About this event
The International Helpdesks are spooked to invite you to the most scary webinar of the year. Join us for the eye-opening "IPRs Horror Stories from Around the World," where we explore real-world cases of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) disasters.
From costly trademark battles to disclosure of trade secrets that led to rough business waters, this session will provide you with worldwide horrible legal nightmares that could happen if IPRs are not properly managed.
You will have the unique opportunity to learn from the mistakes of companies and individuals who fell victim to IP pitfalls and discover practical strategies to protect your own creations and innovations through 5 real-life examples brought to you by Africa, China, India, Latin America, and South-East Asia Helpdesks.
10.30 - Welcome and preliminary remarks
10.35 - Trademarks - South-east Asia speaker Paolo Beconcini
10.50 - Patents - Africa speaker Nancy Samuriwo
11.05 - Trade secrets - China speaker Elio Di Tulio
11.20 - Designs - India speaker Girish Somawarpet
11.35 - Contracts - Latin America speaker Giovanna Girardi
11.50. - Q&A
Who is this webinar for?
Content creators, entrepreneurs, or business professionals, and small and medium-sized enterprises looking into doing business abroad.
Hosted by
The Latin America IP SME Helpdesk offers first-line support on Intellectual Property and IP rights matters to facilitate the expansion of European SMEs and SMEs from countries associated to the Single Market Programme (SMP) that operate or intend to access the Latin American market.
The Helpdesk provides free, expert and confidential IP advice on trademarks, patents, designs and copyright in Latin America. It also provides training and webinars on how to manage Intellectual Property Rights in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, among other LATAM countries