WTO Regional Workshop on 11 to 13 November 2014

WTO Regional Workshop on
Intellectual Property and its Role in the Generation and Diffusion of Green
Technologies
11 to 13 November 2014
Hong Kong, China
Tuesday, 11 November, 2014
0830 – 0930
Registration and
workshop quiz
0930 - 1000
Keynote Addresses
TOPIC
administration
SPEAKERS
of
the
preChair or Vice Chair of the
UNFCCC
Technology
Executive Committee (to be
confirmed)
Chief Technology Negotiator
in UNFCCC process, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, PRC (to
be confirmed)
1000 – 1130
Session I: The role of technology and IPRs in
Climate Change Negotiations
Brief introductory discussion, sketching issues raised in
UNFCCC process and explaining the background.
General policy themes concerning IP in climate
negotiations, and their practical implications. What
technologies have been identified as of particular priority
in climate change mitigation and adaptation? Can these
technologies be clearly defined or categorized?
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What is intellectual property
What is green technology?
Efforts at categorizing green technologies
The policy context: IP, technology and climate
change
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Essential principles of the patent system
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“The climate of TRIPS”
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“The TRIPS of climate”
Current state of UNFCCC negotiations on
technology and technology transfer, including
lessons from the October innovation workshop
Role of WIPO/WTO in TEC and CTCN processes
1130 – 11.45
Coffee/Tea
1145 - 1300
Session II: Provisions of the TRIPS Agreement
that are relevant to the discussion on the
generation and diffusion of green technologies
Antony Taubman, Director,
Intellectual Property
Division, WTO
Speaker from UNFCCC
Secretariat (to be
confirmed)
Joe Bradley, WIPO
Jayashree Watal,
Counsellor, Intellectual
Property Division, WTO
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TOPIC
An in-depth explanation of the provisions of the TRIPS
Agreement raised in the UNFCCC work and a discussion
of their relevance in the generation and diffusion of
green technologies
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Lunch
1400 - 1530
Session III: Framing the Policy Debate on Green
Technology: The Economics of Green Technologies
What can economists tell us about the role of IPR in
innovation and technology transfer in general? What
technology-specific forms of administering and
managing IP are relevant?
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Lessons from the literature in Economics on IPR
and the generation and diffusion of technology in
general, and in particular green technologies
Patent and other statistics in green technologies
relevant for ASPAC countries
The use of the patent system in innovation and
technology transfer
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Models of innovation and strategies for
technology diffusion in different sectors
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Licensing models and competition
disciplines on licensing
Innovation and technology diffusion in the
energy/mitigation and climate change adaptation
sectors
1530 - 1545
Coffee/Tea
1545 - 1800
Study Trip to a local green technology facility
(could also be on the last afternoon)
Wednesday, 12 November, 2014
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UNFCCC Technology
negotiator from Philippines
(to be confirmed)
Coverage of green technology under the patent
system
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Main elements of patent law and TRIPS
patent provisions
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Patentability of climate adaptation and
mitigation technologies
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Public policy exceptions and limitations to
patent rights
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Plant variety protection
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Undisclosed information provisions in TRIPS
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Article 66.2 for LDCs
1300 - 1400
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SPEAKERS
Patrick Low, Fung Institute,
Hong
Kong,
China
(Moderator
to
be
confirmed)
Jayashree Watal, WTO
Speaker from the University
of Sussex (to be confirmed)
Sarah
Helm
(Senior
Associate, Cambridge IP)
(to be confirmed)
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0900 - 1030
TOPIC
Session IV: Practical Tools for Promoting
Technology in Climate Change Adaptation and
Mitigation, including Lessons from Technology
Needs Assessment reports, case studies and WIPO
Green
What lessons can we draw from the Technology Needs
Assessment reports? What are the lessons of experience
in developing and applying tools for leveraging green
innovation, and access to and uptake of new
technologies?
What IP and innovation management
strategies can be explored? International arrangements
on monitoring and responding to development needs in
green technologies.
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1030 - 1100
UNFCCC Technology Needs Assessments and
Technology Action Plans
Financing technology transfer and engaging the
private sector
Value of the public domain + use of patent
landscaping
R&D, deployment, diffusion, pricing, transfer,
financing and management of technology
Capacity-building in developing countries
An investigation of legal, economic and policy issues
relating to the generation of green technologies, and the
current work in WIPO and WTO.
A practitioner's
overview of information resources for policymakers and
negotiators.
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1230 – 1400
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Speaker from UNFCCC
Secretariat (to be
confirmed)
TEC Member from Poland
(to be confirmed)
Chairman TEC (to be
confirmed)
Speaker from a green
business
undertaking
in
Hong Kong, China (to be
confirmed
Speaker from WIPO
Coffee/Tea
Session V: Intellectual Property and Innovation in
Green Technologies, including lessons from work
in the TRIPS Council
1100 – 1230
SPEAKERS
Lunch
Incentivizing the development of needed green
technologies and the role of IPRs;
Role of Green patent channels
Other government support measures for the
generation of green technology
Antony Taubman, WTO
Speaker from the USTR (to
be confirmed)
UNFCCC Technology
negotiator from Philippines
(to be confirmed)
Speaker from WIPO
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1400 - 1530
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Session VI: Role of IPRs in the diffusion and
transfer of green technologies, including lessons
from work in the TRIPS Council
What can governments learn from each other on
initiatives to promote the diffusion and sharing of green
innovation, and the mainstream adoption of
technological solutions for a carbon neutral economy?
What avenues can be explored to strengthen and
expand cross-border co-operation?
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Licensing, Technology-mapping, technology
brokering and clearing houses, technology parks,
pooling resources, creative commons, prizes
Initiatives to adapt patent law and practice to
cater for the challenges of green technology
Strengthening the role of the private sector in the
transfer of green technologies
1530 -1545
Coffee/Tea
1545 - 1730
Case Studies–Small Group Discussions
SPEAKERS
Jayashree Watal, WTO
Speaker from the USTR (to
be confirmed)
UNFCCC Technology
negotiator from Philippines
(to be confirmed)
Led by Antony Taubman and Jayashree Watal, WTO
Thursday, 13 November, 2014
0900 – 1000
Case Studies—Large Group Report
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Led by Antony Taubman and Jayashree Watal,
WTO
1000 - 1030
Coffee/Tea
1030 – 1230
Session VII: The Way Ahead: Brainstorming Paths
for the Future
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Led by Antony Taubman and Jayashree Watal,
WTO and Joe Bradley, WIPO.
1230 – 1400
Lunch
1400 – 1500
Session VIII: Engaging Business
Roundtable discussion with regional business leaders
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Led by the Hong Kong, China Business Federation
1500 - 1515
Coffee/Tea
1515 - 1700
Administration of the post-workshop quiz;
Closing Round table
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For business leaders from
the region, jointly invited by
the WTO and Government
of Hong Kong China
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11 to 13 November 2014
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