Seminar presented by the UIA with the support of the UIA Intellectual Property Commission and the UIA Fashion Law Commission
The modern business world presents both opportunities and challenges. The ease with which brands can be promoted, with which content and data can be shared and with which goods and services can be traded across the digital plane makes them an easy target for infringers and hackers. Valuable intellectual property rights and trade secrets are under constant threat. Business depends for survival not just on the quality or exclusivity of its goods or services, but also on the quality of its on-line security and how well it protects its intellectual property assets against infringements. Counterfeiting, infringement and on-line piracy are constant threats which organisations need to keep in check. Are current laws and legal procedures fit for 21st century technology and business?
What improvements could be made to provide better protection for IP? What do organisations need to know to operate in this ever-changing landscape? What are the consequences of failure?
Gavin LLEWELLYN | President of the UIA Intellectual Property Commission, Stone King LLP |
Francisco Javier GARCÍA PÉREZ | President of the UIA Fashion Law Commission, Uría Menéndez Abogados, S.L.P. |
Philip BOTHA | Philip J Botha Attorneys |
Donvay WEGIERSKI | Werksmans attorneys – IP Team |
Ian DE FREITAS | UIA Deputy Director of Commissions, Farrer & Co. |
Stephen SIDKIN | UIA Co-Director of Communications, Fox Williams LLP |
Download the programme and the registration form.
Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront
Beach Road Granger Bay
8002 Cape Town
On or before February 14 : € 395
After February 14 : € 445
On or before February 14 : € 345
After February 14 : € 395
On or before February 14 : € 445
After February 14 : € 495
On or before February 14 : € 395
After February 14 : € 445
On or before February 14 : € 240 (R 3.800)
After February 14 : € 290 (R 4.600)
* Please attach proof of age to the registration form to benefit from young lawyers fee
** Southern African development Community: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Fees include:
• Attendance at all working sessions
• Seminar documentation
• Welcome cocktail on March 13
• Coffee breaks on March 14 & 15
• Lunches on March 14 & 15
Please note that the number of places at the seminar is limited. The organisers reserve the right to refuse registrations in the event of excess applications.
Every participant attending the seminar will receive a “Certificate of Participation” at the end of the event that may be to obtain “Credits” for “Continuing Legal Education”.
The working language will be English.
A limited number of rooms have been pre-booked at a preferential rate. Reservations should be made directly through the hotel. Credit card details must be given in order to secure your reservation. Please note that the number of rooms is limited. We recommend that you proceed with your reservations as soon as possible.
RADISSON BLU HOTEL WATERFRONT (5*)
Beach Road Granger Bay 8002 Cape Town
T + 27 21 441 3000 |E capetown.reservations@radissonblu.com
https://www.radissonblu.com/en/hotel-capetown
Premium Room – Sea View with balcony:
Single Occupancy: R. 4.408 (approx. € 280)
Double Occupancy: R. 4.793 (approx. € 305)
Breakfast and VAT included.
1% Tourism Levy tax NOT included
Download the hotel reservation form
All cancellations will be subject to a 50% deduction and will have to be sent in writing, to be received by the Union Internationale des Avocats no later than February 14, 2019. No refund will be made for cancellations received after this date.
VISAS
Anyone who requires a visa invitation letter in order to attend the seminar should register and pay their registration fees no later than February 14, 2019 to ensure there is enough time to obtain a visa.
All cancellations will be refunded in full, minus €50 to cover administrative costs, provided that the UIA has received the registration documents and total registration fees no later than February 14, 2019.
If you register after this date, only 50% of the amount paid minus €50 to cover administrative costs will be refunded for cancellations due to visa refusals.
All cancellations due to a visa refusal must be sent in writing and reach the UIA before the seminar. Cancellations must be accompanied by a proof of visa refusal.
If your visa is issued after the seminar date or if you do not have proof of visa refusal, you will not be entitled to a refund.
All registrations received by the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) along with the full payment of fees corresponding to the events selected will be confirmed in writing.
The UIA reserves the right to cancel or postpone the seminar to a later date, change the seminar venue and/or programme, make any corrections or modifications in the information published in the seminar programme and cancel any invitation to participate in the seminar, at any time and at their entire discretion, without having to provide any reasons for the same.
Neither the UIA, nor any of its managers, employees, agents, members or representatives shall be held responsible for any loss or damage, of any nature, suffered (directly or indirectly) by a delegate, accompanying person or a third party following any cancellations, changes, postponements or modifications.
The UIA strongly advises participants to subscribe to modifiable and/or refundable services, as well as to take out a cancellation insurance.
Neither the UIA, nor any of its managers, employees, agents, members or representatives shall be held responsible for any loss or damage, of any nature whatever, suffered (directly or indirectly) by a delegate or accompanying person, except in case of death or personal injury due to gross negligence by the UIA.
The contractual relations between the UIA and each participant (delegate or accompanying person) in relation to the seminar are subject to French law and jurisdiction, to the exclusion of any other law. Paris is the city of jurisdiction.
FORMALITIES
It is the responsibility of participants to ensure compliance with police, customs and health formalities for their journey. Participants unable to take part in the seminar because of their inability to take a flight or any other means of transportation due to being unable to provide the documents required (passport, visa, vaccination certificate, etc.) cannot claim any reimbursement.
FORCE MAJEURE
“Force majeure” means any events external to the parties, of both an unforeseeable and insurmountable nature that prevents either the client or the participants, or the agency or service providers involved in organising the seminar, from executing all or part of the obligations provided for in the present agreement. By express agreement, such will be the case in the event of a strike affecting the means of transport, hotel staff, air traffic controllers, an insurrection, a riot or any prohibition whatsoever decreed by governmental or public authorities.
It is expressly agreed that for the parties, a case of force majeure would suspend the execution of their reciprocal obligations. At the same time, each of the parties shall bear the burden of all the expenses incumbent upon them, resulting from the case of force majeure.
HEALTH
The organisers decline any responsibility in case of any health problems existing prior to the seminar that may lead to complications or be aggravated during the entire period of the stay: pregnancy, cardio-vascular problems, any allergies, special diets, any disorders under treatment and not yet consolidated on the day the seminar starts, psychic or mental or depressive illness, etc. (Non exhaustive list).
The personal data that you communicate to us shall be processed by the International Association of Lawyers (UIA – Union Internationale des Avocats), with its registered office at 20 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris (Tel: +33 1 44 88 55 66 - Fax: +33 1 44 88 55 77 - privacy@uianet.org), in accordance with Act No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to data, files and freedoms and Regulation No. 2016/679 on data protection, as of its entry into force on May 25, 2018. Your data will be managed by UIA's General Services, Events and Accounts Section:
• For the purpose of administering your registration for the event and your on-site access to the event;
• In order to pay for the selected services - your bank details will be deleted after receipt of your payment;
• In order to communicate information messages from UIA.
To the extent necessary for the execution of their respective tasks, our subcontractors in charge of our congress organisation, our IT infrastructure, our management, the production and maintenance of our website and extranet, are likely to gain access to your data from time to time. Their servers are located in the European Union.
Data relating to your participation in the event shall be stored for a period of 10 years. We are obliged to archive billing data until the end of the period required for our tax and accounting obligations, i.e. for 7 full tax years. We shall store your contact information to keep you informed until you ask us to stop. You have the right to access your data and have it corrected if necessary.
You may object to any processing of your data undertaken by us for the purposes of our legitimate interests. If you wish for more information, or to lodge a complaint, please contact CNIL (French Data Protection Authority).
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