The workshop on "Conflicts and Resolutions among Trademarks, Copyright and Industrial Models and Designs", as organised by the Economic Services (DSE) and integrated as part of the 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, is going to take place on October 22 and 23, from 9:30 to 13:00, in the Auditorium of the DSE in the Luso-International Bank Building, 7th floor. This workshop will feature as its keynote speaker Mr. XU Chao, Deputy Director, Intellectual Property Right Center, Beijing, China and the event will be conducted in Mandarin, with simultaneous translation into Portuguese. Amongst other topics, the following items will be discussed: 1. Relationships between Copyright and Industrial Models and Designs – Case Sharing; 2. Relationships between Copyright and Trademarks – Case Sharing; 3. Basic Principles and Methods of Conflict Resolution; 4. Relationships between Trademarks and Industrial Models and Designs – Case Sharing; 5. Study and Discussion of Practical Cases – Case Sharing. The 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, which incorporates this workshop, has as its main objective the "Consolidation of the Macao Legal System" and will take place until December 2013. The execution of this Programme is coordinated by the Law Reform and International Law Bureau, with the participation of several other MSAR's entities and public departments, namely the Legal and Judicial Training Centre, the Legal Affairs Bureau, the Economic Services, the Financial Services Bureau and the Institute of European Studies of Macao.
