WEBINAR: How to Protect Your Trade Secrets While Doing Business in Southeast Asia

WEBINAR: How to Protect Your Trade Secrets While Doing Business in Southeast Asia

18 June 2014

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Event Details:

Event type:	Web-based seminar
Date:	Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Time:	10:30-11:45am (Brussels, GMT: +1) / 9:30-10:45am (London, GMT: 0) / 2:30-3:45pm (Jakarta, GMT: +6)
Location:	Your own computer
Admission:	No charge
Language:	English
Eligibility:	Small and Medium-sized enterprises (Less than 250 employees) or SME intermediary associations from the European Union only

Event Description:

Trade secrets are a valuable and highly useful form of intellectual property right. It is strongly recommended that you take the adequate steps to protect them because trade secrets can ensure your business advantage over competitors. The ASEAN IPR SME Helpdesk expert will introduce the most effective steps to protect your trade secrets in Southeast Asia while presenting:

• Differences and similarities of a “trade secret” in ASEAN and the EU
• Unique enforcement issues in ASEAN region
• Tips for protecting trade secrets in ASEAN region

Join the ASEAN IPR SME Helpdesk expert on Wednesday, 18 June 2014 for:

" How to Protect Your Trade Secrets While Doing Business in Southeast Asia"

This free, 45-minute webinar presentation and 30 minute Q&A session on Wednesday, 18 June 2014 at 10:30am Brussels time (9:30am London, 3:30pm Jakarta) will take you through a range of simple, cost-effective measures to develop your business in Southeast Asia and protect its intellectual property. Get valuable insights from our expert, and ask questions live throughout the webinar.

Agenda (Brussels time):

10:30-10:35	Welcome and introduction by the IPR SME Helpdesk team
10:35-11:15	Presentation by ASEAN IPR SME Helpdesk expert
11:15-11:45	Q&A session

Registration:

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Speaker biography:

Name: Evans, James
Firm: Tilleke & Gibbins
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Email: [email protected]

James is a consultant at Tilleke & Gibbins and advises on IP matters across Southeast Asia. In 2010, James was recognized as one of the top 250 life sciences patent litigators worldwide by Intellectual Asset Management’s IAM Life Sciences 250, and he is listed in The International Who’s Who of Life Sciences IP Lawyers. James is a WIPO-listed arbitrator.

James began his career in law in the UK, where he worked on reported patent and trademark infringement matters in the UK High Court and Court of Appeal. He qualified in the UK as a lawyer (Solicitor of England & Wales, 2002) and has been working on IP matters in Bangkok since 2004. James handles infringement matters in relation to all types of IP, with particular expertise in patent litigation (e.g. in the pharmaceutical field, in which he has acted for large pharmaceutical companies in litigation against generics companies), trademark infringement/passing off, copyright infringement, and alternative dispute resolution. James has experience in media-related matters, having advised several international broadcasting and media companies on such subjects as advertising, broadcasting, online marketplaces, and file-sharing. James also handles transactional IP matters such as licensing and technology transfer across Southeast Asia. James has carried out mediations both at the Department of Intellectual Property and at Thailand’s Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court on patent, trademark, and copyright matters. In addition, James has significant experience in trademark and patent portfolio management at both the national and international level. He has handled IP matters in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Myanmar. James joined the Helpdesk network in February 2014.

About the ASEAN IPR SME Helpdesk:

The ASEAN IPR SME Helpdesk is a European Commission co-funded project that provides free, practical, business advice relating to ASEAN IPR to European SMEs. To learn about any aspect of intellectual property rights in South-East-Asia, visit our online portal at www.asean-iprhelpdesk.eu. For free expert advice on ASEAN IPR for your business, e-mail your questions to: [email protected]. You will receive a reply from one of the Helpdesk experts within five working days. The ASEAN IPR SME Helpdesk is jointly implemented by DEVELOPMENT Solutions, European Business Chamber of Commerce Indonesia and European Business Organisations Worldwide Network.

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