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Day One
7:30	Registration
8:00	Opening Remarks Emi Lynn Yamauchi, U.S. Consul General Vu Khac Trai, NOIP Hoang Van Tan, Deputy Director, NOIP Phan Minh Tan, Deputy Director General, Dept. of Science, Technology and the Environment, HCMC Tran Quoc Khanh, Director, International Division, NOIP
8:30	A Knowledge and Intellectual Property-Based World Economy Dynamics of knowledge-based world economy; global patterns of knowledge, technology, and information diffusion; internationalization of intellectual property law. Role of intellectual property in fostering technological innovation, knowledge transfer, and cultural expression. Hon. Bruce Lehman, International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI)
9:30	International Framework for Intellectual Property: the BTA, TRIPS and their underlying Conventions Hank Baker, STAR-Vietnam
10:15	Morning Break
10:30	Panel: Patents, Trade Secrets, and Technological Innovation and the Transfer of Technology Hon. Randell Rader, Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Le Hoai Duong, Le & Le, Vu Khac Trai, NOIP Fred Burke, Baker & McKenzie
11:30	Lunch
13:00	Trademarks and Consumer Brand Awareness Trademarks, good will, and brand awareness; trade dress; examination and registration; distinctiveness; usage and strength of rights; confusion and infringement in the marketplace; well known marks; dilution and genericness. Securing trademark rights in the U.S. Hon. Rany Simms, Administrative Trademark Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
14:30	Panel: Copyright Law and Policy Copyright and the economics of cultural and informational products; originality test; idea/expression dichotomy; fair use doctrine; substantial similarity and infringement. Peter Fowler, USPTO Do Khac Chien, MOCI, Copyright Office of Vietnam (COV) Hank Baker, STAR
15:30	Afternoon Break
15:45	Panel: Copyright and Informational and Cultural Products - Their Creation and Protection Peter Fowler, USPTO Do Khac Chien, COV Paul Norris, Baker and McKenzie
Day Two
8:00	Administrative Review of Agency Actions; Judicial Review of TTAB Decisions Discussion of the policies and procedures related to administrative appeals of trademark “office actions” and the further review by the judiciary branch. Judge Simms, TTAB Judge Rader, CAFC
9:15	The Courts vs. Administrative Bodies for enforcing IPR: the Role of Specialized Courts The Role of the Judiciary in the protection of IP under the BTA/TRIPS. The use of administrative penalties for infringement. Overview of specialized IP Courts. Judge Rader, CAFC Judge Simms, TTAB
10:30	Tea Break
10:45	Panel: IP Protection and Enforcement in Vietnam: Concerns of the Business Community Hank Baker, STAR Patrick Lurem Paul Norris, Baker & McKenzie
11:30	Lunch
13:00	Remedies for Infringement: Monetary Damages, Preliminary and Permanent Injunctive Relief, Customs Border Procedures and Criminal Prosecutions Discussion of various civil remedies as well as customs procedures and criminal prosecutions as indispensable tools for obtaining WTO/TRIPS compliant IP protection. Peter Fowler, USPTO Judge Rader, CAFC Hon. Vichai Ariyanantuka, Judge, Central Intellectual Property & International Trade Court, Thailand
15:00	Afternoon Break
15:15	US Trade Remedies for Ineffective IP Protection Discussion of the law and related procedures by which the U.S. monitors and sanctions countries for failure to provide adequate and effective intellectual property protection and by which US domestic industries can obtain relief for unfair practices in import trade. Peter Fowler, USPTO Alex Koff, Paul, Hastings
16:15	Q & A and Closing Comments
Speaker Biographies
The Honorable Vichai Ariyanuntaka Judge, Central Intellectual Property & International Trade Court, Thailand The Honorable Vichai Ariyanuntaka was a founding member of the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court in 1997. He brought with him the experience and expertise from the arbitration system to the new court structure. The Central IP&IT Court is unique in its kind. The system combines the requirements of prompt and effective enforcement of intellectual property rights under the TRIPs Agreement and the speedy, fair and not-too-costly trial brought about by case management under the new regime of civil justice administration. Judge Ariyanuntaka started his judicial career with the Provincial Court of Srisaket close to the Cambodian border in the North-East of Thailand where he was posted for two years. In Bangkok, he was appointed the first Director of the Arbitration Office where ADR in general and arbitration in particular was started in this country. Judge Vichai was appointed Executive Director of the Arbitration Office from 1990 - 1994 when he was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Office of Judicial Affairs. Judge Ariyanuntaka graduated LL.B. (Hons) from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand and qualified as