30

Time for questions

16:30 – 17:00

Time for additional questions

7 FEB 09:30 -13:00

INDUSTrIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS[1]

09:30 – 10:00

Trade marks

31989L0104
First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks, as amended (OJ L 040 11.02.1989 p. 1) html

31994R0040
Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark, as amended (OJ L 011 14.01.1994 p. 1) html

Implemented by 31995R2868

Amendment proposed by 52005PC0190(06)

31996R0216
Commission Regulation (EC) No 216/96 of 5 February 1996 laying down the rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, as amended (Trade Marks and Designs) (OJ L 028 06.02.1996 p. 11) html - Consolidated text: 01996R0216-20041227

32003D0793

Council Decision 2003/793/EC of 27 October 2003 approving the accession of the European Community to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks, adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989 (OJ L 296 14.11.2003 p. 20) html

22003A1114(01)

Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks, adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989 – Declarations (OJ L 296 14.11.2003 p. 22) html pdf

Alexandra Poch, DG MARKT/D.2

10:00 – 10:15

Time for questions

10:15 – 10:30

Biotechnological inventions

31998L0044
Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions (OJ L 213 30.07.1998 p. 13) html pdf

Jean-Philippe Muller, DG MARKT/D.2

10:30 – 10:45

Time for questions

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:15

Patents, including Community patents

31976G0126
Council Resolution of 15 December 1975 on the Convention for the European patent for the Common Market (OJ L 017 26.01.1976 p. 43) html

41989A0695(02)
Implementing Regulations to the Convention for the European patent for the common market (OJ L 401 30.12.1989 p. 28) html

Jens Gaster, DG MARKT/D.2

11:15 – 11:30

Time for questions

11:30 – 11:45

Supplementary protection certificates

31992R1768
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products, as amended (OJ L 182 02.07.1992 p. 1) html

Amendment proposed by 52004PC0599

31996R1610
Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products, as amended (OJ L 198 08.08.1996 p. 30) html

Alfonso Calles Sánchez, DG MARKT/D.2

11:45 – 12:00

Time for questions

12:00 – 12:15

Compulsory licensing

Presidency text

Claudia Colla, DG MARKT/D.2

12:15 – 12:30

Time for questions

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 14:30

Designs directive

Designs Regulation

31998L0071
Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs (OJ L 289 28.10.1998 p. 28) html pdf

Amendment proposed by 52004PC0582

32002R0006
Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, as amended
(OJ L 003 05.01.2002 p. 1) html pdf

Implemented by 32002R2245 pdf

Harrie Temmink, DG MARKT/D.2

14:30 – 14:45

Time for questions

14:45 -16:45

ENFORCEMENT

14:30 – 15:15

Enforcement of IPRs [2]

32004L0048
Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property right (OJ L 157 30.04.2004 p. 45) html pdf

Harrie Temmink, DG MARKT/D.2

15:15 – 15:45

Time for questions

15:45 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 16:45

Time for additional questions

16:45 – 17:00

Closing remarks

Jeroen Hooijer (DG Internal Market and Services), David Daly (DG Enlargement)