INTERNATIONAL FORUM
Leveraging Intellectual Property for Enterprise Growth
and Competitiveness
organized by
the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
in cooperation with
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
with the support of
the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Government of India
January 14 and 15, 2015
Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
09.0010.00
10.00 –
10.30
REGISTRATION
Welcome addresses by:
Dr A Didar Singh, Secretary General, The Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (FICCI), New Delhi
A representative from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of
Commerce and Industry, New Delhi
A representative from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva
Coffee Break
10.30 –
10:45
THEME I CONVERSATIONS ON INNOVATION AND IP FOR BUSINESS GROWTH AND
COMPETITIVENESS
Moderator:
Mr Avinash Kumar, Additional Director (IPR), Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO)
10.45–
11.05
Topic 1
Global Innovation Index 2014: The Human Factor in Innovation
Speaker:
11.05 –
11.15
11.15 –
11.35
Open Forum / Discussions
11.35 –
11.50
11.50 –
13.00
Open Forum / Discussions
Mr. Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Economics and Statistics
Division, WIPO
Topic 2
Speaker:
Roundtable
Discussion
Copperplate
Gothic Light
Mr. Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Economics and Statistics
Division, WIPO
How Innovation and IP Creation Drives Growth and Competitiveness in
Businesses?
 Chair: Mr N Sabharwal, Chair, IPR Committee, FICCI
Panelists:
o Mr. Vipin Aggarwal, Senior Attorney and Director IP,
Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Corporation (India)
o Mr. D G Shah, Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical
Alliance (IPA)
o Dr. Manoj Haridass, Head – IP, ITC Limited
o Mr. Tabrez Ahmad, Secretary General, Organisation of
Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI)
13.00 –
Lunch Break
14.00
THEME IP STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTING TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS IN BUSINESSES
II
 Moderator:
Ms. Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Director, Lakshmikumaran &
Sridharan Attorneys
14.00 –
Topic 3
Appreciating the International Patent System: How to Best Utilize the
14.40
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the Paris Convention to Protect
Home-Grown Technologies in Foreign Markets
Speakers:
o
o
14.40 –
14.55
14.55 –
15.30
15.30 –
16.30
15.30 –
15.40
15.40 –
15. 50
15.50 –
16.10
16.10 –
16.30
16.30 –
16.35
16.35 –
16.50
16.50–
17.10
17.10–
18.00
Mr. Matthias Reischle, PCT Legal Division, WIPO
Mr. Gianfranco Matteuci, Partner, Marks & Clerk
Singapore LLP, Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys,
Singapore
Open Forum / Discussions
Topic 4
The National Patent System of India: What is its Role in Helping Indian
Businesses to “Make In India” and Go Global with their Technology
Speakers:
o Ms. Chandni Raina, Director, Department of Industrial
Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry*
o One industry speaker
Formal Opening Ceremonies
Welcome Remarks by:
Dr. Jyotsna Suri, President, FICCI, New Delhi
Introductory Remarks by:
Mr. Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry
of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi
Keynote Speech by:
Dr. Francis Gurry, Director General, WIPO
Inaugural Address by:
The Minister for Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government
of India, New Delhi*
Vote of Thanks by:
Mr Narendra Sabharwal, Chairman, FICCI IPR Committee
Coffee Break
Topic 5
Roundtable
Discussion
PCT: A “One-Stop-Shopping” Facility for Seeking Patents Worldwide:
Most Recent Developments in the PCT System and their Implications
for Applicants
Speaker:
Mr. Matthias Reischle
PCT in Practice by Businesses
Chair: Mr. Chaitanya Prasad, IAS, Controller General of Patents, Designs
& Trade Marks, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry
of Commerce and Industry*
Panelists:
o
o
o
Mr. Gianfranco Matteuci
Mr Harish Bhat, Group Executive Council Member, Tata
Sons*
Mr. S K Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel India / Mr. Samik
Mukherjee - Policy Strategist, Intel India*
Thursday, January 15, 2015
THEME IP STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTING BRANDS AND DESIGNS IN BUSINESSES
III

Moderator:
10:00 –
10.30
10.30 –
11.00
11.00 –
11.30
11.30 –
11.45
11.45 –
12.30
Mr Pravin Anand, Anand and Anand*
Topic 6
Taking Full Advantage of the International Trademark Filing and
Registration Mechanism
Speaker:
Ms. Debbie Roenning, Director, Legal Division, Madrid
Registry, WIPO
Topic 7
Positive Changes in Trademark Protection and Practices Brought About by
Madrid Protocol.
A Business Perspective
Speaker:
Mr. Louis Chan, Intellectual Property Counsel, Procter &
Gamble (P&G) Asia, Singapore
Open Forum / Discussions
Coffee Break
Topic 8
Considerations for Joining the International Design Filing and Registration
System (The Hague)
Moderator:
Mr D V Prasad, Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and
Industry*
Speakers:
o Ms. Debbie Roenning, Director, Legal Division, Madrid
Registry, WIPO
o Dr. Shantanu Dutta, IP Head, TATA Motors*
o Industry speaker
12.30 –
Open Forum / Discussions
13:00
13.00 –
Lunch Break
14.00
THEME IP STRATEGIES FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
IV
 Moderator:
Dr Alka Chawla, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
14.15 –
14.45
Topic 9
Strategies and Policies to Support Indian Creative Industries
Speakers:
Mr. Dimiter Gantchev, Deputy Director and Head,
Creative Industries Section, WIPO
o
o
o
o
14.45 –
15.00
15.00 –
15.45
15.45 –
16.00
From the Ministry involved in Creative Industries,
United Kingdom
Mr Rakesh Ranjan, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of
Human Resource development, Government of
India*
Mr. Uday Singh, Managing Director,Motion Picture
Dist. Association (India) Pvt. Ltd*
Mr. Jagdish Sagar, Adocate, Supreme Court Of India*
Open Forum / Discussions
Topic 10
The IP Global Market Place: Exploiting National Creative Assets
Speakers:
Mr. Dimiter Gantchev
From the Ministry involved in Creative Industries, United
Kingdom
Open Forum / Discussions
16.00 –
16.15
16.15 –
16.45
Coffee Break
16.45 –
17.00
Synthesis and closing ceremony
Topic 11

Path Forward: Assisting Indian Businesses to Leverage IP for Growth and
Competitiveness
Chair: Mr N Sabharwal, Chair, IPR Committee, FICCI
Panelists:
 Mr. Louis Chan (P&G)
o WIPO official from the Regional Bureau for Asia and the
Pacific
o Dr. K. S. Kardam, Joint Controller of Patents & Designs*
o Mr. Thakur Kiran Singh, Senior Manager –
Corporate Legal, IPR & Legal Compliances, Corporate Legal,
IPR & Legal Compliances, Maruti Suzuki India Limited*
By N Sabharwal, Chair, IPR Committee, FICCI