Barrister-at-Law from the Thai Bar Association. He was granted a Thai Government Scholarship to further his legal studies at the University of Wales where he graduated LL.B. (Hons) and went on to read LL.M. at the London School of Economics. Honorable Bruce A. Lehman President, International Intellectual Property Institute Mr. Bruce Lehman is President and CEO of the International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI). Mr. Lehman is a member of the Policy Advisory Commission to the director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and he is president of the U.S. Committee for WIPO. Mr. Lehman is also a member of several corporate boards, including the Patent & Licensing Exchange, Inc. and Ford Technology Licensing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company. Prior to founding IIPI, Mr. Lehman served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks from August 1993 through December 1998. As the Clinton Administration's primary representative for intellectual property rights protection, he was a key player on these issues, both domestically and internationally, and was intimately involved in negotiations related to the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property, the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. For ten years prior to joining the Clinton administration, Lehman was a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Swidler & Berlin. There he represented individuals, companies, and trade associations in the areas of intellectual property rights. Prior to entering private practice, Lehman worked for nine years in the U.S. House of Representatives as counsel to the Committee on the Judiciary and chief counsel to the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. Lehman was the Committee's principal legal adviser in the drafting of the 1976 Copyright Act, the 1980 Computer Software Amendments, and 1982 Amendments to the Patent Laws. Mr. Lehman received a B.A. and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Honorable Randall R. Rader Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Randall R. Rader is a Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He was born on April 21, 1949, in Hastings, Nebraska, son of Raymond A. Rader and Gloria R. Smith. He obtained a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University in 1974 and a J.D. from George Washington University in 1978. President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the United States Claims Court in 1988. While a federal trial judge, he became the first Claims Court judge ever appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States to a committee of the Judicial Conference. President George Bush nominated Judge Rader to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1990. While on the appellate bench, Judge Rader has also served actively as an educator. From 1993-1999, he taught Patent Law I and Patent Law 11 at the University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia; from 1998-99 Comparative Patent Law at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.; and from 1993-97 Trial Advocacy at the George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. Currently Judge Rader teaches several general and specialized intellectual property law courses at George Washington University. In addition, he serves on advisory boards affiliated with three law schools. Judge Rader is co-author of a casebook, Patent Law, West Publishing, 1998 - a text used at over 45 law schools. As an appellate judge, Judge Rader has also led or participated in twenty-six delegations to foreign nations, usually to teach rule of law or intellectual property concepts in developing nations. Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Rader served members of the House of Representatives (1975-1980) and as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee (1980-88). While counsel to the Judiciary Committee, he was Chief Counsel or Minority Chief Counsel for the Subcommittee on the Constitution and the Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights. Honorable Rany L. Simms Administrative Trademark Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Rany L. Simms is an Administrative Trademark Judge with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in 1969 and his J.D. in 1972 from the University of Illinois College of Law. He first joined the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1972 as a Trademark Examining Attorney, and worked for the Board as an Interlocutory Attorney from 1975 until 1980. He became an Acting Member of the Board in 1980 and has been an Administrative Trademark Judge (formerly called Member) since 1981. He has written numerous articles for the Trademark Reporter (published by the International Trademark Association) and has spoken on a number of occasions about practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He is admitted to practice in the state of Maryland.