Venue: FOUR POINTS by SHERATON, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA

THE ANTI-COUNTERFEITING COLLABORATION OF NIGERIA & THE INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION – ANTI-COUNTERFEITING COMMITTEE ROUNDTABLE (ACC/INTA-ACC ROUNDTABLE)

Theme: TAKING THE LEGISLATORS TO THE COUNTERFEITERS’ DOORSTEP: A CASE STUDY OF THE IPCOM BILL AND THE COUNTERFEIT GOODS BILL

Date: THURSDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2012

Venue: FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA

Chairman:Gbenga Oyebode MFR

Managing Partner- Aluko & Oyebode

Chairman SBL/NBA

Vice Chairman:Emmanuel Umaru

Guinness Nigeria Limited

Compère:Patience Fagbenro

Head, Regulatory Affairs - AWA

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Nigeria Ltd

THE AGENDA
8:00 am – 9:00 am / Registration / All
9:00 am – 9:05 am / Welcome Address / Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli (MFR) - PMAN/FAME Corp/Jazz Club of Nigeria
ACC President
9:05 am – 9:10 am / Opening Remarks / Lara Kayode – Partner, O Kayode & Co. (INTA Board Member)
9:10 am – 9:20am / Keynote Address / Director General, NOTAP
9:20 am – 9:50 am / Anti-Counterfeiting as Alternative Relief to a Brand Owner: A Case for ACTA / Uche Nwokocha – Partner, Aluko & Oyebode
10:00 am –10:15 am / Tea Break / Jupitar Hall
10:15 am – 11:30 am: SESSION ONE – LEGISLATURE& REGULATORY AGENCIES
“ENSURING AN EFFECTIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW REGIME”

Session Chair: Chairman House Committee on Commerce - Hon. Sylvester Ogbaga House of Representatives NASS

Topics:

-Progress of the IPCOM and other Intellectual Property Bills before the National Assembly

Speaker: Chairman House Committee on Commerce - Hon. Sylvester Ogbaga

-Collaborating with the Government on policing Counterfeiting and Piracy in Nigeria

Speaker 1: Director General, SON

Speaker 2: Registrar Trade mark, Patent and Design Registry

Speaker 3: Director General Minting & Printing

Speaker 4: Director- General NAFDAC

Speaker 5: Director General Nigerian Copyright Commission

11:30 am – 12: 15 pm: SESSION TWO - Activities and Achievements in the Global Fight against Counterfeiting and Piracy

Session Chair: Marc Schreuder- MZD CONSULTING

Speaker 1:Lara Kayode - Partner, O Kayode & Co. (INTA)

Speaker 2: Robert Foley - US Consulate General in Nigeria

Speaker 3: William Mansfield - Director of Intellectual Property ABRO Industries

Discussants – Uche Nwokocha- Partner Aluko & Oyebode; Chinyere Okorocha- Chairman IP Committee SBL/NBA; Mr. Timothy Olubor- Partner Alan & Ogunkeye

12: 15pm – 12: 30 pm / Questions and Answers Session
12: 30pm – 12: 45 pm
US CONSULATE GENERAL ANTI-MALARIA CAMPAIGN
Presentation of Awards to the Winners of the ACC/ US Consulate Anti-Malaria Poster Design Competition

12: 45 pm- 1: 30 pm- ILLICIT, THE DARK TRADE (FILM)

1: 30 pm – 2:15 pm / Lunch Break

AFTERNOON SESSION

2: 15 pm – 3 : 50 pm: SESSION THREE – BRAND OWNERS SESSION
“IMPROVING THE BRAND OWNERS’ANTI-COUNTERFEITING STRATEGIES AND PROCESSES”

Session Chair: Sola Dosunmu-British American Tobacco Nigeria(BAT)

Topics:

-Consolidatingon public awareness by effectively collaborating with Regulatory Agencies in meeting the counterfeiters at their “Doorstep”

Speaker1: Lekan Asuni- Managing Director GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Speaker 2: Bunmi Femi- Oyekan- Regulatory Director Pfizer Specialties

Speaker 3: Desmond Adeola- UNILEVER Nigerian Plc

Speaker 4: Emmanuel Umaru- Guinness/ Diageo

Speaker 5: A Representative from Nokia

Speaker 6: Osaretin Akinmunmi - Caring Chemistry Limited

-Modern measures of fighting Counterfeiting and Piracy: The Media & Entertainment Industry

Speaker 1: Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli (MFR) - PMAN/FAME Corp/Jazz Club of

Nigeria ACC President

Speaker 2: Mayowa Ayinlaran-Chief Executive Musical Collecting Society of Nigeria (MCSN)

-Modern measures of fighting Counterfeiting and Piracy: Health and Lifestyle

Speaker 1: Dr. Lawrence NwosuCountry Sales & Marketing DirectorSproxilNigeria Limited

Speaker 2: Femi Soremekun- Managing Director Biofem Pharmaceuticals

3: 50 pm – 4: 05 pm / Questions and Answer session
4: 05 pm – 4:50 pm: SESSION THREE – THE BAR AND THE BENCH
INTERPRETING AND IMPROVING OUR IP LAWS

Session Chair:Hon Justice M. B. Idris– Judge Federal High Court.

Topics:

-Interpreting the existing IP Laws to give justice to victims of counterfeiting and piracy

Speaker 1: Hon. Justice S. A Onibanjo- Judge, Lagos State High Court

-The lacunae in our Anti-Counterfeiting Regime – What needs to be addressed by the new IP Law

Speaker 2: Femi Olubanwo – Managing Partner Banwo & Ighodalo

Speaker 3: Afam Nwokedi Managing Partner - Stillwaters Law firm

-The Role of the Legal Practitioner in the fight against Counterfeiting and Piracy

Speaker 4: Mark Mordi – Partner, Aluko & Oyebode

4:50 pm – 5: 00 pm / Question & Answer Session
5: 00 pm – 5: 20 pm / Drafting of Communique/ Press Conference
5: 20 pm – 5:25 pm / Vote of Thanks & Close
5: 25 pm – 5:35 pm / Group Photo

5:40 pm prompt: Cocktail Reception & Networking at the Blue Bar

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ACC Roundtable 2012 Planning Committee:

Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli (MFR) (ACC President); Uche Nwokocha, Nta Ekpiken, Londe Thompson; Jesutofunmi Olanbenjo (Aluko & Oyebode–ACC Secretariat); Lawrence Nwosu (Sproxil); Chinasa Uwanna, Busayo Adeliyi (Banwo & Ighodalo); Chuka Ajuluchukwu (Olajide Oyewole LLP) Uju Etudor (Jackson, Etti & Edu).