WIPO REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
organized by
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
in cooperation with
the Ministry of Commerce and Technology
Montego Bay, Jamaica, June 8 and 9, 1999
program
Document prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO
Tuesday, June 8, 1999
8:30 to 9:00 Registration
9:00 to 9:15 Opening Statements
Mr. Ernesto Rubio, Director, Cooperation for Development Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO
Minister Philip Paulwell, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Kingston, Jamaica
9:15 to 10:15 Topic 1 The Internet as the Medium for Electronic Commerce
Speaker Mr. Archibald Warnock, WIPO Consultant, United
States of America
Open Discussion
10:15 to 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 to 11:30 Topic 2 Exploiting the Potential of Electronic Commerce:
Opportunities and Challenges
Speakers Senator Dale Marshall, Attorney-at-Law, Bridgetown,
Barbados
Mr. Gary Patterson, Executive Decision Consulting Limited, Kingston, Jamaica
Open Discussion
11:30 to 12:30 Topic 3 The Impact of Electronic Commerce on the Intellectual
Property System
Speakers Mr. Christopher Gibson, Head, Electronic Commerce
Section, Office of Legal and Organization Affairs, WIPO
Mr. Steven J. Metalitz, Vice President and General
Counsel, International Intellectual Property Alliance,
United States of America
Open Discussion
12:30 to 14:30 Lunch
14:30 to 16:00 Topic 4 Protection of Copyright and Related Rights, and the Role
of the WIPO Copyright Treaties in the Digital Media
Speaker Mr. Jorgen Blomqvist, Director, Copyright and Related
Rights Division
Open Discussion
16:00 to 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 to 18:00 Topic 5 Information and Communication Technologies and the
Internet – Some Issues in the Caribbean Context
Speaker: Ms. Nicole Foga, Legal Counsel, Office of Utilities
Regulations, Ministry of Commerce and Technology,
Kingston, Jamaica
Open Discussion
Wednesday, June 9, 1999
9:00 to 10:30 Topic 6 The Domain Name System – Intellectual Property Issues
(i) The Internet Domain Name System
(ii) Domain Name Disputes
(iii) WIPO Internet Domain Name Process
Speakers: Mr. Christopher Gibson, WIPO
Mr. Archibald Warnock, WIPO Consultant
Open Discussion
10:30 to 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 to 12:30 Topic 7 Enforcement and Dispute Resolution: WIPO and WTO
Speakers Mr. Christopher Gibson, WIPO
Mr. Steven J. Metalitz, International Intellectual Property
Alliance
Open Discussion
12:30 to 14:30 Lunch
14:30 to 16:30 Topic 8 The Administration of Intellectual Property in an Electronic Environment
(i) WIPO’s Global Information Network (WIPOnet): Current Development and Possible Modes of Participation of Intellectual Property Offices and Other IP Institutions
(ii) Responding to Users’ Needs: Intellectual Property Digital Libraries, Patent and Trademark Databases
(iii) The On-line Exploitation of Museum Images
(iv) Network-Based Rights Management
Speakers: Mr. Alejandro Roca Campaña, Deputy Director, Cooperation for Development Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO
Mr. Jorgen Blomqvist, WIPO
Mr. Christopher Gibson, WIPO
Mr. Archie Warnock, WIPO Consultant
Open Discussion
16:30 to 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 to 18:00 Topic 9 The Challenges and Opportunities of Electronic
Commerce for Developing Countries: Round Table
Speakers: Mr. Ernesto Rubio, WIPO
Mr. Jorgen Blomqvist, WIPO
Mr. Alejandro Roca Campaña, WIPO
Mr. Christopher Gibson, WIPO
Senator Dale Marshall, Bridgetown
Mr. Gary Patterson, Kingston
Ms. Nicole Foga, Kingston,
19.30 - 21.30 Reception hosted by the Government of Jamaica and WIPO