WEBINAR: Using Intellectual Property as a Business Asset in Southeast Asia for EU SMEs

WEBINAR: Using Intellectual Property as a Business Asset in Southeast Asia for EU SMEs

2 July 2014

Event Details:

Event type:	Web-based seminar
Date:	Wednesday, 2 July 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:

Intangible assets such as inventions, designs and brands frequently represent over 50% of a business’ value, which are usually protected by intellectual property such as trade marks, patents and copyrights. Managing these assets strategically will help you capture the value of your IPR and could significantly increase the financial valuation of your business.

This webinar will introduce the following:

• Maximising IP assets to manage return on investment, and drive your business forward
• Providing security for financing through IP
• Optimising business strategy and structure in Southeast Asia to protect IP assets
• How IP assets can affect tax rates

Join ASEAN IPR SME Helpdesk expert on Wednesday 2 July 2014 for:

"Using Intellectual Property as a Business Asset in Southeast Asia"

This free, 45-minute webinar presentation and 30 minute Q&A session on IP as a business asset in Southeast Asia on 2 July 2014 at 10.30am Brussels time (9.30am London, 3.30pm Jakarta) will take you through a range of simple, cost-effective measures to protect and enforce your intellectual property and your business in the ASEAN region. 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: De Wit, Severin
Firm: IPEG Consultancy
Location: The Netherlands and Indonesia
Email: [email protected]

Severin received his law degree in 1978 from the “Vrije Universiteit” in Amsterdam. From 1978 until January 2007, Severin was an Intellectual Property partner in several European law firms and he is the founder of IPEG Consultancy Firm. Severin was engaged in both advisory and litigation work for multinational corporations in pharma and biotech, consumer electronics and semiconductor technology. From 2001 to 2004 he worked for Europe’s largest semiconductor equipment maker to assist and render strategy advise and support in a worldwide patent litigation against a major rival. He was, as a law firm partner involved in IP international arbitrations, defining and assisting to execute legal strategies and advising on IP contractual issues, enforcement programs and conducting intellectual property, information technology and competition law due diligence in mergers and acquisitions.

From 1998-2001 he was a part-time judge in the District Court of The Hague (Intellectual Property Chamber). He is a member of the editorial board of a Dutch intellectual property magazine (“IER”, “Intellectuele Eigendom & Reclamerecht”). Severin is also a key expert on the EU-Indonesia Trade Cooperation Facility (TCF), which aimes to improve the legal framework governing IPRs in Indonesia over the duration of the project. Severin joined the Helpdesk network in August 2013 and currently splits his time between Europe and Indonesia.

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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