Brochure of the Conference (Dec., 2nd)

Turin, December 2nd, 2005 A C O N S T I T U T I O N A L A G E F O R I P ? The participation to the conference is free ITCILO Viale Maestri del Lavoro, 10 10127 Turin (Italy) Tel. +39 011 6936518—Fax +39 0116936369  PROGRAM h. 9,30 — 13,00 Welcome by George Jadoun International Training Center of the ILO Mpazi Sinjela WIPO Worldwide Academy In the last few years Turin University, WIPO Worldwide Academy and the ILO have been organizing a final conference in connection with the Master’s Program LLM in Intellectual Property. Last year’s conference examined the tension between IP and fundamental human rights in selected areas, from access to information to the provision of global public goods, such as a continued flow of downstream research, health and biodiversity. Chairman Marco Ricolfi Turin Law School This year we propose to examine the jurisdictional venues where this tension may emerge in the course of adjudication: before transnational and supernational tribunals, such as the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the European Court of Justice and WTO panels, as well as before national courts, from the US Supreme Court to Member States’ Courts. There is not, however, a perfect overlap between the two perspectives. In the more jurisdictional setting of this year’s conference, it will be possible to also look at the interplay between IP protection and concerns for competitive openness as well as at more traditional doctrines, extending the constitutional protection of property to intellectual property. Speakers Prof. Cristopher Geiger Max-Plank-Institut füer Geistiges Eigentum Wettbewerbsrecht und Steuerrecht “Constitutionalizing IP law? The Influence of Fundamental Rights on IP in the EU” Prof. Paolo Auteri University of Pavia “The Italian Constitution and IP” Ms. Maja Bogataj Intellectual Property Institute of Slovenia “IP and Constitutional Law: the perspective of a new EU member state” Mr. Andrea Ottolia Boalt Hall — Berkeley University “IP and the Constitution: developments in the US” Discussions and questions